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What happened in India today | Today’s Historical Events on June 16
1884, June 16th: The first roller coaster in the USA opened at Coney Island, New York. It was named Switchback Railway.
1903, June 16th: Pepsi Cola became the official trademark for this beverage brand.
1903, June 16th: The Ford Motor Company began.
1911, June 16th: IBM was founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in New York.
1946, June 16th: Indian leaders were invited to London to form an interim government.
1963, June 16th: Valentina Tereshkova became the first female astronaut to travel in space.
2010, June 16th: Bhutan parliament adopted the Tobacco Control Act that made this country the first one to impose a total ban on tobacco.
2012, June 16th: Coca-Cola resumed its business in Myanmar after 60 long years of absence.
On this Day Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on June 16.
1920: Hemant Kumar, an Indian singer and music director.
1924: Idris Shah, an author, and teacher in the Sufi tradition.
1934: Kumari Kamala, an Indian dancer, and actress.
1936: Akhlaq Mohammad Khan, an Indian academician and Urdu poet.
1950: Mithun Chakraborty, an Indian film actor.
On this Day Death Anniversaries of famous people on June 16.
1858: John Snow, an English physician.
1861: Harish Chandra Mukherjee, an Indian journalist and patriot.
1925: Chittaranjan Das, an Indian freedom fighter, political activist, and lawyer
1944: Prafulla Chandra Ray, an eminent Bengali chemist, educationist, historian, industrialist, and philanthropist.
What happened in India on 16 June
16-June-1859
Anandram Dhekial Fukun, father of modern Assamia poetry and essay writer, passed away.
16-June-1893
Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, social worker and industrialist, was born at Athikkadu Thekkur in Tamil Nadu.
16-June-1920
Hemant Chaudhary, famous singer and music director, was born.
16-June-1925
Chittaranjan Das, great freedom fighter, revolutionary, orator, poet, journalist and lawyer, died.
16-June-1934
M. Muthuraman, noted Hindi writer and professor, was born at Dindigul in Madurai (Tamil Nadu).
16-June-1946
Britain invites Indian leaders to set up an interim govt at London.
16-June-1946
C. Rajagopalchari became the Governor of West Bengal (1947) in Interim Government.
16-June-1946
Cabinet Mission negotiations were discontinued. Viceroy proposed Interim Government.
16-June-1950
Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
16-June-1951
Nehru opponents founded People’s party at New Delhi.
16-June-1990
Bombay gets 42 cm rainfall, the century’s highest. The previous high of 41 cm was recorded on 18, 1986.
16-June-1990
GOI announces higher procurement/minimum support prices for all major kharif crops.
16-June-1992
P. D. Dhhavle, former editor of daily newspaper `Maharashtra’, passed away.
16-June-1993
Harshad Mehta accuses PM of taking Rs. 1 crore payoff from him in November 1991; Rao terms it malicious and unfounded.
16-June-1997
P. Sukumaran (50), Malayalam film actor, died in Kochi.
16-June-1997
K. R. Narayanan, Vice-President, is the joint candidate of Congress(I) and United Front for Presidentship in July 14 election.
16-June-1998
Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, meets her Indian couterpart A B Vajpayee in New Delhi.