Page 3: Historical Events In June - 16
Thursday, 03 July 2025
1881 Austria-Hungary & Serbia sign military treaty on June - 16.
1882 17" hailstones weighing 1.75 lbs fall in Dubuque Iowa on this day in history.
1883 1st baseball "Ladies' Day" (NY Gothams beat Cleve Spiders 5-2) on this day in history.
1884 The first roller coaster in the U.S. begins operation at Coney Island, NY on this day in history.
1884 1st roller coaster used (Coney Island NY) on this day in history.
1888 On this day in history bobby Clark, vaudevillan (World's funniest circus clown)
1890 On June - 16 the birth of Stan Laurel, English born comedy actor
1890 On June - 16 stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], England, comedian (Laurel & Hardy)
1891 John Abbott becomes Canada's third prime minister on this day in history.
1892 On June - 16 lupino Lane, London England, actress (Love Parade)
1892 On this day in history victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice, dies at 80
1893 On this day in history f.W. Rueckheim introduces Cracker Jack® at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago's First World Fair
1893 RW Rueckheim invents Cracker Jack on June - 16.
1894 Norman Kerry, Rochester NY, actor (Phantom of the Opera) on this day in history.
1895 On this day in history stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], comedian (Laurel & Hardy)
1896 On June - 16 temperture hits 127øF at Fort Mojave, Calif
1896 On this day in history temperature hits 127°F at Fort Mojave, Calif
1896 On June - 16 jean Peugeot, Frans auto manufacturer (Peugeot)
1897 A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later on this day in history.
1898 On this day in history china's emperor De Zong (Guang Xu) receives Kang Youwei
1899 On this day in history victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* v England, Lord's
1899 On this day in history nelson Doubleday, US, publisher (Doubleday)
1900 Jan van Tilburg, governor Suriname (PVDA, 1955-62) on June - 16.
1901 On this day in history arthur Pierson, Oslo Norway, actor/director (Hat Check Girl)
1901 Hermann Grimm, German writer/poet/historian, dies on this day in history.
1902 The Broadway Limited goes into service for the Pennsylvania Railroad to begin a career of more than 75 years on the route between New York and Chicago on June - 16.
1902 On this day in history barbara McClintock, US, cytogeneticist (Jumping Genes, Nobel 1983)
1903 On June - 16 ford Motors incorporates
1903 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox on this day in history.
1903 Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer on June - 16.
1904 On this day in history bloomsday (date of events in James Joyce's Ulysses)
1904 Gerard Holt, Dutch architect on June - 16.
1905 On June - 16 hermann von Wissmann, German explorer/governor of E Africa, dies at 51
1906 Alan Fairfax, cricketer (Australian all-rounder late 20's early 30's) on June - 16.
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