June 16th (1940) was a Sunday. It's the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 199 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 16th June, 1940
» A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.
Famous Birthdays on June 16 in 1940
» Neil Goldschmidt, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Governor of Oregon
» Nigel Wicks, English civil servant
June 16th Famous Deaths for 1940
» DuBose Heyward, American author (b. 1885)
June 16th Holidays in History
» Bloomsday (Dublin, James Joyce fans)
» Christian feast day:
» Benno
» Lutgardis
» Quiricus and Julietta
» Richard of Chichester (Church of England)
» George Berkeley and Joseph Butler (commemoration, The Episcopal Church)
» June 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» International Day of the African Child
» Nanakshahi calendar or Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Sikhism)