June 16 - The Day in History

June 16 : General Interest 1884: First roller coaster in America opens On this day in 1884, the first roller coaster in America opens at Coney Island, in Brooklyn, New York... read more American Revolution 1738 : Patriot printer, publisher and postmistress, Mary Katharine Goddard, born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/patriot-printer-publisher-and-postmistress-mary-katharine-goddard-born Automotive 1903 : Ford Motor Company incorporated http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ford-motor-company-incorporated Civil War 1862 : Union thwarted at the Battle of Secessionville http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-secessionville Cold War 1961 : Russian ballet star Nureyev defects http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/russian-ballet-star-nureyev-defects Crime 1999 : SLA member captured after more than 20 years http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sla-member-captured-after-more-than-20-years Disaster 1896 : Tsunami ravages Japanese coast http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tsunami-ravages-japanese-coast General Interest 1958 : Leader of Hungarian uprising executed http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/leader-of-hungarian-uprising-executed 1963 : First woman in space http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-woman-in-space 1977 : Brezhnev is Soviet president http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/brezhnev-is-soviet-president Hollywood 1943 : Charlie Chaplin marries Oona O'Neill http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/charlie-chaplin-marries-oona-oneill Literary 1904 : James Joyce meets his future wife, Nora http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/james-joyce-meets-his-future-wife-nora Music 1965 : Bob Dylan records "Like A Rolling Stone" http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bob-dylan-records-quotlike-a-rolling-stonequot Old West 1890 : Alaskan explorer Fred Fickett leaves Army http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/alaskan-explorer-fred-fickett-leaves-army Presidential 1858 : Lincoln warns that America is becoming a "house divided" http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lincoln-warns-that-america-is-becoming-a-house-divided Sports 1968 : Lee Trevino wins his first U.S. Open http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lee-trevino-wins-his-first-us-open Vietnam War 1961 : Kennedy agrees to send instructors to train troops http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kennedy-agrees-to-send-instructors-to-train-troops 1965 : More troops to be sent to Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/more-troops-to-be-sent-to-vietnam 1970 : Communists isolate Phnom Penh http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/communists-isolate-phnom-penh World War I 1918 : Battle of the Piave River http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-the-piave-river World War II 1940 : Marshal Petain becomes premier of occupied France http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marshal-petain-becomes-premier-of-occupied-france

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