June 16 - This 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