Today In History [16th June, 2015]

A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.

Today in History
June 16

455		Rome is sacked by the Vandal army.
1815		Napoleon defeats the Prussians at the Battle of Ligny.
1858		Abraham Lincoln, in accepting the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in Illinois, declares that, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
1864		The siege of Petersburg and Richmond begins after a moonlight skirmish.
1907		The Russian czar dissolves the Duma in St. Petersburg.
1910		The first Father’s Day is celebrated in Spokane Washington.
1925		France accepts a German proposal for a security pact.
1932		The ban on Nazi storm troopers is lifted by the von Papen government in Germany.
1935		President Roosevelt’s New Deal legislation is passed by the House of Representatives.
1940		French Chief of State, Henri Petain asks for an armistice with Germany.
1952		Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl is published in the United States.
1955		The U.S. House of Representatives votes to extend Selective Service until 1959.
1961		Ballet star Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union while in Paris.
1971		An El Greco sketch, "The Immaculate Conception," stolen in Spain 35 years earlier, is recovered in New York City by the FBI.
1977		Leonid Brezhnev is named president of the Soviet Union.
Born on June 16
1888		Bobby Clark, comedian and actor.
1890		Stan Laurel, British-born entertainer, partner of Oliver Hardy.
1902		Barbara McClintock, geneticist.
1902		George Gaylord Simpson, paleontologist.
1917		Katharine Graham, publisher of the Washington Post.
1917		Irving Penn, fashion photographer, brother of film director Arthur Penn.
1920		John Howard Griffin, writer (Black Like Me).
1935		Jim Dine, American artist.
1938		Torgny Lindgren, Swedish writer.
1938		Joyce Carol Oates, American writer and university professor (Them, Garden of Earthly Delights).