Observance
June 16, 2025-June 16, 2025 -
Global, Global
World Sea Turtle Day
International Waterfall Day
World Refill Day
International Day of Family Remittances
International Day of the African Child
1903 – The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
1911 – IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
1963 – Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 mission: Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
1972 – The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls Generating Station.
1977 – Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
1995 – The Astronomy Picture of the Day website is launched
2010 – Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco.
2013 – A multi-day cloudburst, centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand, causes devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami
Birthday of Mithun Chakraborty, Indian actor and politician (1950)
Death Anniversary of Charles Correa, Indian architect and urban planner (2015)(born 1930)
Death Anniversary of Actor Sukumaran (1997)
16 Jun 25
00:00 - 23:59
The day was created as a yearly observance to help people celebrate and protect turtles and tortoises and their disappearing habitats around the world. Susan Tellem and Marshall Thompson, founders of ATR and World Turtle Day, advocate humane treatment of all animals, including reptiles.
16 Jun 25
00:00 - 23:59
International Waterfall Day is celebrated annually on June 16th. This day is dedicated to appreciating the natural beauty and importance of waterfalls, both for their aesthetic value and their ecological significance. It's a time for nature enthusiasts and adventure seekers to come together and recognize the role waterfalls play in the environment
16 Jun 25
00:00 - 23:59
World Refill Day is an annual global campaign held on June 16th, dedicated to reducing plastic pollution and promoting the use of refill and reuse systems. It aims to create an alternative vision for the future where single-use plastics are replaced with sustainable alternatives.
16 Jun 25
00:00 - 23:59
Every year on June 16, Day of Family Remittances recognizes the contributions and sacrifice migrant workers make to improve the lives of their family members back home. This Awareness Day also recognizes the impact these contributions make on households, communities, countries, and entire regions.
16 Jun 25
00:00 - 23:59
The International Day of the African Child, also known as the Day of the African Child, has been celebrated on June 16 every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the OAU Organisation of African Unity. This day honors those who participated in the Soweto Uprising in 1976.
16 Jun 25
00:00 - 23:59
1903 – The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
16 Jun 25
00:00 - 23:59
1911 – IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
16 Jun 25
00:00 - 23:59
1963 – Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 mission: Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
16 Jun 25
00:00 - 23:59
1972 – The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls Generating Station.
16 Jun 25
00:00 - 23:59
1977 – Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
16 Jun 25
00:00 - 23:59
1995 – The Astronomy Picture of the Day website is launched
16 Jun 25
00:00 - 23:59
2010 – Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco.
16 Jun 25
00:00 - 23:59
2013 – A multi-day cloudburst, centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand, causes devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami
16 Jun 25
12:00 - 23:59
Mithun Chakraborty is an Indian actor, film producer, screenwriter, entrepreneur and politician who predominantly works in Hindi and Bengali cinema. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 350 films, mostly in Hindi and Bengali languages, and a few in Odia, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi and Tamil.
16 Jun 25
00:00 - 23:59
Charles Mark Correa (1 September 1930 – 16 June 2015) was an Indian architect and urban planner. Credited with the creation of modern architecture in post-Independent India, he was celebrated for his sensitivity to the needs of the urban poor and for his use of traditional methods and materials.
16 Jun 25
00:00 - 23:59
E. P. P. Sukumaran Nair (10 June 1948 – 16 June 1997), known mononymously as Sukumaran, was an Indian actor and producer of Malayalam films. Sukumaran became a popular film star in Malayalam cinema during the 1970s. He was considered one of the superstar trios of Malayalam cinema during the late 1970s and early 1980s along with Soman and Jayan.
