June 16
1487 - The Battle of Stoke ended the War of the Roses.
1812 - The City Bank of New York (later Citibank) opened for business.
1858 - Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln declared, "a house divided against itself cannot stand."
1890 - Stan Laurel of the comedy team "Laurel and Hardy" was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in England.
1897 - The United States signed a treaty of annexation with Hawaii.
1903 - Ford Motor Co. was incorporated.
1911 - The forerunner of IBM was incorporated in New York state as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co.
1932 - President Herbert Hoover was renominated at the Republican National Convention in Chicago.
1933 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt opened his New Deal recovery program, signing bank, rail and industry bills and initiating farm aid.
1960 - "Psycho", directed by Alfred Hitchcock, premiered in New York.
1963 - The Soviet Union launched the first female space traveler, Valentina Tereshkova, into orbit aboard Vostok 6.
1967 - The three-day Monterey International Pop Music Festival -- which catapulted Jimi Hendrix, the Who and Janis Joplin to stardom -- opened in northern California.
1976 - Riots broke out in the black South African township of Soweto.
1978 - President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos exchanged the instruments of ratification for the Panama Canal treaties.
1987 - A jury in New York acquitted Bernhard Goetz of attempted murder in the subway shooting of four young blacks he said were going to rob him; he was convicted of illegal weapons possession.
1996 - Russians voted in the country's first independent presidential election; the result was a runoff between President Boris Yeltsin, the eventual winner, and a Communist challenger.
2004 - The 9/11 Commission determined that Saddam Hussein had no strong links to al-Qaeda, contradicting White House beliefs.
2011 - Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-New York) announced his resignation from Congress, bowing to the furor caused by his sexually charged online dalliances with a former porn actress and other women.
Birthdays
28 - Abby Elliott (actress)
33 - Missy Peregrym (actress)
45 - Phil Mickelson (golfer)
60 - Laurie Metcalf (actress)
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Today in Sports History - June 16
1927 - Tommy Armour won the U.S. Open in a playoff.
1946 - Lloyd Mangrum won a 36-hole playoff to win the U.S. Open.
1951 - Ben Hogan won the U.S. Open for the second straight year.
1956 - Cary Middlecoff won the U.S. Open.
1968 - Lee Trevino defeated Jack Nicklaus for the U.S. Open title.
1970 - Chicago Bears running back Brian Piccolo died of cancer.
1974 - Hale Irwin won the U.S. Open.
1975 - The Milwaukee Bucks traded Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to the Los Angeles Lakers.
1981 - The Chicago Tribune purchased the Chicago Cubs baseball team from the P.K. Wrigley Chewing Gum Co. for $20.5 million.
1985 - Andy North won the U.S. Open.
1991 - Otis Nixon of the Montreal Expos set a major league record with six stolen bases in one game.
1991 - Payne Stewart won the U.S. Open after an 18-hole playoff.
1993 - Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls scored 55 points in an NBA Finals game against the Phoenix Suns. Jordan became the first player to score 50 points in a Finals game since Jerry West in 1969.
1996 - The Chicago Bulls defeated the Seattle Supersonics in six games to win the NBA championship for the fourth time in six years.
1999 - The Los Angeles Lakers named Phil Jackson head coach.
2002 - Tiger Woods won his second major of the year by taking the U.S. Open.
2002 - Nebraska lost to South Carolina 10-8 and was eliminated from the College World Series. The Huskers finished the year with a record of 47-21.
2008 - Tiger Woods won his third U.S. Open title, with a playoff win over Rocco Mediate.
2010 - Chile recorded its first win in 48 years in the World Cup tournament, a 1-0 victory over Honduras.
2013 - England's Justin Rose won the U.S. Open.
2014 - Baseball Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn died after a four-year battle with cancer at the age of 54.
1487 - The Battle of Stoke ended the War of the Roses.
1812 - The City Bank of New York (later Citibank) opened for business.
1858 - Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln declared, "a house divided against itself cannot stand."
1890 - Stan Laurel of the comedy team "Laurel and Hardy" was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in England.
1897 - The United States signed a treaty of annexation with Hawaii.
1903 - Ford Motor Co. was incorporated.
1911 - The forerunner of IBM was incorporated in New York state as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co.
1932 - President Herbert Hoover was renominated at the Republican National Convention in Chicago.
1933 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt opened his New Deal recovery program, signing bank, rail and industry bills and initiating farm aid.
1960 - "Psycho", directed by Alfred Hitchcock, premiered in New York.
1963 - The Soviet Union launched the first female space traveler, Valentina Tereshkova, into orbit aboard Vostok 6.
1967 - The three-day Monterey International Pop Music Festival -- which catapulted Jimi Hendrix, the Who and Janis Joplin to stardom -- opened in northern California.
1976 - Riots broke out in the black South African township of Soweto.
1978 - President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos exchanged the instruments of ratification for the Panama Canal treaties.
1987 - A jury in New York acquitted Bernhard Goetz of attempted murder in the subway shooting of four young blacks he said were going to rob him; he was convicted of illegal weapons possession.
1996 - Russians voted in the country's first independent presidential election; the result was a runoff between President Boris Yeltsin, the eventual winner, and a Communist challenger.
2004 - The 9/11 Commission determined that Saddam Hussein had no strong links to al-Qaeda, contradicting White House beliefs.
2011 - Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-New York) announced his resignation from Congress, bowing to the furor caused by his sexually charged online dalliances with a former porn actress and other women.
Birthdays
28 - Abby Elliott (actress)
33 - Missy Peregrym (actress)
45 - Phil Mickelson (golfer)
60 - Laurie Metcalf (actress)
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Today in Sports History - June 16
1927 - Tommy Armour won the U.S. Open in a playoff.
1946 - Lloyd Mangrum won a 36-hole playoff to win the U.S. Open.
1951 - Ben Hogan won the U.S. Open for the second straight year.
1956 - Cary Middlecoff won the U.S. Open.
1968 - Lee Trevino defeated Jack Nicklaus for the U.S. Open title.
1970 - Chicago Bears running back Brian Piccolo died of cancer.
1974 - Hale Irwin won the U.S. Open.
1975 - The Milwaukee Bucks traded Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to the Los Angeles Lakers.
1981 - The Chicago Tribune purchased the Chicago Cubs baseball team from the P.K. Wrigley Chewing Gum Co. for $20.5 million.
1985 - Andy North won the U.S. Open.
1991 - Otis Nixon of the Montreal Expos set a major league record with six stolen bases in one game.
1991 - Payne Stewart won the U.S. Open after an 18-hole playoff.
1993 - Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls scored 55 points in an NBA Finals game against the Phoenix Suns. Jordan became the first player to score 50 points in a Finals game since Jerry West in 1969.
1996 - The Chicago Bulls defeated the Seattle Supersonics in six games to win the NBA championship for the fourth time in six years.
1999 - The Los Angeles Lakers named Phil Jackson head coach.
2002 - Tiger Woods won his second major of the year by taking the U.S. Open.
2002 - Nebraska lost to South Carolina 10-8 and was eliminated from the College World Series. The Huskers finished the year with a record of 47-21.
2008 - Tiger Woods won his third U.S. Open title, with a playoff win over Rocco Mediate.
2010 - Chile recorded its first win in 48 years in the World Cup tournament, a 1-0 victory over Honduras.
2013 - England's Justin Rose won the U.S. Open.
2014 - Baseball Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn died after a four-year battle with cancer at the age of 54.
