Historical Events - June 16
1884,: The first roller coaster in the USA opened at Coney Island, New York. It was named Switchback Railway.
1903: Pepsi Cola became the official trademark for this beverage brand.
1903: The Ford Motor Company began.
1911: IBM was founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in New York.
1946: Indian leaders were invited to London to form an interim government.
1963: Valentina Tereshkova became the first female astronaut to travel in space.
2010: Bhutan parliament adopted the Tobacco Control Act that made this country the first one to impose a total ban on tobacco.
2012: Coca-Cola resumed its business in Myanmar after 60 long years of absence.
Famous Birthdays– June 16
1920: Hemant Kumar, an Indian singer and music director.
1924: Idris Shah, an author, and teacher in the Sufi tradition.
1934: Kumari Kamala, an Indian dancer, and actress.
1936: Akhlaq Mohammad Khan, an Indian academician and Urdu poet.
1950: Mithun Chakraborty, an Indian film actor.
Death Anniversaries - June 16
1858: John Snow, an English physician.
1861: Harish Chandra Mukherjee, an Indian journalist and patriot.
1925: Chittaranjan Das, an Indian freedom fighter, political activist, and lawyer
1944: Prafulla Chandra Ray, an eminent Bengali chemist, educationist, historian, industrialist, and philanthropist.
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