On This Day: June 16

Updated June 15, 2012, 2:28 pm

On June 16, 1933, President Roosevelt opened his New Deal recovery program, signing bank, rail, and industry bills and initiating farm aid.

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On June 16, 1829, Geronimo, the Apache leader and warrior, was born. Following his death on Feb. 17, 1909, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

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1812 The City Bank of New York (later Citibank) opened for business.

1890 Stan Laurel of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Lancashire, 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.

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.

2011 Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., announced his resignation from Congress, bowing to the furor caused by his sexually charged online dalliances with a former porn actress and other women..

Current Birthdays

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Golfer Phil Mickelson turns 42 years old today.

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Retired baseball player Kerry Wood turns 35 years old today.

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1938 Joyce Carol Oates, Author, turns 74

1939 Billy “Crash” Craddock, Country singer, turns 73

1941 Lamont Dozier, Songwriter, turns 71

1942 Eddie Levert, R&B singer (The O’Jays), turns 70

1943 Joan Van Ark, Actress (“Knot’s Landing”), turns 69

1951 Roberto Duran, Boxer, turns 61

1952 Gino Vannelli, Pop singer, turns 60

1955 Laurie Metcalf, Actress (“Roseanne”), turns 57

1982 Missy Peregrym, Actress, turns 30

Historic Birthdays

Geronimo 6/16/1829 – 2/17/1909 American Apache Indian leader.Go to obituary »

64 Ilona Massey 6/16/1910 – 8/10/1974
Hungarian movie actress and singer

90 Barbara McClintock 6/16/1902 – 9/2/1992
American scientist

74 Stan Laurel 6/16/1890 – 2/23/1965
American comic movie actor

70 Jean Peugeot 6/16/1896 – 11/18/1966
French automobile manufacturer

71 Bobby Clark 6/16/1888 – 2/12/1960
American vaudevillian and comedian

67 Sir George Frampton 6/16/1860 – 5/21/1928
English sculptor and craftsman

78 Edward Davy 6/16/1806 – 1/26/1885
English physician, chemist and inventor

66 Julius Plucker 6/16/1801 – 5/22/1868
German mathematician and physicist

43 Sir John Cheke 6/16/1514 – 9/13/1557
English scholar of classical languages; supported English Reformation

1812	The City Bank of New York (later Citibank) opened for business.
1890	Stan Laurel of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Lancashire, 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.
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.
2011	Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., announced his resignation from Congress, bowing to the furor caused by his sexually charged online dalliances with a former porn actress and other women..

1938	Joyce Carol Oates, Author, turns 74
1939	Billy “Crash” Craddock, Country singer, turns 73
1941	Lamont Dozier, Songwriter, turns 71
1942	Eddie Levert, R&B singer (The O’Jays), turns 70
1943	Joan Van Ark, Actress (“Knot’s Landing”), turns 69
1951	Roberto Duran, Boxer, turns 61
1952	Gino Vannelli, Pop singer, turns 60
1955	Laurie Metcalf, Actress (“Roseanne”), turns 57
1982	Missy Peregrym, Actress, turns 30

64	Ilona Massey 6/16/1910 – 8/10/1974 Hungarian movie actress and singer
90	Barbara McClintock 6/16/1902 – 9/2/1992 American scientist
74	Stan Laurel 6/16/1890 – 2/23/1965 American comic movie actor
70	Jean Peugeot 6/16/1896 – 11/18/1966 French automobile manufacturer
71	Bobby Clark 6/16/1888 – 2/12/1960 American vaudevillian and comedian
67	Sir George Frampton 6/16/1860 – 5/21/1928 English sculptor and craftsman
78	Edward Davy 6/16/1806 – 1/26/1885 English physician, chemist and inventor
66	Julius Plucker 6/16/1801 – 5/22/1868 German mathematician and physicist
43	Sir John Cheke 6/16/1514 – 9/13/1557 English scholar of classical languages; supported English Reformation