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.