On this day — June 16

the largest in Hong Kong's history.

the first Disney Park in mainland China, opens to the public.

centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand, causes devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.

carrying three astronauts, including the first female Chinese astronaut Liu Yang, to the Tiangong-1 orbital module.

Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian prime minister, is reburied in Budapest following the collapse of Communism in Hungary.

Canada's former ambassador to Iran, for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the hostage crisis of 1979–81; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor.

California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.

A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa, turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.