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On June 16, 2019, India led by Virat Kohli defeated Pakistan by 89 runs in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup Round 4 match. India rolled over Rohit Sharma’s 140 and Virat Kohli’s 77 to post a whopping 336/5 from 50 overs while Pakistan could only score 212/6 from 40 overs before rain interrupted the game. India won by 89 runs by the DLS method. (Image: Reuters)
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1903 | The American automobile company Ford Motor Company was founded on June 16, 1903 by Henry Ford and 11 associated investors. (Image: Shutterstock)
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1903 | The Pepsi-Cola Company was formed amid the growing popularity and demand for the Pepsi-Cola syrup created by Caleb Bradham who became the company’s first president. On June 16, 1903, “Pepsi-Cola” was designated as an official brand. (Image: Shutterstock)
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1911 | The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, forerunner of IBM, was founded in New York on June 16, 1911. (Image: IBM)
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1960 | The horror thriller ‘Psycho’ starring Anthony Perkins and Vera Miles, and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, is one of the classics of the genre. The movie is best known for its shower scene which is one of the most well-known murder scenes in movie history. (Image: Wiki Commons)
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1963 | Soviet cosmonaut Valentina V. Tereshkova became the first woman to travel in space on June 16, 1963. Aboard the Vostok 6 spacecraft, she was launched into orbit and completed 48 orbits around the Earth in 71 hours. (Image: Reuters)
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1977 | On this day, Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev became the first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party since 1964 and was elected Chairman of the Supreme Soviet. (Image: Reuters)
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1977 | A computer technology company, Oracle Corporation was incorporated in Redwood Shores, California as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates. The company is best known for its software products and services like Java. (Image: Reuters)
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1999 | Artillery shelling and mortar fire between India and Pakistan along the Line of Control has intensified, leading to an increase in the number of refugees fleeing the area of disputed territory of Kashmir. (Image: Wiki Commons)
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2013 | The animated film “Despicable Me 2”, with the voices of Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig, premiered at the Champs-Elysées Film Festival that day. (Image: Illumination Entertainment)
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2015 | Donald Trump, TV personality and real estate mogul, kicks off his campaign for the Republican nomination for President of the United States at Trump Towers on June 16, 2015. (Image: AP)
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2019 | Two-time F1 world champion Fernando Alonso and former F1 drivers Sebastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima won back-to-back titles for Toyota Gazoo Racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. (Shutterstock)
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2020 | At least 20 Indian soldiers have been killed in the first deadly clash on the Indo-China border in the Himalayan Galwan Valley. (Image: Indian Army)
