It happenned on a… 16 June

World Cup: Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology is used for the first time, awarding France a penalty in 2-1 win over Australia in Kazan

Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco.

Musical comedy film « The Blues Brothers » starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, and directed by John Landis, premieres in Chicago

The film adaptation of « Grease » premiered in New York City.

Soviet space mission Vostok 6 is launched with Valentina Tereshkova onboard, who becomes the 1st woman in space.

« Psycho », psychological horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, and Vera Miles, opens in New York City.

IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.

Pepsi Cola company forms

Ford Motor Company was incorporated.

François de Laval 1623-1688 arrives in Canada as Vicar Apostolic of New France; becomes first Bishop of Quebec in 1674.