Today is Monday, June 16, the 167th day of 2025. There are 198 days left in the year. Today in history: On June 16, 1963, the world’s first female space traveler, Valentina Tereshkova, 26, was launched into orbit by the Soviet Union aboard Vostok 6. Tereshkova spent 71 hours in flight, ...

Today is Sunday, June 15, the 166th day of 2025. There are 199 days left in the year. This is Father’s Day. Today in history: On June 15, 1904, more than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard the steamboat PS General Slocum in New York’s East River; it remained the deadliest ...

Today is Saturday, June 14, the 165th day of 2025. There are 200 days left in the year. This is Flag Day. Today in history: On June 14, 1940, German troops entered Paris during World War II; the same day, the Nazis transported their first prisoners to the Auschwitz concentration camp in ...

Today is Friday, June 13, the 164th day of 2025. There are 201 days left in the year. Today in history: On June 13, 1971, The New York Times began publishing excerpts of the Pentagon Papers, a top secret study of America’s involvement in Vietnam since 1945, that had been leaked to the paper ...

Today is Thursday, June 12, the 163rd day of 2025. There are 202 days left in the year. Today in history: On June 12, 2016, a gunman opened fire at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, leaving 49 people dead and 53 wounded in what was then the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history; ...

Today is Wednesday, June 11, the 162nd day of 2025. There are 203 days left in the year. Today in history: On June 11, 1963, the University of Alabama was desegregated as Vivian Malone and James Hood became the first two Black students allowed to enroll in classes; Alabama segregationist and ...