On This Day: June 16th

Upwards of 2,000,000 people participate in the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, the largest in Hong Kong's history.

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

American businessman Donald Trump announces his campaign to run for President of the United States in the upcoming election.

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

China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, including the first female Chinese astronaut Liu Yang, to the Tiangong-1 orbital module.

The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission.

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

Padre Pio is canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.

The Secretary-General of the UN reports that Israel has complied with United Nations Security Council Resolution 425, 22 years after its issuance, and completely withdrawn from Lebanon. The Resolution does not encompass the Shebaa farms, which is claimed by Israel, Syria and Lebanon.

Fifty people are killed in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria.