What day of the week was June 16, 1940?

The day of the week June 16th, 1940 fell on was a Sunday.

Neil Goldschmidt the American lawyer and politician, 33rd Governor of Oregon was born on 16 June in 1940. As was Nigel Wicks the English civil servant .

DuBose Heyward the American author (b. 1885) died on this day in 1940.

World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français). A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.