What day of the week was June 16, 1981?

The day of the week June 16th, 1981 fell on was a Tuesday.

Benjamin Becker the German tennis player was born on 16 June in 1981. As was Kevin Bieksa the Canadian ice hockey player , Ben Kweller the American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Radish and The Bens) , Miguel Villalta the Peruvian footballer .

Jule Gregory Charney the American meteorologist (b. 1917) died on this day in 1981.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor the Canada's former ambassador to Iran, for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the hostage crisis of 1979-81; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor.