What day of the week was June 16, 2012?

The day of the week June 16th, 2012 fell on was a Saturday.

Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud the Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1934) died on this day in 2012. As did Howie Chizek the American radio host (b. 1947) , Nils Karlsson the Swedish skier (b. 1917) , Jorge Lankenau the Mexican banker and businessman (b. 1944) , SÅ‚awomir Petelicki the Polish general (b. 1946) , Thierry Roland the French sportscaster (b. 1937) , Susan Tyrrell the American actress (b. 1945) .

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