It happened on a… June 16

2018

World Cup: Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology is used for the first time, awarding France a penalty in 2-1 win over Australia in Kazan

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

Musical comedy film “The Blues Brothers” starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, and directed by John Landis, premieres in Chicago

The film adaptation of “Grease” premiered in New York City.

Soviet space mission Vostok 6 is launched with Valentina Tereshkova onboard, who becomes the 1st woman in space.

“Psycho”, psychological horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, and Vera Miles, opens in New York City.

IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.

Pepsi Cola company forms

Ford Motor Company was incorporated.

François de Laval 1623-1688 arrives in Canada as Vicar Apostolic of New France; becomes first Bishop of Quebec in 1674.