| 16/6/2021 | Kevin Durant scores 49 points, 10 assists and 17 rebounds in the Brooklyn Nets' Game 5 victory 114-108 over the Milwaukee Bucks in their NBA playoff semi-final. Durant set a franchise record for points in a playoff game, breaking the mark of 43 set by Vince Carter in 2006. |
| 16/6/2014 | 45-year-old Michael Schumacher, who got out of the medically induced coma after suffering a severe head injury in a skiing accident in the French Alps on 29 December, is transferred to the University Hospital (CHUV) in Lausanne, Switzerland for further rehabilitation |
| 16/6/2004 | Greece ties with Spain 1-1 (Angelos Haristeas) for the second matchday of EURO |
| 16/6/2000 | Limoges, winner of the 1993 European Championship and 3 Korac Cups, is sent down to second division by French basketball authorities due to a series of financial problems |
| 16/6/1999 | Maurice Green sets new 100m world record with 9.79 at the ''Tsiklitiria '99'' Grand Prix II at OAKA Stadium. Greene smashed Donovan Bailey's 3 year-old record with 9.84 at the Atlanta Olympics |
| 16/6/1999 | Damon Hill, 1996 F1 World champion, announces his retirement |
| 16/6/1999 | Former Chicago Bulls coach Phil Jackson (6 NBA titles in 8 years) signs a 3-year contract with the LA Lakers for $30 million |
| 16/6/1996 | The Greek Athletics Championships celebrate 100 years at OAKA Stadium. Five new records are set: Niki Bakogianni (1.97m in high jump), Olga Vasdeki (14.48m in triple jump), Alexandros Papadimitriou (77.84m in hammer), Stelios Bisbas (13.61 in 110m hurdles) and Katerina Koffa (22.66 in 200m) |
| 16/6/1996 | 46 year-old world champion Larry Holmes knocks out Antony Willis in round 8 in his last fight |
| 16/6/1995 | The IOC decides that Salt Lake City will host the 2002 Winter Olympics |
| 16/6/1985 | American Willie Banks smashes Joao Carlos de Oliveira's record in triple jump (17.89m/ 1985) with 17.97m in Indianapolis. Banks' record will be smashed 10 years later (on July 18, 1995) by Jonathan Edwards. A month later (on August 7, 1995) Edwards will become the first to break the 18m barrier with 18.29m in Gothenburg |
| 16/6/1984 | Alain Giresse scores the second goal for France and the 100th goal in the history of the European Championships at the group phase match between France and Belgium (5-0) in Nantes, France |
| 16/6/1983 | Jacek Gmoch of Polland signs with Panathinaikos. In his first season as a coach, Panathinaikos will win the “double” and his cooperation with the team will end on 21/7/1985 |
| 16/6/1982 | Bryan Robson scores one of the fastest goals (27'') in World Cup history as England beat France 3-1 |
| 16/6/1979 | It's the date of the play-off game of the championship between AEK and Olympiacos, who both share the 1st position with 56 points. However, the match is not played since Olympiacos don't show at the stadium, after a unamimous decision of 587-14 of the General Assembley 2 days ago (14/6/1979). The title of the last "semi-professional" championship of the 1st Division, during which Domazos transfered to AEK, Delikaris to Panathinaikos and Antoniadis to Olympiacos, will be awarded to AEK |
| 16/6/1975 | Kareem Abdul Jabbar is traded to LA Lakers |
| 16/6/1963 | Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman to go to space as a member of Vostok 6 crew |
| 16/6/1883 | NY Giants organize the first baseball match dedicated to ''Women's Day''. Free admission for women for the game between NY Gothams and Cleve Spiders (5-2) |
