June 16

Events

 * 1934 - FM signal is transmitted 70 miles from Empire State Building to Long Island by Edwin Armstrong

Births

 * 1903 – Helen Traubel, American soprano (d. 1972)
 * 1903 – Huldreich Georg Früh, Swiss composer (d. 1945)
 * 1939 – Billy Crash Craddock, American country singer
 * 1942 – Eddie Levert, American singer (The O'Jays)
 * 1951 – Charlie Dominici, American singer (Dominici)
 * 1952 – Gino Vannelli, Canadian singer and songwriter
 * 1953 – Ian Mosley, British drummer (Marillion)
 * 1958 – Jóhannes Helgason, Icelandic guitarist (Þeyr)
 * 1962 – Femi Kuti, Nigerian Afrobeat Musician
 * 1962 – Anthony Wong Yiu Ming, Hong Kong composer and producer
 * 1978 – Jasmine Leong, Chinese Malaysian singer
 * 1980 – Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer
 * 1981 – Ben Kweller, American singer/songwriter
 * 1982 – Matt Costa, American singer/songwriter
 * 1987 – Diana DeGarmo, American singer
 * 1988 – Keshia Chante, Canadian singer
 * 1988 – Leeland Dayton Mooring, American musician (Leeland)
 * 1994 – Destinee Monroe, American singer (Clique Girlz)