Father's Day

Father's Day is a celebration honoring fathers  and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. Many countries celebrate it on the third Sunday of June(16,June on 2013). 

Hank Luisetti

Hank Luisetti was an American college men's basketball player and one of the great innovators of the game. He was born on June 16, 1916. In an era that featured the traditional two-handed set shot, Luisetti developed the running one-handed shot. He died on December 17, 2002. 

Georg Wittig

 

Georg Wittig was born on June 16, 1897, he was a German chemist who reported a method for synthesis of alkenes from aldehydes and ketones using compounds called phosphonium ylides in the Wittig reaction. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Herbert C. Brown in 1979 He died on August 26, 1987.