On this day, June 16

1567 Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned in Lochleven Castle in Scotland. (She escaped almost a year later but ended up imprisoned again.)

1864 Allegheny City’s Sanitary Fair closed after raising $363,570 in 16 days for benefit of Union soldiers and their dependents. At the end of the war, $200,000 in unused funds were given to West Penn Hospital as a nucleus for an endowment. 1975 DeLeuw, Cather & Co. was to study the Skybus concept. The firm of engineers chosen by Transit Task Force would receive $446,745 for the study.

1994 The U.S. Open Golf Championship began at Oakmont Country Club. (Ernie Els, of South Africa, won in a playoff on

June 21.)

2015 Real estate mogul Donald Trump launched his successful campaign to become president of the United States with a speech at Trump Tower in Manhattan.

— Compiled by Rick Nowlin

Today’s birthdays: Actress Eileen Atkins, 86. Actor Bill Cobbs, 86. Author Joyce Carol Oates, 82. Actress Joan Van Ark, 77. Actor Geoff Pierson, 71. Boxing Hall of Famer Roberto Duran, 69. Pop singer-songwriter Gino Vannelli, 68. Actress Laurie Metcalf, 65. Actor Arnold Vosloo, 58. Actor Danny Burstein, 56.

Model-actress Jenny Shimizu, 53. Actor James Patrick Stuart, 52. Rapper MC Ren, 51. Actor Clifton Collins Jr., 50. Golfer Phil Mickelson, 50. Actor John Cho, 48. Actor Eddie Cibrian, 47. Actor Fred Koehler, 45. Actress China Shavers, 43. Actor Daniel Bruhl, 42. Actress Sibel Kekilli, 40. Actress Missy Peregrym, 38. Actress Olivia Hack, 37. Actress Ali Stoker, 33. Tennis player Bianca Andreescu, 20.

Thought for today: “Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we do not control.”