Famous Deaths In June - 16
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1869 On June - 16 death of charles Sturt, English explorer (b. 1795)
1872 Death of Norman MacLeod, Scottish clergyman (b. 1812) on June - 16.
1878 Death of Crawford Long, American physician (b. 1815) on June - 16.
1880 James Southerton, cricketer (appeared in England's 1st 2 Tests), dies on this day in history.
1881 Death of Marie Laveau, American Voodoo practitioner (b. 1801) on this day in history.
1885 On June - 16 death of wilhelm Camphausen, German painter (b. 1818)
1892 On June - 16 victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice, dies at 80
1901 On this day in history hermann Grimm, German writer/poet/historian, dies
1902 On June - 16 death of ernst Schröder, German mathematician (b. 1841)
1905 On June - 16 hermann von Wissmann, German explorer/governor of E Africa, dies at 51
1910 Wendelin Weissheimer, composer, dies at 72 on June - 16.
1925 On this day in history death of chittaranjan Das, Indian patriot and freedom fighter (b. 1870)
1928 On this day in history death of dr. Mark Keppel, County Superintendent of Los Angeles County Schools from 1902-1928 (b. 1867)
1929 On June - 16 death of bramwell Booth, the 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856)
1930 On this day in history elmer Ambrose Sperry, US inventor (gyroscope compass), dies
1932 Frederik W Van Oaths, psychiatrist/writer (Blades of Grass), dies on this day in history.
1936 On June - 16 leib Malach, Yiddish writer, dies
1939 Death of Chick Webb, American jazz drummer and big band leader (b. 1905) on this day in history.
1940 On this day in history dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies
1941 On June - 16 lodo of Hamel, 1st Dutch secret affiliate, dies
1944 Death of Marc Bloch, French historian (executed) (b. 1886) on this day in history.
1945 Death of Aris Velouchiotis, Greek guerrilla resistance leader (b. 1905) on June - 16.
1946 On June - 16 ludwig Winder, writer, dies
1947 On June - 16 jean-Francois Capart, Belgian egyptologist (Memphis), dies at 86
1952 Death of Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist, first to map the entire San Andreas Fault (b. 1861) on this day in history.
1953 Death of Margaret Bondfield, English politician and feminist (b. 1873) on this day in history.
1955 Death of Ozias Leduc, Quebec painter (b. 1864) on June - 16.
1958 On this day in history jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, composer, dies at 45
1959 On June - 16 death of george Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), shoots self at 45
1961 On June - 16 o C Scott, cricketer (WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests), dies
1963 J C Powys, writer, dies at 90 on June - 16.
1969 On June - 16 harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Brit field marshal, dies at 78
1970 Elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73 on June - 16.
1971 Death of Lord Reith, British broadcast executive (b. 1889) on this day in history.
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