Historical Events In June - 16
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1952 On June - 16 soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down
1952 Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl is published in the United States on this day in history.
1953 On June - 16 despite Johnny Mize 2,000th hit, Yanks lose ending 18 game win streak & also ending St Louis Brown 14 game losing streak
1954 On this day in history dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months
1955 Pope Pius XII ex-communicated Argentine Pres Juan Peron on this day in history.
1955 On this day in history louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
1958 On this day in history jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, composer, dies at 45
1959 On this day in history george Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), shoots self at 45
1961 Ballet performer Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union while in Paris on June - 16.
1961 On this day in history dave Garroway is fired as Today Show host
1961 On this day in history soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris
1961 O C Scott, cricketer (WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests), dies on June - 16.
1963 On June - 16 levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM
1963 On June - 16 valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in space, aboard Vostok 6
1963 On June - 16 j C Powys, writer, dies at 90
1964 Quake strikes Niigata Japan on June - 16.
1967 On this day in history 50,000 attend Monterey International Pop Festival
1969 On this day in history supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell Jr from House
1969 On this day in history harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Brit field marshal, dies at 78
1970 Kenneth A Gibson elected first black mayor of Newark, NJ on this day in history.
1970 Race riots in Miami Florida on this day in history.
1970 On June - 16 elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73
1971 On June - 16 racial disturbance in Jacksonville Florida
1972 On this day in history burglars caught inside the Watergate building
1975 On June - 16 randy Farland finds a 14-leaf clover near Sioux Falls, SD
1975 On June - 16 don Robey, US gospel/impresario/producer, dies at 71
1976 On this day in history student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa
1976 Francis E Meloy Jr, US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped & killed on June - 16.
1977 "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway on this day in history.
1977 On June - 16 leonid Brezhnev is named president of the Soviet Union.
1977 On June - 16 wernher von Braun, rocket scientist, dies at age 65.
1977 Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (V1/V2), dies at 65 of smoking on this day in history.
1978 On this day in history ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough"
1979 Carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit on June - 16.
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