Historical Events In June - 16

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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1139  Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155) was born on June - 16.   

1332  Isabella de Coucy, English princess (d. 1382) was born on June - 16.   

1514  John Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557) was born on June - 16.   

1583  On June - 16 birth of axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent   

1591  On June - 16 birth of joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655)   

1606  On this day in history birth of arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675)   

1613  John Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658) was born on this day in history.   

1633  Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer was born on this day in history.   

0956  Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies on June - 16.   

1216  Innocent III, pope, dies at 54 on June - 16.   

1246  Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64 on this day in history.   

1361  On this day in history john Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61   

1397  Death of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358) on June - 16.   

1468  Death of Jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395) on June - 16.   

1492  On this day in history death of jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded   

1575  Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63 on June - 16.