Historical Events In May - 16

1957  On May - 16 uS launches its 3rd atomic submarine, USS Skate, at Groton CT   

1958  On May - 16 eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mexico   

1958  Walter Irwin flies 2,259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter on this day in history.   

1958  Jeroom Verten [Jozef F Vermetten], Flemish playwright, dies at 49 on May - 16.   

1959  On this day in history joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69   

1960  Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as USSR levels spy charges against US on this day in history.   

1961  On May - 16 13th Emmy Awards Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck   

1961  13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck on May - 16.   

1963  Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends US Project Mercury on this day in history.   

1964  USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1964  Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champion on this day in history.   

1965  Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam on May - 16.   

1965  Spaghetti-O's first sold on May - 16.   

1966  On May - 16 beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" is released   

1966  National Welfare Rights Organization begins on May - 16.   

1966  Stokely Carmichael named chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history randolph Turpin, boxer, shot dead in his home   

1967  On this day in history philadelphia voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium   

1968  On this day in history battle for Fire Support Base CORAL in Vietnam   

1968  On May - 16 earthquake kills 47 in Japan   

1968  Honshu, Japan a7.0 quake killed 47 people, 281 injured, and $131 million property damage was sustained on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute   

1969  On May - 16 students occupies Magden House Amsterdam   

1969  On this day in history the Who's Pete Townsend & Roger Daltrey charged with assault   

1969  On May - 16 uSSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1969  Venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history johnny Jordan, cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at 44   

1970  On May - 16 "Grover Henson Feels Forgotten" by Bill Cosby hits #70   

1971  On this day in history bulgaria adopts it's constitution   

1971  On this day in history first class postage now costs 8¢ (was 6¢)   

1972  On this day in history maxime Dumoulin, composer, dies at 79   

1973  AC Milan wins 13th Europe Cup II in Saloniki on May - 16.   

1973  On this day in history zimbian troops kill two Canadian women at Rhodesian (Zimbabwe) border; believed they were saboteurs.   

1974  On May - 16 helmut Schmidt becomes West German chancellor   

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1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on May - 16.   

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on this day in history.   

1609  On this day in history birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

1641  On May - 16 birth of dudley North, financier/economist   

1659  On this day in history birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

1710  On this day in history birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)   

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on May - 16.   

1748  On this day in history birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch   

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on May - 16.   

1265  On this day in history death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)   

1434  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on this day in history.   

1569  On this day in history death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr   

1620  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on this day in history.   

1657  On May - 16 death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)   

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on this day in history.   

1669  On May - 16 pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies