Page 5: Historical Events In August - 16

1934  US ends occupation of Haiti (been there since 1915) on August - 16.   

1934  US explorer William Beebe descends 3,028' (1922 m) in Bathysphere on August - 16.   

1936  11th Olympic games close in Berlin on August - 16.   

1936  11th Olympic games closes in Berlin on August - 16.   

1938  On this day in history robert Johnson, US Delta-blues singer/guitarist, poisoned at 27   

1939  On this day in history ron Oxenham, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia, 14 wickets), dies   

1940  On this day in history 45 German aircrafts shot down over England   

1940  On August - 16 billy Fiske, US RAF-pilot/2nd lieutenant, dies of injuries   

1941  On August - 16 hMS Mercury, Royal Navy Signals School and Combined Signals School opens at Leydene, near Petersfield, Hampshire, England.   

1942  Premier Churchill travels back to Cairo from Moscow on this day in history.   

1943  1st Long Tom bombs on Italian mainland (from Sicily) on August - 16.   

1944  On August - 16 u.S. War Department issues a statement that bombing Auschwitz would divert air power from "decisive operations elsewhere."   

1944  2nd Canadian Division occupies Falaise Normandy on this day in history.   

1944  Roman Padlewski, composer, dies at 28 on August - 16.   

1945  Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, was captured by Soviet troops on August - 16.   

1945  On August - 16 nico Richter, composer, dies at 29   

1946  On this day in history great Calcutta blood bath   

1946  Herman Harrell Horne, philosopher (idealism) on August - 16.   

1947  On August - 16 ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs   

1948  The Israeli pound becomes legal tender on August - 16.   

1948  On this day in history arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem   

1948  On this day in history babe Ruth, Baseball legend (NY Yankees), dies in NY at 53   

1949  Margaret Mitchell, US writer (Gone With the Wind), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1950  On August - 16 west Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England   

1951  On this day in history louis Jouvet, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise), dies at 63   

1953  On August - 16 kTAL TV channel 6 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins   

1954  Sports Illustrated publishes it's first issue on August - 16.   

1954  "Sports Illustrated" magazine begins publishing on August - 16.   

1955  Fiat Motors orders first private atomic reactor on this day in history.   

1955  Fiat Motors orders 1st private atomic reactor on this day in history.   

1956  Adlai E Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate on August - 16.   

1956  Bela Lugosi, actor (Dracula), dies of heart attack at 73 on August - 16.   

1958  Paul Panzer, actor (Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce), dies at 85 on August - 16.   

1959  USSR introduces installment buying on this day in history.   

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1355  On this day in history birth of philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster   

1378  Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425) was born on this day in history.   

1397  On August - 16 birth of albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany   

1401  On this day in history birth of jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436)   

1550  On August - 16 birth of carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar   

1557  On this day in history birth of agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602)   

1573  Anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598) was born on August - 16.   

1596  Frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.   

1027  On this day in history death of giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998)   

1297  Death of John II of Trebizond (b. 1262) on this day in history.   

1327  Death of Roch, French saint (b. 1295) on August - 16.   

1358  On August - 16 death of duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298)   

1419  Death of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361) on this day in history.   

1443  On August - 16 death of ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434)   

1445  Death of Margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (b. 1424) on this day in history.   

1508  On this day in history henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41