Page 5: Historical Events In August - 16

1934  US ends occupation of Haiti (been there since 1915) on this day in history.   

1934  On August - 16 uS explorer William Beebe descends 3,028' (1922 m) in Bathysphere   

1936  On August - 16 11th Olympic games close in Berlin   

1936  On August - 16 11th Olympic games closes in Berlin   

1938  Robert Johnson, US Delta-blues singer/guitarist, poisoned at 27 on August - 16.   

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

1940  On August - 16 45 German aircrafts shot down over England   

1940  On this day in history billy Fiske, US RAF-pilot/2nd lieutenant, dies of injuries   

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

1942  On August - 16 premier Churchill travels back to Cairo from Moscow   

1943  On this day in history 1st Long Tom bombs on Italian mainland (from Sicily)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1945  Nico Richter, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1946  Great Calcutta blood bath on this day in history.   

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

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

1948  On this day in history the Israeli pound becomes legal tender   

1948  On August - 16 arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem   

1948  On August - 16 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 this day in history west Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England   

1951  Louis Jouvet, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise), dies at 63 on August - 16.   

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

1954  On August - 16 sports Illustrated publishes it's first issue   

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

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

1955  On August - 16 fiat Motors orders 1st private atomic reactor   

1956  On August - 16 adlai E Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate   

1956  On this day in history bela Lugosi, actor (Dracula), dies of heart attack at 73   

1958  On August - 16 paul Panzer, actor (Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce), dies at 85   

1959  USSR introduces installment buying on this day in history.   

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1355  Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster was born on August - 16.   

1378  On August - 16 birth of hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)   

1397  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany was born on this day in history.   

1401  On August - 16 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  Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602) was born on this day in history.   

1573  Anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598) was born on this day in history.   

1596  On this day in history birth of frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632)   

1027  Death of Giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998) on this day in history.   

1297  On August - 16 death of john II of Trebizond (b. 1262)   

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

1358  On this day in history death of duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298)   

1419  Death of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361) on August - 16.   

1443  Death of Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434) on this day in history.   

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