Page 5: Historical Events In June - 16

1930  Brian Statham, cricketer (masterful England quick for two decades) on June - 16.   

1930  On June - 16 elmer Ambrose Sperry, US inventor (gyroscope compass), dies   

1931  Austrian govt of Ender falls on June - 16.   

1932  Pres Hoover & VP Charles Curtis renominated by Rep Convention on June - 16.   

1932  Germany forbids SA/SS-gang fights on this day in history.   

1932  On June - 16 frederik W Van Oaths, psychiatrist/writer (Blades of Grass), dies   

1933  On June - 16 national Industrial Recovery Act becomes law (later struck down)   

1933  On June - 16 uS Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) created   

1935  On June - 16 uS Congress accepts FDR's "New Deal"   

1936  On June - 16 dutch queen Wilhelmina opens the Waal bridge   

1936  On this day in history leib Malach, Yiddish writer, dies   

1937  Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" opens in LA on this day in history.   

1938  On June - 16 jimmie Foxx is walked a record 6 consecutive times by Browns   

1940  Commuinist govt installed in Lithuania on June - 16.   

1940  On June - 16 hMS GRAMPUS,sunk off Augusta, eastern Sicily in Ionian Sea by Italian torpedo boats 'Circe' and 'Clio'.   

1940  Communist govt installed in Lithuania on June - 16.   

1940  On this day in history dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies   

1941  The first US federally owned airport opened Wash DC on June - 16.   

1941  1st US federally owned airport opened Wash DC on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history lodo of Hamel, 1st Dutch secret affiliate, dies   

1943  On June - 16 race riot in Beaumont Texas (2 die)   

1944  On June - 16 iceland adopts constitution   

1945  71st Preakness: Wayne D Wright aboard Polynesian wins in 1:58.8 on this day in history.   

1946  "Annie Get Your Gun" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 1147 perfs on June - 16.   

1946  Ludwig Winder, writer, dies on June - 16.   

1947  Pravda denounces Marshall Plan on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history the first network news-Dumont's "News from Washington"   

1947  On June - 16 1st network news-Dumont's "News from Washington"   

1947  Jean-Francois Capart, Belgian egyptologist (Memphis), dies at 86 on June - 16.   

1948  Start of Malayan Emergency on June - 16.   

1949  Gas turbine-electric locomotive demonstrated, Erie Pa on this day in history.   

1951  People's Party founded in India on June - 16.   

1951  On June - 16 51st US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Oakland Hills CC Mich   

1952  On this day in history anne Frank Diary of a Young Girl is published in the United States.   

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1139  Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155) was born on this day in history.   

1332  Isabella de Coucy, English princess (d. 1382) was born on this day in history.   

1514  John Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

1583  Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent was born on this day in history.   

1591  Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655) was born on this day in history.   

1606  On June - 16 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  On this day in history birth of nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer   

0956  On June - 16 hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies   

1216  On this day in history innocent III, pope, dies at 54   

1246  On this day in history lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64   

1361  John Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61 on June - 16.   

1397  On June - 16 death of philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358)   

1468  On this day in history death of jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395)   

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

1575  On June - 16 hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63