Historical Events In June - 16

1952  On this day in history soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down   

1952  On June - 16 anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl is published in the United States.   

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  On this day in history pope Pius XII ex-communicated Argentine Pres Juan Peron   

1955  On this day in history louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament   

1958  Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, composer, dies at 45 on June - 16.   

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  Dave Garroway is fired as Today Show host on June - 16.   

1961  On June - 16 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  Valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in space, aboard Vostok 6 on this day in history.   

1963  J C Powys, writer, dies at 90 on June - 16.   

1964  On June - 16 quake strikes Niigata Japan   

1967  On this day in history 50,000 attend Monterey International Pop Festival   

1969  On June - 16 supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell Jr from House   

1969  Harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Brit field marshal, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1970  On June - 16 kenneth A Gibson elected first black mayor of Newark, NJ   

1970  On this day in history race riots in Miami Florida   

1970  Elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1971  On June - 16 racial disturbance in Jacksonville Florida   

1972  Burglars caught inside the Watergate building on June - 16.   

1975  On this day in history randy Farland finds a 14-leaf clover near Sioux Falls, SD   

1975  Don Robey, US gospel/impresario/producer, dies at 71 on June - 16.   

1976  On this day in history student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa   

1976  On June - 16 francis E Meloy Jr, US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped & killed   

1977  On this day in history "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway   

1977  Leonid Brezhnev is named president of the Soviet Union on June - 16.   

1977  Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist, dies at age 65 on this day in history.   

1977  On June - 16 wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (V1/V2), dies at 65 of smoking   

1978  Ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough" on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit   

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

1332  On June - 16 birth of isabella de Coucy, English princess (d. 1382)   

1514  On this day in history birth of john Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557)   

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 June - 16 birth of arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675)   

1613  John Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658) was born on June - 16.   

1633  Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer was born on June - 16.   

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

1216  On June - 16 innocent III, pope, dies at 54   

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

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

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

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

1492  Death of Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded on June - 16.   

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