Page 6: Historical Events In June - 16

1952  Soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down on this day in history.   

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

1953  On this day in history despite Johnny Mize 2,000th hit, Yanks lose ending 18 game win streak & also ending St Louis Brown 14 game losing streak   

1954  Dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history pope Pius XII ex-communicated Argentine Pres Juan Peron   

1955  On June - 16 louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament   

1958  Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history george Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), shoots self at 45   

1961  On June - 16 ballet performer Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union while in Paris.   

1961  Dave Garroway is fired as Today Show host on this day in history.   

1961  On June - 16 soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris   

1961  On this day in history o C Scott, cricketer (WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests), dies   

1963  On this day in history levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM   

1963  On June - 16 valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in space, aboard Vostok 6   

1963  On this day in history j C Powys, writer, dies at 90   

1964  Quake strikes Niigata Japan on June - 16.   

1967  50,000 attend Monterey International Pop Festival on June - 16.   

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 June - 16.   

1970  On this day in history kenneth A Gibson elected first black mayor of Newark, NJ   

1970  Race riots in Miami Florida on June - 16.   

1970  On June - 16 elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73   

1971  Racial disturbance in Jacksonville Florida on June - 16.   

1972  Burglars caught inside the Watergate building on this day in history.   

1975  Randy Farland finds a 14-leaf clover near Sioux Falls, SD on this day in history.   

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

1976  Student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa on this day in history.   

1976  Francis E Meloy Jr, US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped & killed on this day in history.   

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

1977  On June - 16 leonid Brezhnev is named president of the Soviet Union.   

1977  Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist, dies at age 65 on June - 16.   

1977  Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (V1/V2), dies at 65 of smoking on June - 16.   

1978  On June - 16 ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough"   

1979  On June - 16 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  Isabella de Coucy, English princess (d. 1382) was born on this day in history.   

1514  On June - 16 birth of john Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557)   

1583  Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent was born on June - 16.   

1591  Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655) was born on June - 16.   

1606  On this day in history birth of arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675)   

1613  On June - 16 birth of john Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658)   

1633  On this day in history birth of nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer   

0956  Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies on June - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

1468  Death of Jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395) on this day in history.   

1492  Death of Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded on this day in history.   

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