Page 6: 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  Despite Johnny Mize 2,000th hit, Yanks lose ending 18 game win streak & also ending St Louis Brown 14 game losing streak on June - 16.   

1954  Dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months on June - 16.   

1955  Pope Pius XII ex-communicated Argentine Pres Juan Peron on June - 16.   

1955  Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, composer, dies at 45   

1959  George Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), shoots self at 45 on June - 16.   

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

1961  On this day in history dave Garroway is fired as Today Show host   

1961  Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris on June - 16.   

1961  O C Scott, cricketer (WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests), dies on this day in history.   

1963  Levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM on this day in history.   

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  On June - 16 quake strikes Niigata Japan   

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  Kenneth A Gibson elected first black mayor of Newark, NJ on June - 16.   

1970  Race riots in Miami Florida on June - 16.   

1970  On this day in history elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73   

1971  Racial disturbance in Jacksonville Florida on June - 16.   

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

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

1975  On June - 16 don Robey, US gospel/impresario/producer, dies at 71   

1976  On June - 16 student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa   

1976  On this day in history francis E Meloy Jr, US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped & killed   

1977  On June - 16 "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway   

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

1977  On this day in history wernher von Braun, rocket scientist, dies at age 65.   

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

1978  Ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough" on June - 16.   

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

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1139  On June - 16 birth of emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155)   

1332  Isabella de Coucy, English princess (d. 1382) was born on June - 16.   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1633  Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer was born on this day in history.   

0956  Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies on this day in history.   

1216  Innocent III, pope, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1246  Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64 on June - 16.   

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

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