Historical Events In August - 16

1934  On August - 16 uS ends occupation of Haiti (been there since 1915)   

1934  On this day in history uS explorer William Beebe descends 3,028' (1922 m) in Bathysphere   

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

1936  On this day in history 11th Olympic games closes in Berlin   

1938  On this day in history robert Johnson, US Delta-blues singer/guitarist, poisoned at 27   

1939  On August - 16 ron Oxenham, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia, 14 wickets), dies   

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

1940  Billy Fiske, US RAF-pilot/2nd lieutenant, dies of injuries on August - 16.   

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

1942  Premier Churchill travels back to Cairo from Moscow on August - 16.   

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

1944  U.S. War Department issues a statement that bombing Auschwitz would divert air power from "decisive operations elsewhere." on August - 16.   

1944  2nd Canadian Division occupies Falaise Normandy on August - 16.   

1944  On August - 16 roman Padlewski, composer, dies at 28   

1945  Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, was captured by Soviet troops on this day in history.   

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

1946  Great Calcutta blood bath on August - 16.   

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

1947  On this day in history ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs   

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

1948  Arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem on August - 16.   

1948  Babe Ruth, Baseball legend (NY Yankees), dies in NY at 53 on August - 16.   

1949  On August - 16 margaret Mitchell, US writer (Gone With the Wind), dies at 48   

1950  West Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England on August - 16.   

1951  On this day in history louis Jouvet, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise), dies at 63   

1953  On this day in history kTAL TV channel 6 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins   

1954  On this day in history sports Illustrated publishes it's first issue   

1954  On August - 16 "Sports Illustrated" magazine begins publishing   

1955  On August - 16 fiat Motors orders first private atomic reactor   

1955  On this day in history fiat Motors orders 1st private atomic reactor   

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

1956  On August - 16 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 August - 16.   

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1355  On August - 16 birth of philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster   

1378  Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425) was born on August - 16.   

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

1401  Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436) was born on August - 16.   

1550  Carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar was born on this day in history.   

1557  Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602) was born on August - 16.   

1573  On this day in history birth of anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598)   

1596  On August - 16 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 this day in history death of john II of Trebizond (b. 1262)   

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

1358  Death of Duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298) on this day in history.   

1419  Death of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361) on this day in history.   

1443  Death of Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434) on August - 16.   

1445  On August - 16 death of margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (b. 1424)   

1508  On this day in history henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41