Historical Events In June - 16

1952  Soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down on June - 16.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1955  On June - 16 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  George Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), shoots self at 45 on June - 16.  

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

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

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  Levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM on June - 16.  

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 this day in history quake strikes Niigata Japan  

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

1969  On this day in history supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell Jr from House  

1969  On June - 16 harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Brit field marshal, dies at 78  

1970  Kenneth A Gibson elected first black mayor of Newark, NJ on June - 16.  

1970  Race riots in Miami Florida on this day in history.  

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

1971  On this day in history racial disturbance in Jacksonville Florida  

1972  On this day in history burglars caught inside the Watergate building  

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  Student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa on June - 16.  

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

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

1977  Leonid Brezhnev is named president of the Soviet Union on this day in history.  

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

1977  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history birth of john Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557)  

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 this day in history 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 June - 16.  

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

1246  On June - 16 lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64  

1361  John Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61 on this day in history.  

1397  On this day in history death of philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358)  

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