Historical Events In May - 16

1941  Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham) on May - 16.   

1941  Nazis forbid Dutch Organization of Actors (NOT) on May - 16.   

1941  1st US/radio performance of Bennett's "Symphony in D for the Dodgers" on May - 16.   

1942  On this day in history the first transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma   

1942  1st transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma on this day in history.   

1942  Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, anthropologist, dies on May - 16.   

1943  On May - 16 german troops destroy synagogue of Warsaw   

1943  On this day in history jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto ends after 30 days of fighting   

1943  On May - 16 nazi officer Jergen Stroop reports to his superiors that the Warsaw ghetto is no longer in existence. According to his calculations 7,000 Jews have been killed in street fighting, 30,000 have been deported to Treblinka and 5-6,000 have perished in flames.   

1943  On this day in history rAF bombs Möhne & Eder (Battle of Ruhr)   

1943  -17th] RAF bombs Möhne & Eder (Battle of Ruhr) on May - 16.   

1944  On May - 16 military police attack gypsies   

1944  Rabbi Weissmandl sends out pleas to bomb camp and rail lines - based on his "Auschwitz Protocol" - a 31 page report from escapees' eyewitness accounts of Rudolph Verba and Alfred Wetzler on this day in history.   

1944  The first of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz on this day in history.   

1944  1st of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz on this day in history.   

1944  George Ade, US novelist/playwright (Counsel Widow), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1945  9th Division lands at Brunei on May - 16.   

1945  Violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Half Moon Okinawa on this day in history.   

1946  The Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun opens on this day in history.   

1948  On May - 16 cBS news correspondent George Polk's body is found in Greece   

1948  On May - 16 chaim Weizmann elected first President of Israel   

1948  Egyptians enter the Gaza on May - 16.   

1948  On this day in history israel issues its first postage stamps   

1949  On May - 16 william Newzam Prior Nicholson, painter/engraver, dies   

1952  Alec Hearne, cricketer (scored 9 in Test for Eng v S Afr 1892), dies on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61   

1955  On May - 16 heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in 9 (San Fransisco) for heavyweight boxing title   

1955  King Baudouin of Belgium visits Congo on May - 16.   

1955  Ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown on May - 16.   

1955  On May - 16 the birth of Debra Winger, American film actress   

1955  On May - 16 james Agee, US critic/writer (Death in Family), dies in NY   

1956  On May - 16 egypt recognizes People's Republic of China   

1956  On May - 16 great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia   

1957  Major Irwin, USAF flies a Lockheed Starfighter to a record 1,404.18 MPH on this day in history.   

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1558  On May - 16 birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)   

1578  On this day in history birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)   

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on May - 16.   

1641  On this day in history birth of dudley North, financier/economist   

1659  On May - 16 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on May - 16.   

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.   

1748  On this day in history birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch   

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on May - 16.   

1265  On May - 16 death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)   

1434  On May - 16 pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60   

1569  On May - 16 death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr   

1620  On May - 16 death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)   

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on May - 16.   

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on May - 16.   

1669  On this day in history pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies