Historical Events In May - 16

1957  On May - 16 uS launches its 3rd atomic submarine, USS Skate, at Groton CT   

1958  On May - 16 eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mexico   

1958  On May - 16 walter Irwin flies 2,259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter   

1958  On this day in history jeroom Verten [Jozef F Vermetten], Flemish playwright, dies at 49   

1959  Joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1960  Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as USSR levels spy charges against US on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history 13th Emmy Awards Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck   

1961  13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck on this day in history.   

1963  Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends US Project Mercury on this day in history.   

1964  On May - 16 uSSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1964  On May - 16 verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champion   

1965  Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam on May - 16.   

1965  On May - 16 spaghetti-O's first sold   

1966  Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" is released on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history national Welfare Rights Organization begins   

1966  Stokely Carmichael named chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee on this day in history.   

1966  On May - 16 randolph Turpin, boxer, shot dead in his home   

1967  On May - 16 philadelphia voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium   

1968  On this day in history battle for Fire Support Base CORAL in Vietnam   

1968  Earthquake kills 47 in Japan on this day in history.   

1968  Honshu, Japan a7.0 quake killed 47 people, 281 injured, and $131 million property damage was sustained on May - 16.   

1969  Barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute on this day in history.   

1969  On May - 16 students occupies Magden House Amsterdam   

1969  The Who's Pete Townsend & Roger Daltrey charged with assault on May - 16.   

1969  USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1969  On May - 16 venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere   

1969  Johnny Jordan, cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history "Grover Henson Feels Forgotten" by Bill Cosby hits #70   

1971  On May - 16 bulgaria adopts it's constitution   

1971  First class postage now costs 8¢ (was 6¢) on this day in history.   

1972  Maxime Dumoulin, composer, dies at 79 on May - 16.   

1973  On May - 16 aC Milan wins 13th Europe Cup II in Saloniki   

1973  Zimbian troops kill two Canadian women at Rhodesian (Zimbabwe) border; believed they were saboteurs on this day in history.   

1974  On May - 16 helmut Schmidt becomes West German chancellor   

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1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on this day in history.   

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

1609  On this day in history birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on this day in history.   

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on May - 16.   

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 May - 16 birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch   

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

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on this day in history.   

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

1569  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on this day in history.   

1620  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on this day in history.   

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on this day in history.   

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

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on this day in history.