Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In June - 16
Friday, 18 July 2025
1869 On this day in history death of charles Sturt, English explorer (b. 1795)
1872 On June - 16 death of norman MacLeod, Scottish clergyman (b. 1812)
1878 On this day in history death of crawford Long, American physician (b. 1815)
1880 On this day in history james Southerton, cricketer (appeared in England's 1st 2 Tests), dies
1881 On June - 16 death of marie Laveau, American Voodoo practitioner (b. 1801)
1885 On June - 16 death of wilhelm Camphausen, German painter (b. 1818)
1892 On this day in history victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice, dies at 80
1901 On June - 16 hermann Grimm, German writer/poet/historian, dies
1902 On June - 16 death of ernst Schröder, German mathematician (b. 1841)
1905 On this day in history hermann von Wissmann, German explorer/governor of E Africa, dies at 51
1910 Wendelin Weissheimer, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.
1925 Death of Chittaranjan Das, Indian patriot and freedom fighter (b. 1870) on June - 16.
1928 On June - 16 death of dr. Mark Keppel, County Superintendent of Los Angeles County Schools from 1902-1928 (b. 1867)
1929 On this day in history death of bramwell Booth, the 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856)
1930 On June - 16 elmer Ambrose Sperry, US inventor (gyroscope compass), dies
1932 On June - 16 frederik W Van Oaths, psychiatrist/writer (Blades of Grass), dies
1936 On June - 16 leib Malach, Yiddish writer, dies
1939 Death of Chick Webb, American jazz drummer and big band leader (b. 1905) on June - 16.
1940 Dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies on June - 16.
1941 On June - 16 lodo of Hamel, 1st Dutch secret affiliate, dies
1944 Death of Marc Bloch, French historian (executed) (b. 1886) on June - 16.
1945 On June - 16 death of aris Velouchiotis, Greek guerrilla resistance leader (b. 1905)
1946 On June - 16 ludwig Winder, writer, dies
1947 On this day in history jean-Francois Capart, Belgian egyptologist (Memphis), dies at 86
1952 Death of Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist, first to map the entire San Andreas Fault (b. 1861) on this day in history.
1953 Death of Margaret Bondfield, English politician and feminist (b. 1873) on June - 16.
1955 On June - 16 death of ozias Leduc, Quebec painter (b. 1864)
1958 On June - 16 jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, composer, dies at 45
1959 Death of George Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), shoots self at 45 on June - 16.
1961 On this day in history o C Scott, cricketer (WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests), dies
1963 On June - 16 j C Powys, writer, dies at 90
1969 On this day in history harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Brit field marshal, dies at 78
1970 Elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1971 Death of Lord Reith, British broadcast executive (b. 1889) on this day in history.
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