Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In June - 16
Sunday, 06 July 2025
1869 On this day in history death of charles Sturt, English explorer (b. 1795)
1872 Death of Norman MacLeod, Scottish clergyman (b. 1812) on June - 16.
1878 On June - 16 death of crawford Long, American physician (b. 1815)
1880 James Southerton, cricketer (appeared in England's 1st 2 Tests), dies on this day in history.
1881 Death of Marie Laveau, American Voodoo practitioner (b. 1801) on June - 16.
1885 Death of Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter (b. 1818) on June - 16.
1892 Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice, dies at 80 on this day in history.
1901 On this day in history hermann Grimm, German writer/poet/historian, dies
1902 Death of Ernst Schröder, German mathematician (b. 1841) on this day in history.
1905 Hermann von Wissmann, German explorer/governor of E Africa, dies at 51 on June - 16.
1910 On this day in history wendelin Weissheimer, composer, dies at 72
1925 On June - 16 death of chittaranjan Das, Indian patriot and freedom fighter (b. 1870)
1928 On this day in history 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 Elmer Ambrose Sperry, US inventor (gyroscope compass), dies on June - 16.
1932 Frederik W Van Oaths, psychiatrist/writer (Blades of Grass), dies on June - 16.
1936 Leib Malach, Yiddish writer, dies on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1941 On June - 16 lodo of Hamel, 1st Dutch secret affiliate, dies
1944 On this day in history death of marc Bloch, French historian (executed) (b. 1886)
1945 On this day in history 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 On June - 16 death of andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist, first to map the entire San Andreas Fault (b. 1861)
1953 On this day in history death of margaret Bondfield, English politician and feminist (b. 1873)
1955 On this day in history 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 O C Scott, cricketer (WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests), dies on this day in history.
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 June - 16.
1971 Death of Lord Reith, British broadcast executive (b. 1889) on this day in history.
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