Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In June - 16

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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1139  On this day in history birth of emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155)   

1332  Isabella de Coucy, English princess (d. 1382) was born on June - 16.   

1514  John Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557) was born on June - 16.   

1583  Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent was born on June - 16.   

1591  Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655) was born on this day in history.   

1606  Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1613  On June - 16 birth of john Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658)   

1633  On this day in history birth of nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer