Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In June - 16

1869  On June - 16 death of charles Sturt, English explorer (b. 1795)   

1872  Death of Norman MacLeod, Scottish clergyman (b. 1812) on this day in history.   

1878  Death of Crawford Long, American physician (b. 1815) on June - 16.   

1880  James Southerton, cricketer (appeared in England's 1st 2 Tests), dies on June - 16.   

1881  On June - 16 death of marie Laveau, American Voodoo practitioner (b. 1801)   

1885  On this day in history death of wilhelm Camphausen, German painter (b. 1818)   

1892  Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice, dies at 80 on June - 16.   

1901  On June - 16 hermann Grimm, German writer/poet/historian, dies   

1902  Death of Ernst Schröder, German mathematician (b. 1841) on June - 16.   

1905  On June - 16 hermann von Wissmann, German explorer/governor of E Africa, dies at 51   

1910  On this day in history wendelin Weissheimer, composer, dies at 72   

1925  On this day in history death of chittaranjan Das, Indian patriot and freedom fighter (b. 1870)   

1928  On June - 16 death of dr. Mark Keppel, County Superintendent of Los Angeles County Schools from 1902-1928 (b. 1867)   

1929  Death of Bramwell Booth, the 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856) on this day in history.   

1930  Elmer Ambrose Sperry, US inventor (gyroscope compass), dies on this day in history.   

1932  On June - 16 frederik W Van Oaths, psychiatrist/writer (Blades of Grass), dies   

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  On June - 16 dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies   

1941  Lodo of Hamel, 1st Dutch secret affiliate, dies on this day in history.   

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  Ludwig Winder, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of margaret Bondfield, English politician and feminist (b. 1873)   

1955  Death of Ozias Leduc, Quebec painter (b. 1864) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1961  O C Scott, cricketer (WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests), dies on this day in history.   

1963  J C Powys, writer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1969  Harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Brit field marshal, dies at 78 on June - 16.   

1970  Elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history death of lord Reith, British broadcast executive (b. 1889)   

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

1332  On June - 16 birth of isabella de Coucy, English princess (d. 1382)   

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

1583  On this day in history birth of axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent   

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

1606  On June - 16 birth of arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675)   

1613  On this day in history birth of john Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658)   

1633  Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer was born on this day in history.