Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In June - 16

1869  Death of Charles Sturt, English explorer (b. 1795) on this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history death of norman MacLeod, Scottish clergyman (b. 1812)   

1878  Death of Crawford Long, American physician (b. 1815) on this day in history.   

1880  On June - 16 james Southerton, cricketer (appeared in England's 1st 2 Tests), dies   

1881  Death of Marie Laveau, American Voodoo practitioner (b. 1801) on June - 16.   

1885  Death of Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter (b. 1818) on this day in history.   

1892  On June - 16 victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice, dies at 80   

1901  Hermann Grimm, German writer/poet/historian, dies on June - 16.   

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

1905  On this day in history hermann von Wissmann, German explorer/governor of E Africa, dies at 51   

1910  On June - 16 wendelin Weissheimer, composer, dies at 72   

1925  Death of Chittaranjan Das, Indian patriot and freedom fighter (b. 1870) on June - 16.   

1928  Death of Dr. Mark Keppel, County Superintendent of Los Angeles County Schools from 1902-1928 (b. 1867) on June - 16.   

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

1930  On this day in history 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  On June - 16 death of chick Webb, American jazz drummer and big band leader (b. 1905)   

1940  Dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies on this day in history.   

1941  Lodo of Hamel, 1st Dutch secret affiliate, dies on June - 16.   

1944  On this day in history death of marc Bloch, French historian (executed) (b. 1886)   

1945  Death of Aris Velouchiotis, Greek guerrilla resistance leader (b. 1905) on this day in history.   

1946  Ludwig Winder, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1947  On June - 16 jean-Francois Capart, Belgian egyptologist (Memphis), dies at 86   

1952  On this day in history death of andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist, first to map the entire San Andreas Fault (b. 1861)   

1953  Death of Margaret Bondfield, English politician and feminist (b. 1873) on this day in history.   

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

1958  On this day in history jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, composer, dies at 45   

1959  On this day in history death of george Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), shoots self at 45   

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 June - 16.   

1969  On June - 16 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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1139  On June - 16 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  On June - 16 birth of axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent   

1591  On this day in history birth of joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655)   

1606  On this day in history 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  On June - 16 birth of nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer