Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In June - 16
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
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 this day in history.
1881 Death of Marie Laveau, American Voodoo practitioner (b. 1801) on June - 16.
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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history wendelin Weissheimer, composer, dies at 72
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 Death of Bramwell Booth, the 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856) on this day in history.
1930 On June - 16 elmer Ambrose Sperry, US inventor (gyroscope compass), dies
1932 Frederik W Van Oaths, psychiatrist/writer (Blades of Grass), dies on June - 16.
1936 Leib Malach, Yiddish writer, dies on June - 16.
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 Death of Marc Bloch, French historian (executed) (b. 1886) on June - 16.
1945 Death of Aris Velouchiotis, Greek guerrilla resistance leader (b. 1905) on this day in history.
1946 On this day in history ludwig Winder, writer, dies
1947 Jean-Francois Capart, Belgian egyptologist (Memphis), dies at 86 on June - 16.
1952 On this day in history 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 June - 16 death of ozias Leduc, Quebec painter (b. 1864)
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 On June - 16 o C Scott, cricketer (WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests), dies
1963 On June - 16 j C Powys, writer, dies at 90
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 Death of Lord Reith, British broadcast executive (b. 1889) on June - 16.
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