Famous Deaths In June - 16
Friday, 29 March 2024
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 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 Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice, dies at 80 on June - 16.
1901 On this day in history hermann Grimm, German writer/poet/historian, dies
1902 On June - 16 death of ernst Schröder, German mathematician (b. 1841)
1905 Hermann von Wissmann, German explorer/governor of E Africa, dies at 51 on June - 16.
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 this day in history.
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 June - 16.
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 On this day in history dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies
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 Death of Aris Velouchiotis, Greek guerrilla resistance leader (b. 1905) on this day in history.
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 June - 16.
1953 Death of Margaret Bondfield, English politician and feminist (b. 1873) on this day in history.
1955 On this day in history death of ozias Leduc, Quebec painter (b. 1864)
1958 On this day in history 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 J C Powys, writer, dies at 90 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1971 Death of Lord Reith, British broadcast executive (b. 1889) on June - 16.
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