Page 5: Historical Events In August - 16

1934  US ends occupation of Haiti (been there since 1915) on August - 16.   

1934  On August - 16 uS explorer William Beebe descends 3,028' (1922 m) in Bathysphere   

1936  11th Olympic games close in Berlin on August - 16.   

1936  11th Olympic games closes in Berlin on August - 16.   

1938  On this day in history robert Johnson, US Delta-blues singer/guitarist, poisoned at 27   

1939  Ron Oxenham, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia, 14 wickets), dies on August - 16.   

1940  On August - 16 45 German aircrafts shot down over England   

1940  On this day in history billy Fiske, US RAF-pilot/2nd lieutenant, dies of injuries   

1941  HMS Mercury, Royal Navy Signals School and Combined Signals School opens at Leydene, near Petersfield, Hampshire, England on this day in history.   

1942  Premier Churchill travels back to Cairo from Moscow on this day in history.   

1943  1st Long Tom bombs on Italian mainland (from Sicily) on August - 16.   

1944  U.S. War Department issues a statement that bombing Auschwitz would divert air power from "decisive operations elsewhere." on August - 16.   

1944  2nd Canadian Division occupies Falaise Normandy on August - 16.   

1944  On August - 16 roman Padlewski, composer, dies at 28   

1945  Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, was captured by Soviet troops on August - 16.   

1945  On August - 16 nico Richter, composer, dies at 29   

1946  Great Calcutta blood bath on August - 16.   

1946  Herman Harrell Horne, philosopher (idealism) on this day in history.   

1947  Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs on August - 16.   

1948  The Israeli pound becomes legal tender on August - 16.   

1948  Arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history babe Ruth, Baseball legend (NY Yankees), dies in NY at 53   

1949  Margaret Mitchell, US writer (Gone With the Wind), dies at 48 on August - 16.   

1950  West Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England on August - 16.   

1951  Louis Jouvet, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1953  KTAL TV channel 6 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins on August - 16.   

1954  Sports Illustrated publishes it's first issue on this day in history.   

1954  "Sports Illustrated" magazine begins publishing on this day in history.   

1955  Fiat Motors orders first private atomic reactor on August - 16.   

1955  Fiat Motors orders 1st private atomic reactor on this day in history.   

1956  Adlai E Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate on this day in history.   

1956  Bela Lugosi, actor (Dracula), dies of heart attack at 73 on August - 16.   

1958  On August - 16 paul Panzer, actor (Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce), dies at 85   

1959  On August - 16 uSSR introduces installment buying   

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1355  On this day in history birth of philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster   

1378  On August - 16 birth of hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)   

1397  On this day in history birth of albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany   

1401  On this day in history birth of jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436)   

1550  Carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar was born on August - 16.   

1557  On this day in history birth of agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602)   

1573  On August - 16 birth of anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598)   

1596  On this day in history birth of frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632)   

1027  Death of Giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998) on this day in history.   

1297  On August - 16 death of john II of Trebizond (b. 1262)   

1327  On August - 16 death of roch, French saint (b. 1295)   

1358  On August - 16 death of duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298)   

1419  Death of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361) on this day in history.   

1443  Death of Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434) on August - 16.   

1445  Death of Margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (b. 1424) on this day in history.   

1508  On this day in history henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41