Page 5: Historical Events In August - 16

1934  On this day in history uS ends occupation of Haiti (been there since 1915)   

1934  US explorer William Beebe descends 3,028' (1922 m) in Bathysphere on August - 16.   

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

1936  On August - 16 11th Olympic games closes in Berlin   

1938  On August - 16 robert Johnson, US Delta-blues singer/guitarist, poisoned at 27   

1939  On August - 16 ron Oxenham, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia, 14 wickets), dies   

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

1940  Billy Fiske, US RAF-pilot/2nd lieutenant, dies of injuries on this day in history.   

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

1942  On August - 16 premier Churchill travels back to Cairo from Moscow   

1943  1st Long Tom bombs on Italian mainland (from Sicily) on this day in history.   

1944  U.S. War Department issues a statement that bombing Auschwitz would divert air power from "decisive operations elsewhere." on this day in history.   

1944  2nd Canadian Division occupies Falaise Normandy on this day in history.   

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

1945  On this day in history puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, was captured by Soviet troops.   

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 August - 16.   

1947  On this day in history ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs   

1948  On this day in history the Israeli pound becomes legal tender   

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

1948  Babe Ruth, Baseball legend (NY Yankees), dies in NY at 53 on this day in history.   

1949  Margaret Mitchell, US writer (Gone With the Wind), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1950  West Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history louis Jouvet, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise), dies at 63   

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

1954  On August - 16 sports Illustrated publishes it's first issue   

1954  "Sports Illustrated" magazine begins publishing on August - 16.   

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

1955  Fiat Motors orders 1st private atomic reactor on August - 16.   

1956  Adlai E Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate on August - 16.   

1956  Bela Lugosi, actor (Dracula), dies of heart attack at 73 on this day in history.   

1958  Paul Panzer, actor (Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce), dies at 85 on August - 16.   

1959  On this day in history uSSR introduces installment buying   

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1355  Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster was born on this day in history.   

1378  On this day in history 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 August - 16 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 August - 16 birth of agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602)   

1573  Anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598) was born on August - 16.   

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

1027  On August - 16 death of giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998)   

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 this day in history.   

1445  On August - 16 death of margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (b. 1424)   

1508  On August - 16 henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41