Top Historical Events That Happened on August 16

1938  Robert Johnson, US Delta-blues singer/guitarist, poisoned at 27   

1939  Ron Oxenham, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia, 14 wickets), dies.   

1940  45 German aircrafts shot down over England.   

1940  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   

1942  Premier Churchill travels back to Cairo from Moscow   

1943  1st Long Tom bombs on Italian mainland (from Sicily)   

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

1944  2nd Canadian Division occupies Falaise Normandy.   

1944  Roman Padlewski, composer, dies at 28   

1945  Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, was captured by Soviet troops   

1945  Nico Richter, composer, dies at 29.   

1946  Great Calcutta blood bath   

1946  Herman Harrell Horne, philosopher (idealism).   

1947  Ralph Kiner is recorded as becoming 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs   

1948  The Israeli pound is recorded as becoming legal tender.   

1948  Arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem.   

1948  Babe Ruth, Baseball legend (NY Yankees), dies in NY at 53.   

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

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

1951  Louis Jouvet, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise), dies at 63   

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

1954  In this year, Sports Illustrated publishes it's inaugural issue.   

1954  "Sports Illustrated" magazine begins publishing.   

1955  Fiat Motors orders inaugural private atomic reactor.   

1955  Fiat Motors orders 1st private atomic reactor.   

1956  Adlai E Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate   

1956  Bela Lugosi, actor (Dracula), dies of heart attack at 73.   

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

1959  USSR introduces installment buying.   

1959  In this year, Betsy Rawls claims LPGA Seattle Golf Open   

1959  Pedro Humberto Allende Saron, Chilean composer (Tonados), dies at 74   

1960  Britain grants independence to crown colony of Cyprus.   

1960  Cyprus independence   

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1355  Philippa plantagenet: Countess of ulster   

1378  Hongxi emperor of china: Hongxi emperor of china (d. 1425)   

1397  Albrecht ii von habsburg: King of bohemia/hungary/germany   

1401  Jacqueline: Countess of hainaut, dauphine of france   

1550  Carolus gallus: [karel de haan], dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar   

1557  Agostino carracci: Italian artist   

1573  Anna of austria: Queen of poland   

1596  Frederick v: Elector palatine   

1027  Giorgi i: King of georgia (b. 998)   

1297  John ii of trebizond: John ii of trebizond (b. 1262)   

1327  Roch: French saint (b. 1295)   

1358  Duke albert ii of austria: Duke albert ii of austria (b. 1298)   

1419  Death of Wenceslaus: King of the romans, king of bohemia (b. 1361)   

1443  Ashikaga yoshikatsu: Japanese shogun (b. 1434)   

1445  Margaret of scotland (dauphine of france): Wife of the future king louis xi (b. 1424)   

1508  Death of Henry van stolberg & wernigerode: Ger viceroy of friesland,