Page 5: Historical Events In August - 16

1934  On August - 16 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 this day in history.   

1936  11th Olympic games closes in Berlin on this day in history.   

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  45 German aircrafts shot down over England on August - 16.   

1940  Billy Fiske, US RAF-pilot/2nd lieutenant, dies of injuries on August - 16.   

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

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

1944  On August - 16 2nd Canadian Division occupies Falaise Normandy   

1944  Roman Padlewski, composer, dies at 28 on August - 16.   

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  On this day in history great Calcutta blood bath   

1946  On August - 16 herman Harrell Horne, philosopher (idealism)   

1947  Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs on this day in history.   

1948  On August - 16 the Israeli pound becomes legal tender   

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

1948  On August - 16 babe Ruth, Baseball legend (NY Yankees), dies in NY at 53   

1949  On August - 16 margaret Mitchell, US writer (Gone With the Wind), dies at 48   

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

1951  On August - 16 louis Jouvet, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise), dies at 63   

1953  On August - 16 kTAL TV channel 6 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins   

1954  Sports Illustrated publishes it's first issue on August - 16.   

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

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

1955  On August - 16 fiat Motors orders 1st private atomic reactor   

1956  On this day in history adlai E Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate   

1956  On August - 16 bela Lugosi, actor (Dracula), dies of heart attack at 73   

1958  On this day in history paul Panzer, actor (Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce), dies at 85   

1959  USSR introduces installment buying on August - 16.   

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

1378  Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425) was born on August - 16.   

1397  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany was born on August - 16.   

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  Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602) was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 16.   

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

1327  Death of Roch, French saint (b. 1295) on August - 16.   

1358  Death of Duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298) on August - 16.   

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

1443  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434)   

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

1508  Henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41 on this day in history.