Page 5: Historical Events In August - 16

1934  US ends occupation of Haiti (been there since 1915) on this day in history.   

1934  US explorer William Beebe descends 3,028' (1922 m) in Bathysphere on this day in history.   

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

1940  On this day in history 45 German aircrafts shot down over England   

1940  On August - 16 billy Fiske, US RAF-pilot/2nd lieutenant, dies of injuries   

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

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

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

1944  On this day in history 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 on August - 16.   

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

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

1945  Nico Richter, composer, dies at 29 on August - 16.   

1946  On this day in history great Calcutta blood bath   

1946  On this day in history herman Harrell Horne, philosopher (idealism)   

1947  On August - 16 ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs   

1948  The Israeli pound becomes legal tender on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history kTAL TV channel 6 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins   

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

1954  On August - 16 "Sports Illustrated" magazine begins publishing   

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

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

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

1959  On this day in history uSSR introduces installment buying   

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1355  On August - 16 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 August - 16 birth of jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436)   

1550  On this day in history birth of carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar   

1557  Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602) was born on August - 16.   

1573  Anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598) was born on this day in history.   

1596  On August - 16 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  Death of Duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298) on this day in history.   

1419  On this day in history death of wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361)   

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

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

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