Historical Events In August - 16

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

1934  On this day in history uS explorer William Beebe descends 3,028' (1922 m) in Bathysphere  

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

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

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 August - 16 45 German aircrafts shot down over England  

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

1941  On August - 16 hMS Mercury, Royal Navy Signals School and Combined Signals School opens at Leydene, near Petersfield, Hampshire, England.  

1942  On this day in history premier Churchill travels back to Cairo from Moscow  

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

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  On this day in history 2nd Canadian Division occupies Falaise Normandy  

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 this day in history nico Richter, composer, dies at 29  

1946  Great Calcutta blood bath on August - 16.  

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 August - 16.  

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 this day in history.  

1951  Louis Jouvet, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise), dies at 63 on August - 16.  

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  On this day in history "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 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 August - 16.  

1958  Paul Panzer, actor (Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1959  USSR introduces installment buying on August - 16.  

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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  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany was born on this day in history.  

1401  Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436) was born on this day in history.  

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  Frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632) was born on August - 16.  

1027  On this day in history death of giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998)  

1297  On this day in history death of john II of Trebizond (b. 1262)  

1327  On this day in history death of roch, French saint (b. 1295)  

1358  Death of Duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298) on this day in history.  

1419  Death of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361) on August - 16.  

1443  On August - 16 death of ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434)  

1445  On this day in history death of margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (b. 1424)  

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