Page 5: Historical Events In June - 16

1930  Brian Statham, cricketer (masterful England quick for two decades) on this day in history.   

1930  On June - 16 elmer Ambrose Sperry, US inventor (gyroscope compass), dies   

1931  Austrian govt of Ender falls on June - 16.   

1932  Pres Hoover & VP Charles Curtis renominated by Rep Convention on June - 16.   

1932  On this day in history germany forbids SA/SS-gang fights   

1932  Frederik W Van Oaths, psychiatrist/writer (Blades of Grass), dies on June - 16.   

1933  On June - 16 national Industrial Recovery Act becomes law (later struck down)   

1933  On this day in history uS Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) created   

1935  On June - 16 uS Congress accepts FDR's "New Deal"   

1936  On June - 16 dutch queen Wilhelmina opens the Waal bridge   

1936  On June - 16 leib Malach, Yiddish writer, dies   

1937  On June - 16 marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" opens in LA   

1938  On this day in history jimmie Foxx is walked a record 6 consecutive times by Browns   

1940  Commuinist govt installed in Lithuania on June - 16.   

1940  On this day in history hMS GRAMPUS,sunk off Augusta, eastern Sicily in Ionian Sea by Italian torpedo boats 'Circe' and 'Clio'.   

1940  Communist govt installed in Lithuania on this day in history.   

1940  Dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies on this day in history.   

1941  The first US federally owned airport opened Wash DC on this day in history.   

1941  1st US federally owned airport opened Wash DC on June - 16.   

1941  On June - 16 lodo of Hamel, 1st Dutch secret affiliate, dies   

1943  On June - 16 race riot in Beaumont Texas (2 die)   

1944  Iceland adopts constitution on June - 16.   

1945  On June - 16 71st Preakness: Wayne D Wright aboard Polynesian wins in 1:58.8   

1946  "Annie Get Your Gun" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 1147 perfs on June - 16.   

1946  Ludwig Winder, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1947  Pravda denounces Marshall Plan on this day in history.   

1947  On June - 16 the first network news-Dumont's "News from Washington"   

1947  On June - 16 1st network news-Dumont's "News from Washington"   

1947  Jean-Francois Capart, Belgian egyptologist (Memphis), dies at 86 on June - 16.   

1948  On this day in history start of Malayan Emergency   

1949  On June - 16 gas turbine-electric locomotive demonstrated, Erie Pa   

1951  On this day in history people's Party founded in India   

1951  On June - 16 51st US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Oakland Hills CC Mich   

1952  Anne Frank Diary of a Young Girl is published in the United States on this day in history.   

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1139  Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155) was born on June - 16.   

1332  On June - 16 birth of isabella de Coucy, English princess (d. 1382)   

1514  John Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

1583  On this day in history birth of axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent   

1591  On this day in history birth of joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655)   

1606  On this day in history birth of arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675)   

1613  On this day in history birth of john Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658)   

1633  On this day in history birth of nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer   

0956  On June - 16 hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies   

1216  Innocent III, pope, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1246  Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64 on June - 16.   

1361  John Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61 on June - 16.   

1397  Death of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358) on this day in history.   

1468  On this day in history death of jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395)   

1492  On June - 16 death of jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded   

1575  Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63 on June - 16.