Page 5: Historical Events In June - 16

1930  Brian Statham, cricketer (masterful England quick for two decades) on June - 16.   

1930  Elmer Ambrose Sperry, US inventor (gyroscope compass), dies on June - 16.   

1931  Austrian govt of Ender falls on June - 16.   

1932  On this day in history pres Hoover & VP Charles Curtis renominated by Rep Convention   

1932  Germany forbids SA/SS-gang fights on this day in history.   

1932  Frederik W Van Oaths, psychiatrist/writer (Blades of Grass), dies on this day in history.   

1933  National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law (later struck down) on June - 16.   

1933  US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) created on this day in history.   

1935  US Congress accepts FDR's "New Deal" on this day in history.   

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

1936  On this day in history leib Malach, Yiddish writer, dies   

1937  On this day in history marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" opens in LA   

1938  On June - 16 jimmie Foxx is walked a record 6 consecutive times by Browns   

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

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  On this day in history dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies   

1941  The first US federally owned airport opened Wash DC on June - 16.   

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

1941  On this day in history lodo of Hamel, 1st Dutch secret affiliate, dies   

1943  On this day in history race riot in Beaumont Texas (2 die)   

1944  Iceland adopts constitution on this day in history.   

1945  71st Preakness: Wayne D Wright aboard Polynesian wins in 1:58.8 on this day in history.   

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

1946  Ludwig Winder, writer, dies on June - 16.   

1947  Pravda denounces Marshall Plan on June - 16.   

1947  The first network news-Dumont's "News from Washington" on June - 16.   

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

1947  Jean-Francois Capart, Belgian egyptologist (Memphis), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1948  Start of Malayan Emergency on this day in history.   

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

1951  On June - 16 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  On this day in history anne Frank Diary of a Young Girl is published in the United States.   

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1139  On June - 16 birth of emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155)   

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

1514  On this day in history birth of john Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557)   

1583  On June - 16 birth of axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent   

1591  On June - 16 birth of joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655)   

1606  On June - 16 birth of arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675)   

1613  On June - 16 birth of john Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658)   

1633  On June - 16 birth of nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer   

0956  Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies on this day in history.   

1216  On this day in history innocent III, pope, dies at 54   

1246  On June - 16 lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64   

1361  On June - 16 john Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61   

1397  On this day in history death of philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358)   

1468  On June - 16 death of jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395)   

1492  Death of Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded on this day in history.   

1575  Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63 on this day in history.