Page 5: Historical Events In June - 16

1930  On June - 16 brian Statham, cricketer (masterful England quick for two decades)   

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

1931  On June - 16 austrian govt of Ender falls   

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  On June - 16 frederik W Van Oaths, psychiatrist/writer (Blades of Grass), dies   

1933  National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law (later struck down) on this day in history.   

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

1935  On this day in history uS Congress accepts FDR's "New Deal"   

1936  Dutch queen Wilhelmina opens the Waal bridge on this day in history.   

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 June - 16.   

1940  On June - 16 hMS GRAMPUS,sunk off Augusta, eastern Sicily in Ionian Sea by Italian torpedo boats 'Circe' and 'Clio'.   

1940  On June - 16 communist govt installed in Lithuania   

1940  On this day in history dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies   

1941  On June - 16 the first US federally owned airport opened Wash DC   

1941  1st US federally owned airport opened Wash DC on this day in history.   

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

1943  Race riot in Beaumont Texas (2 die) on this day in history.   

1944  Iceland adopts constitution on June - 16.   

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

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

1946  On this day in history ludwig Winder, writer, dies   

1947  On June - 16 pravda denounces Marshall Plan   

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  On this day in history jean-Francois Capart, Belgian egyptologist (Memphis), dies at 86   

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 June - 16.   

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

1332  On this day in history 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  Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent was born on June - 16.   

1591  Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655) was born on June - 16.   

1606  Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

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

1633  On June - 16 birth of nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer   

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

1216  Innocent III, pope, dies at 54 on June - 16.   

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

1361  On this day in history john Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61   

1397  On June - 16 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 June - 16.   

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