Historical Events In June - 16

1952  Soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down on June - 16.   

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

1953  On June - 16 despite Johnny Mize 2,000th hit, Yanks lose ending 18 game win streak & also ending St Louis Brown 14 game losing streak   

1954  Dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months on this day in history.   

1955  Pope Pius XII ex-communicated Argentine Pres Juan Peron on this day in history.   

1955  On June - 16 louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament   

1958  On June - 16 jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, composer, dies at 45   

1959  On this day in history george Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), shoots self at 45   

1961  Ballet performer Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union while in Paris on this day in history.   

1961  On June - 16 dave Garroway is fired as Today Show host   

1961  On this day in history soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris   

1961  O C Scott, cricketer (WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests), dies on June - 16.   

1963  On this day in history levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM   

1963  On this day in history valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in space, aboard Vostok 6   

1963  On June - 16 j C Powys, writer, dies at 90   

1964  On June - 16 quake strikes Niigata Japan   

1967  On June - 16 50,000 attend Monterey International Pop Festival   

1969  On June - 16 supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell Jr from House   

1969  On June - 16 harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Brit field marshal, dies at 78   

1970  On June - 16 kenneth A Gibson elected first black mayor of Newark, NJ   

1970  On June - 16 race riots in Miami Florida   

1970  On June - 16 elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73   

1971  Racial disturbance in Jacksonville Florida on this day in history.   

1972  Burglars caught inside the Watergate building on June - 16.   

1975  Randy Farland finds a 14-leaf clover near Sioux Falls, SD on June - 16.   

1975  Don Robey, US gospel/impresario/producer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa   

1976  Francis E Meloy Jr, US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped & killed on June - 16.   

1977  On this day in history "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway   

1977  Leonid Brezhnev is named president of the Soviet Union on this day in history.   

1977  On June - 16 wernher von Braun, rocket scientist, dies at age 65.   

1977  Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (V1/V2), dies at 65 of smoking on this day in history.   

1978  Ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough" on this day in history.   

1979  Carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit on this day in history.   

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1139  On this day in history birth of emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155)   

1332  Isabella de Coucy, English princess (d. 1382) was born on this day in history.   

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

1633  Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64   

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

1397  Death of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358) on June - 16.   

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  On this day in history hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63