Page 6: Historical Events In June - 16

1952  On June - 16 soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down   

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

1953  On this day in history despite Johnny Mize 2,000th hit, Yanks lose ending 18 game win streak & also ending St Louis Brown 14 game losing streak   

1954  On June - 16 dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months   

1955  On this day in history pope Pius XII ex-communicated Argentine Pres Juan Peron   

1955  Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament on June - 16.   

1958  Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, composer, dies at 45 on June - 16.   

1959  George Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), shoots self at 45 on this day in history.   

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

1961  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1963  Levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM on this day in history.   

1963  Valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in space, aboard Vostok 6 on June - 16.   

1963  J C Powys, writer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history quake strikes Niigata Japan   

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

1969  Supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell Jr from House on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Brit field marshal, dies at 78   

1970  On this day in history kenneth A Gibson elected first black mayor of Newark, NJ   

1970  On this day in history race riots in Miami Florida   

1970  On this day in history elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73   

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

1972  On this day in history burglars caught inside the Watergate building   

1975  On this day in history randy Farland finds a 14-leaf clover near Sioux Falls, SD   

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

1976  Student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa on June - 16.   

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

1977  On June - 16 "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway   

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

1977  On this day in history wernher von Braun, rocket scientist, dies at age 65.   

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

1978  On this day in history ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough"   

1979  On June - 16 carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit   

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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 June - 16.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1613  John Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658) was born on this day in history.   

1633  Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer was born on June - 16.   

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

1216  On June - 16 innocent III, pope, dies at 54   

1246  On this day in history lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64   

1361  John Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61 on this day in history.   

1397  On June - 16 death of philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358)   

1468  Death of Jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395) on June - 16.   

1492  Death of Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded on June - 16.   

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