Page 6: Historical Events In June - 16

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

1952  On June - 16 anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl is published in the United States.   

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

1954  Dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months on June - 16.   

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

1955  Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament on this day in history.   

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

1959  George Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), shoots self at 45 on June - 16.   

1961  On June - 16 ballet performer Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union while in Paris.   

1961  On this day in history dave Garroway is fired as Today Show host   

1961  Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris on June - 16.   

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  On June - 16 valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in space, aboard Vostok 6   

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

1964  Quake strikes Niigata Japan on this day in history.   

1967  50,000 attend Monterey International Pop Festival on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell Jr from House   

1969  Harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Brit field marshal, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1970  Kenneth A Gibson elected first black mayor of Newark, NJ on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history race riots in Miami Florida   

1970  Elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1971  On June - 16 racial disturbance in Jacksonville Florida   

1972  On June - 16 burglars caught inside the Watergate building   

1975  Randy Farland finds a 14-leaf clover near Sioux Falls, SD on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history francis E Meloy Jr, US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped & killed   

1977  "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway on June - 16.   

1977  On this day in history leonid Brezhnev is named president of the Soviet Union.   

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

1977  On June - 16 wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (V1/V2), dies at 65 of smoking   

1978  Ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough" on June - 16.   

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

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

1332  On this day in history birth of isabella de Coucy, English princess (d. 1382)   

1514  John Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557) was born on June - 16.   

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  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  Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer was born on June - 16.   

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  Death of Jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395) on this day in history.   

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.