Page 6: Historical Events In June - 16

1952  Soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down on this day in history.   

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

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 June - 16.   

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  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 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  On June - 16 o C Scott, cricketer (WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests), dies   

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

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

1963  J C Powys, writer, dies at 90 on June - 16.   

1964  Quake strikes Niigata Japan on June - 16.   

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

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

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 June - 16.   

1970  Race riots in Miami Florida on June - 16.   

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

1971  On June - 16 racial disturbance in Jacksonville Florida   

1972  Burglars caught inside the Watergate building on this day in history.   

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 June - 16.   

1976  On June - 16 student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa   

1976  On this day in history francis E Meloy Jr, US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped & killed   

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

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

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

1977  Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (V1/V2), dies at 65 of smoking on June - 16.   

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

1979  Carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit on June - 16.   

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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  On June - 16 birth of john Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557)   

1583  Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent was born on this day in history.   

1591  On this day in history birth of joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655)   

1606  Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675) was born on June - 16.   

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

1633  On June - 16 birth of nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer   

0956  On this day in history hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies   

1216  Innocent III, pope, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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 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 June - 16.   

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