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 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 this day in history louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament  

1958  Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

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  Dave Garroway is fired as Today Show host on June - 16.  

1961  On June - 16 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  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 this day in history 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 June - 16.  

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

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

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 June - 16 elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73  

1971  On June - 16 racial disturbance in Jacksonville Florida  

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

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

1975  On this day in history don Robey, US gospel/impresario/producer, dies at 71  

1976  Student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa on this day in history.  

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  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  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  Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 June - 16 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  Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer was born on this day in history.  

0956  Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

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