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 June - 16.   

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

1954  On this day in history dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months   

1955  Pope Pius XII ex-communicated Argentine Pres Juan Peron on June - 16.   

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

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 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 June - 16.   

1963  On this day in history 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 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 June - 16.   

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

1970  Race riots in Miami Florida on this day in history.   

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

1971  On June - 16 racial disturbance in Jacksonville Florida   

1972  On June - 16 burglars caught inside the Watergate building   

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

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  On this day in history birth of nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer   

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

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

1246  On June - 16 lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64   

1361  On this day in history 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  Death of Jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395) on June - 16.   

1492  Death of Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded on this day in history.   

1575  Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63 on June - 16.