Page 6: Historical Events In June - 16

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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  Kenneth A Gibson elected first black mayor of Newark, NJ on June - 16.   

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 June - 16.   

1972  Burglars caught inside the Watergate building on June - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

1976  On June - 16 francis E Meloy Jr, US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped & killed   

1977  On June - 16 "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway   

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

1977  Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist, dies at age 65 on this day in history.   

1977  On June - 16 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 June - 16 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 this day in history.   

1613  John Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658) was born on June - 16.   

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

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

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

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

1361  John Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61 on June - 16.   

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

1575  On June - 16 hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63