Page 6: Historical Events In June - 16

1952  On this day in history soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down   

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

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  On June - 16 pope Pius XII ex-communicated Argentine Pres Juan Peron   

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 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  On this day in history levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM   

1963  Valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in space, aboard Vostok 6 on June - 16.   

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

1964  Quake strikes Niigata Japan on this day in history.   

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

1969  On June - 16 supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell Jr from House   

1969  On June - 16 harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Brit field marshal, dies at 78   

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

1970  Race riots in Miami Florida on June - 16.   

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

1971  On this day in history racial disturbance in Jacksonville Florida   

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

1975  On June - 16 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 June - 16.   

1976  Francis E Meloy Jr, US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped & killed on June - 16.   

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

1977  Leonid Brezhnev is named president of the Soviet Union on this day in history.   

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

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

1514  On this day in history birth of john Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557)   

1583  Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent was born on June - 16.   

1591  On June - 16 birth of joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655)   

1606  On this day in history birth of arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675)   

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

1633  Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer was born on this day in history.   

0956  On June - 16 hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies   

1216  On this day in history innocent III, pope, dies at 54   

1246  On this day in history lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64   

1361  On June - 16 john Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61   

1397  Death of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358) on June - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

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