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 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 this day in history.  

1954  Dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months on this day in history.  

1955  On this day in history pope Pius XII ex-communicated Argentine Pres Juan Peron  

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 June - 16.  

1959  On this day in history george Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), shoots self at 45  

1961  On this day in history 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 this day in history soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris  

1961  On this day in history o C Scott, cricketer (WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests), dies  

1963  On June - 16 levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM  

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  On June - 16 quake strikes Niigata Japan  

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

1969  Supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell Jr from House on June - 16.  

1969  Harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Brit field marshal, dies at 78 on June - 16.  

1970  On this day in history kenneth A Gibson elected first black mayor of Newark, NJ  

1970  On June - 16 race riots in Miami Florida  

1970  Elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1971  On June - 16 racial disturbance in Jacksonville Florida  

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

1976  Francis E Meloy Jr, US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped & killed on this day in history.  

1977  On June - 16 "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 June - 16.  

1977  On June - 16 wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (V1/V2), dies at 65 of smoking  

1978  Ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough" on this day in history.  

1979  Carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit on this day in history.  

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1139  On this day in history birth of emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155)  

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  On this day in history birth of axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent  

1591  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 June - 16.  

1246  Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64 on this day in history.  

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  On June - 16 death of jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded  

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