Page 6: Historical Events In June - 16
Friday, 04 July 2025
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 this day in history.
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 June - 16.
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 this day in history.
1958 On this day in history jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, composer, dies at 45
1959 On this day in history george Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), shoots self at 45
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 Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris on June - 16.
1961 On June - 16 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 Quake strikes Niigata Japan on this day in history.
1967 50,000 attend Monterey International Pop Festival on June - 16.
1969 Supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell Jr from House on this day in history.
1969 Harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Brit field marshal, dies at 78 on this day in history.
1970 Kenneth A Gibson elected first black mayor of Newark, NJ on this day in history.
1970 On June - 16 race riots in Miami Florida
1970 Elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1971 Racial disturbance in Jacksonville Florida on June - 16.
1972 Burglars caught inside the Watergate building on June - 16.
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 June - 16.
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 June - 16.
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 June - 16.
1977 Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (V1/V2), dies at 65 of smoking on June - 16.
1978 Ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough" on June - 16.
1979 On June - 16 carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit
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