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Historical Events In June - 16

Wednesday, 29 March 2023

1952  Soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down on June - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1952  Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl is published in the United States on June - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1954  Dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1955  Pope Pius XII ex-communicated Argentine Pres Juan Peron on June - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1955  On this day in history louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1959  George Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), shoots self at 45 on June - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  On June - 16 ballet performer Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union while in Paris.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  Dave Garroway is fired as Today Show host on June - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  On June - 16 soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  O C Scott, cricketer (WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests), dies on June - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1963  Levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1963  On June - 16 valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in space, aboard Vostok 6  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1963  On this day in history j C Powys, writer, dies at 90  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1964  Quake strikes Niigata Japan on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1967  50,000 attend Monterey International Pop Festival on June - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1969  On this day in history supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell Jr from House  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1969  On this day in history harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Brit field marshal, dies at 78  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1970  Kenneth A Gibson elected first black mayor of Newark, NJ on June - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1970  Race riots in Miami Florida on June - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1970  On June - 16 elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1971  On June - 16 racial disturbance in Jacksonville Florida  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  On this day in history burglars caught inside the Watergate building  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1975  Randy Farland finds a 14-leaf clover near Sioux Falls, SD on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1975  On this day in history don Robey, US gospel/impresario/producer, dies at 71  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  Student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  On this day in history francis E Meloy Jr, US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped & killed  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1977  "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway on June - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1977  Leonid Brezhnev is named president of the Soviet Union on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1977  On June - 16 wernher von Braun, rocket scientist, dies at age 65.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1977  Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (V1/V2), dies at 65 of smoking on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1978  On this day in history ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough"  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1979  On June - 16 carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In June - 16

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1139  Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1332  On this day in history birth of isabella de Coucy, English princess (d. 1382)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1514  On June - 16 birth of john Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1583  Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1591  On June - 16 birth of joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1606  Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675) was born on June - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1613  On June - 16 birth of john Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1633  Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In June - 16

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0956  Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1216  Innocent III, pope, dies at 54 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1246  On June - 16 lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1361  On June - 16 john Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1397  On June - 16 death of philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1468  On this day in history death of jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1492  On June - 16 death of jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1575  Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63 on June - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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