Page 6: Historical Events In June - 16

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

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 June - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

1958  Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, composer, dies at 45 on June - 16.   

1959  On June - 16 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  On this day in history 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  Levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM on this day in history.   

1963  On June - 16 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 June - 16 quake strikes Niigata Japan   

1967  50,000 attend Monterey International Pop Festival on this day in history.   

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

1969  On this day in history 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  On June - 16 race riots in Miami Florida   

1970  On this day in history elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73   

1971  On this day in history racial disturbance in Jacksonville Florida   

1972  On June - 16 burglars caught inside the Watergate building   

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 June - 16.   

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  Leonid Brezhnev is named president of the Soviet Union on June - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

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 June - 16.   

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1139  Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155) was born on June - 16.   

1332  On this day in history birth of isabella de Coucy, English princess (d. 1382)   

1514  John Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557) was born on June - 16.   

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  Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1613  On this day in history birth of john Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658)   

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

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

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

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

1361  On this day in history john Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61   

1397  Death of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358) on this day in history.   

1468  On June - 16 death of jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395)   

1492  Death of Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded on June - 16.   

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