Historical Events In May - 16
Monday, 25 September 2023
1941 On May - 16 last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham)
1941 Nazis forbid Dutch Organization of Actors (NOT) on this day in history.
1941 1st US/radio performance of Bennett's "Symphony in D for the Dodgers" on this day in history.
1942 The first transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma on May - 16.
1942 On this day in history 1st transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma
1942 Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, anthropologist, dies on this day in history.
1943 On this day in history german troops destroy synagogue of Warsaw
1943 Jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto ends after 30 days of fighting on this day in history.
1943 Nazi officer Jergen Stroop reports to his superiors that the Warsaw ghetto is no longer in existence. According to his calculations 7,000 Jews have been killed in street fighting, 30,000 have been deported to Treblinka and 5-6,000 have perished in flames on May - 16.
1943 On this day in history rAF bombs Möhne & Eder (Battle of Ruhr)
1943 -17th] RAF bombs Möhne & Eder (Battle of Ruhr) on May - 16.
1944 Military police attack gypsies on this day in history.
1944 On this day in history rabbi Weissmandl sends out pleas to bomb camp and rail lines - based on his "Auschwitz Protocol" - a 31 page report from escapees' eyewitness accounts of Rudolph Verba and Alfred Wetzler.
1944 The first of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz on May - 16.
1944 1st of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz on May - 16.
1944 George Ade, US novelist/playwright (Counsel Widow), dies at 78 on this day in history.
1945 9th Division lands at Brunei on this day in history.
1945 On May - 16 violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Half Moon Okinawa
1946 On May - 16 the Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun opens
1948 CBS news correspondent George Polk's body is found in Greece on May - 16.
1948 On May - 16 chaim Weizmann elected first President of Israel
1948 Egyptians enter the Gaza on May - 16.
1948 Israel issues its first postage stamps on this day in history.
1949 On this day in history william Newzam Prior Nicholson, painter/engraver, dies
1952 Alec Hearne, cricketer (scored 9 in Test for Eng v S Afr 1892), dies on May - 16.
1954 Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61 on May - 16.
1955 Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in 9 (San Fransisco) for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.
1955 King Baudouin of Belgium visits Congo on this day in history.
1955 On May - 16 ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown
1955 On this day in history the birth of Debra Winger, American film actress
1955 On May - 16 james Agee, US critic/writer (Death in Family), dies in NY
1956 Egypt recognizes People's Republic of China on May - 16.
1956 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia on this day in history.
1957 On this day in history major Irwin, USAF flies a Lockheed Starfighter to a record 1,404.18 MPH
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