Historical Events In May - 16

1941  On this day in history last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham)   

1941  On May - 16 nazis forbid Dutch Organization of Actors (NOT)   

1941  1st US/radio performance of Bennett's "Symphony in D for the Dodgers" on May - 16.   

1942  On this day in history the first transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma   

1942  1st transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma on May - 16.   

1942  Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, anthropologist, dies on May - 16.   

1943  On May - 16 german troops destroy synagogue of Warsaw   

1943  Jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto ends after 30 days of fighting on May - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history rAF bombs Möhne & Eder (Battle of Ruhr)   

1943  On this day in history -17th] RAF bombs Möhne & Eder (Battle of Ruhr)   

1944  Military police attack gypsies on this day in history.   

1944  On May - 16 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  On May - 16 the first of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz   

1944  On this day in history 1st of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz   

1944  George Ade, US novelist/playwright (Counsel Widow), dies at 78 on May - 16.   

1945  9th Division lands at Brunei on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Half Moon Okinawa   

1946  The Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun opens on May - 16.   

1948  CBS news correspondent George Polk's body is found in Greece on May - 16.   

1948  Chaim Weizmann elected first President of Israel on this day in history.   

1948  Egyptians enter the Gaza on May - 16.   

1948  Israel issues its first postage stamps on May - 16.   

1949  William Newzam Prior Nicholson, painter/engraver, dies on May - 16.   

1952  On this day in history alec Hearne, cricketer (scored 9 in Test for Eng v S Afr 1892), dies   

1954  On this day in history clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61   

1955  Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in 9 (San Fransisco) for heavyweight boxing title on May - 16.   

1955  On May - 16 king Baudouin of Belgium visits Congo   

1955  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1956  On May - 16 great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia   

1957  Major Irwin, USAF flies a Lockheed Starfighter to a record 1,404.18 MPH on May - 16.   

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1558  On May - 16 birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)   

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on May - 16.   

1609  On this day in history birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

1641  On this day in history birth of dudley North, financier/economist   

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.   

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on May - 16.   

1718  On this day in history birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)   

1748  On May - 16 birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch   

0942  On May - 16 saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies   

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on May - 16.   

1434  On May - 16 pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60   

1569  On May - 16 death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr   

1620  On May - 16 death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)   

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on May - 16.   

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on May - 16.   

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on May - 16.