Page 7: Historical Events In May - 16

1941  Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham) on May - 16.   

1941  On this day in history nazis forbid Dutch Organization of Actors (NOT)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, anthropologist, dies   

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  On this day in history 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.   

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

1943  On May - 16 -17th] RAF bombs Möhne & Eder (Battle of Ruhr)   

1944  Military police attack gypsies on May - 16.   

1944  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 on May - 16.   

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

1944  On May - 16 1st of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz   

1944  On this day in history george Ade, US novelist/playwright (Counsel Widow), dies at 78   

1945  9th Division lands at Brunei on May - 16.   

1945  Violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Half Moon Okinawa on May - 16.   

1946  On this day in history the Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun opens   

1948  CBS news correspondent George Polk's body is found in Greece on this day in history.   

1948  Chaim Weizmann elected first President of Israel on May - 16.   

1948  Egyptians enter the Gaza on May - 16.   

1948  Israel issues its first postage stamps on this day in history.   

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

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

1954  Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in 9 (San Fransisco) for heavyweight boxing title   

1955  King Baudouin of Belgium visits Congo on this day in history.   

1955  Ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history the birth of Debra Winger, American film actress   

1955  On this day in history james Agee, US critic/writer (Death in Family), dies in NY   

1956  On this day in history egypt recognizes People's Republic of China   

1956  On this day in history great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia   

1957  On May - 16 major Irwin, USAF flies a Lockheed Starfighter to a record 1,404.18 MPH   

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1558  On this day in history birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)   

1578  On this day in history birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)   

1609  On May - 16 birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on May - 16.   

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on May - 16.   

1710  On May - 16 birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)   

1718  On May - 16 birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)   

1748  On this day in history birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch   

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on May - 16.   

1265  On May - 16 death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)   

1434  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on May - 16.   

1569  On this day in history death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr   

1620  On this day in history death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)   

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on this day in history.   

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.