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Historical Events In May - 16

Monday, 25 September 2023

1941  On May - 16 last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  Nazis forbid Dutch Organization of Actors (NOT) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  1st US/radio performance of Bennett's "Symphony in D for the Dodgers" on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1942  The first transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1942  On this day in history 1st transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1942  Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, anthropologist, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  On this day in history german troops destroy synagogue of Warsaw  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  Jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto ends after 30 days of fighting on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  On this day in history rAF bombs Möhne & Eder (Battle of Ruhr)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  -17th] RAF bombs Möhne & Eder (Battle of Ruhr) on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  Military police attack gypsies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  The first of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  1st of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  George Ade, US novelist/playwright (Counsel Widow), dies at 78 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  9th Division lands at Brunei on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  On May - 16 violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Half Moon Okinawa  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1946  On May - 16 the Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun opens  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  CBS news correspondent George Polk's body is found in Greece on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  On May - 16 chaim Weizmann elected first President of Israel  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  Egyptians enter the Gaza on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  Israel issues its first postage stamps on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  On this day in history william Newzam Prior Nicholson, painter/engraver, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1952  Alec Hearne, cricketer (scored 9 in Test for Eng v S Afr 1892), dies on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1954  Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61 on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1955  Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in 9 (San Fransisco) for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1955  King Baudouin of Belgium visits Congo on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1955  On May - 16 ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1955  On this day in history the birth of Debra Winger, American film actress  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1955  On May - 16 james Agee, US critic/writer (Death in Family), dies in NY  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1956  Egypt recognizes People's Republic of China on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1956  Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1957  On this day in history major Irwin, USAF flies a Lockheed Starfighter to a record 1,404.18 MPH  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In May - 16

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1748  On May - 16 birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 16

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0942  On this day in history saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1265  On this day in history death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1434  On this day in history pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1569  On this day in history death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1620  On this day in history death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1669  On May - 16 pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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