Page 7: Historical Events In May - 16

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 May - 16.   

1942  The first transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma on this day in history.   

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

1942  On May - 16 bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, anthropologist, dies   

1943  On May - 16 german troops destroy synagogue of Warsaw   

1943  On May - 16 jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto ends after 30 days of fighting   

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 May - 16 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 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  On May - 16 george Ade, US novelist/playwright (Counsel Widow), dies at 78   

1945  On May - 16 9th Division lands at Brunei   

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  On May - 16 cBS news correspondent George Polk's body is found in Greece   

1948  On this day in history chaim Weizmann elected first President of Israel   

1948  Egyptians enter the Gaza on May - 16.   

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

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  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  On this day in history ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown   

1955  The birth of Debra Winger, American film actress on this day in history.   

1955  James Agee, US critic/writer (Death in Family), dies in NY on this day in history.   

1956  On May - 16 egypt recognizes People's Republic of China   

1956  Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia on May - 16.   

1957  Major Irwin, USAF flies a Lockheed Starfighter to a record 1,404.18 MPH on this day in history.   

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

1578  On May - 16 birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)   

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on this day in history.   

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

1659  On May - 16 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

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

1718  On May - 16 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  On May - 16 death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)   

1434  On this day in history pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60   

1569  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.   

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 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 this day in history.