Historical Events In May - 16

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

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

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  German troops destroy synagogue of Warsaw on this day in history.  

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

1943  On May - 16 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)  

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

1944  Military police attack gypsies on May - 16.  

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  1st of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz on May - 16.  

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

1945  On May - 16 9th Division lands at Brunei  

1945  Violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Half Moon Okinawa on this day in history.  

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

1948  On this day in history cBS news correspondent George Polk's body is found in Greece  

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  On May - 16 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  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 this day in history.  

1955  On this day in history king Baudouin of Belgium visits Congo  

1955  On May - 16 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  On this day in history 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  On May - 16 major Irwin, USAF flies a Lockheed Starfighter to a record 1,404.18 MPH  

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1558  On May - 16 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  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on this day in history.  

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on this day in history.  

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

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.  

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

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on this day in history.  

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on this day in history.  

1265  On this day in history 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  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on May - 16.  

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

1667  On this day in history death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)  

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on this day in history.