Page 8: Historical Events In May - 16

1957  On this day in history uS launches its 3rd atomic submarine, USS Skate, at Groton CT   

1958  On this day in history eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mexico   

1958  Walter Irwin flies 2,259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter on this day in history.   

1958  On May - 16 jeroom Verten [Jozef F Vermetten], Flemish playwright, dies at 49   

1959  On this day in history joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69   

1960  Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as USSR levels spy charges against US on this day in history.   

1961  On May - 16 13th Emmy Awards Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck   

1961  On May - 16 13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck   

1963  Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends US Project Mercury on this day in history.   

1964  USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on May - 16.   

1964  Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champion on May - 16.   

1965  Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam on May - 16.   

1965  Spaghetti-O's first sold on this day in history.   

1966  On May - 16 beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" is released   

1966  National Welfare Rights Organization begins on May - 16.   

1966  On May - 16 stokely Carmichael named chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee   

1966  Randolph Turpin, boxer, shot dead in his home on May - 16.   

1967  Philadelphia voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history battle for Fire Support Base CORAL in Vietnam   

1968  Earthquake kills 47 in Japan on May - 16.   

1968  Honshu, Japan a7.0 quake killed 47 people, 281 injured, and $131 million property damage was sustained on May - 16.   

1969  Barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute on this day in history.   

1969  Students occupies Magden House Amsterdam on May - 16.   

1969  On this day in history the Who's Pete Townsend & Roger Daltrey charged with assault   

1969  On May - 16 uSSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1969  On May - 16 venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere   

1969  On May - 16 johnny Jordan, cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at 44   

1970  On this day in history "Grover Henson Feels Forgotten" by Bill Cosby hits #70   

1971  On May - 16 bulgaria adopts it's constitution   

1971  First class postage now costs 8¢ (was 6¢) on this day in history.   

1972  Maxime Dumoulin, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1973  AC Milan wins 13th Europe Cup II in Saloniki on this day in history.   

1973  Zimbian troops kill two Canadian women at Rhodesian (Zimbabwe) border; believed they were saboteurs on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history helmut Schmidt becomes West German chancellor   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1641  On May - 16 birth of dudley North, financier/economist   

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  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on May - 16.   

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

0942  On this day in history saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies   

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on this day in history.   

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

1569  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on this day in history.   

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  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 May - 16.