Historical Events In May - 16

1957  On May - 16 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  On this day in history walter Irwin flies 2,259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter   

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

1959  Joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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  13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends US Project Mercury   

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

1964  On May - 16 verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champion   

1965  On May - 16 bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam   

1965  On this day in history spaghetti-O's first sold   

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

1966  National Welfare Rights Organization begins on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history stokely Carmichael named chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee   

1966  On this day in history randolph Turpin, boxer, shot dead in his home   

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

1968  Battle for Fire Support Base CORAL in Vietnam on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history earthquake kills 47 in Japan   

1968  On this day in history honshu, Japan a7.0 quake killed 47 people, 281 injured, and $131 million property damage was sustained.   

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

1969  On May - 16 students occupies Magden House Amsterdam   

1969  The Who's Pete Townsend & Roger Daltrey charged with assault on this day in history.   

1969  USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on May - 16.   

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

1969  Johnny Jordan, cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1970  On May - 16 "Grover Henson Feels Forgotten" by Bill Cosby hits #70   

1971  On this day in history bulgaria adopts it's constitution   

1971  On this day in history first class postage now costs 8¢ (was 6¢)   

1972  On this day in history maxime Dumoulin, composer, dies at 79   

1973  On May - 16 aC Milan wins 13th Europe Cup II in Saloniki   

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

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

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1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on May - 16.   

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

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.   

1710  On this day in history 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 May - 16 birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch   

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

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

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

1569  On May - 16 death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr   

1620  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on May - 16.   

1657  On May - 16 death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)   

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on May - 16.   

1669  On this day in history pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies