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 this day in history jeroom Verten [Jozef F Vermetten], Flemish playwright, dies at 49  

1959  On May - 16 joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69  

1960  Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as USSR levels spy charges against US on May - 16.  

1961  On this day in history 13th Emmy Awards Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck  

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

1963  On May - 16 gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends US Project Mercury  

1964  On May - 16 uSSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR  

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1964  Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champion on this day in history.  

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

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

1966  On this day in history 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  On this day in history philadelphia voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium  

1968  On May - 16 battle for Fire Support Base CORAL in Vietnam  

1968  On this day in history earthquake kills 47 in Japan  

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

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

1969  On this day in history students occupies Magden House Amsterdam  

1969  On May - 16 the Who's Pete Townsend & Roger Daltrey charged with assault  

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

1969  On this day in history venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere  

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

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

1971  On May - 16 bulgaria adopts it's constitution  

1971  First class postage now costs 8¢ (was 6¢) on May - 16.  

1972  Maxime Dumoulin, composer, dies at 79 on May - 16.  

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

1973  On May - 16 zimbian troops kill two Canadian women at Rhodesian (Zimbabwe) border; believed they were saboteurs.  

1974  Helmut Schmidt becomes West German chancellor on this day in history.  

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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 May - 16.  

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

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

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

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 May - 16.  

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

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

1620  On this day in history death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)  

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

1667  On May - 16 death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)  

1669  On May - 16 pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies