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  Eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mexico on this day in history.   

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

1960  On May - 16 big 4 summit in Paris collapses as USSR levels spy charges against US   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1966  Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" is released on May - 16.   

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

1966  Stokely Carmichael named chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee on this day in history.   

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 May - 16.   

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

1968  Earthquake kills 47 in Japan on this day in history.   

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

1969  On May - 16 barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute   

1969  Students occupies Magden House Amsterdam on this day in history.   

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

1969  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1969  Venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere on May - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

1971  On May - 16 bulgaria adopts it's constitution   

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

1972  On May - 16 maxime Dumoulin, composer, dies at 79   

1973  AC Milan wins 13th Europe Cup II in Saloniki on May - 16.   

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

1974  Helmut Schmidt becomes West German chancellor on May - 16.   

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

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on this day in history.   

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

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on May - 16.   

1659  On this day in history birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

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 this day in history birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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