Page 8: Historical Events In May - 16

1957  US launches its 3rd atomic submarine, USS Skate, at Groton CT on May - 16.   

1958  On May - 16 eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mexico   

1958  On May - 16 walter Irwin flies 2,259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter   

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  On this day in history 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 May - 16.   

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

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  On this day in history 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  Spaghetti-O's first sold on May - 16.   

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

1966  On this day in history national Welfare Rights Organization begins   

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

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 this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute   

1969  On May - 16 students occupies Magden House Amsterdam   

1969  The Who's Pete Townsend & Roger Daltrey charged with assault on May - 16.   

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

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

1971  Bulgaria adopts it's constitution on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 16.   

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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  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  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  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 May - 16.   

1434  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on this day in history.   

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

1620  On May - 16 death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)   

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