Page 5: Historical Events In June - 16

1930  On June - 16 brian Statham, cricketer (masterful England quick for two decades)   

1930  Elmer Ambrose Sperry, US inventor (gyroscope compass), dies on this day in history.   

1931  Austrian govt of Ender falls on this day in history.   

1932  On June - 16 pres Hoover & VP Charles Curtis renominated by Rep Convention   

1932  Germany forbids SA/SS-gang fights on June - 16.   

1932  On June - 16 frederik W Van Oaths, psychiatrist/writer (Blades of Grass), dies   

1933  National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law (later struck down) on this day in history.   

1933  US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) created on this day in history.   

1935  US Congress accepts FDR's "New Deal" on June - 16.   

1936  On June - 16 dutch queen Wilhelmina opens the Waal bridge   

1936  Leib Malach, Yiddish writer, dies on this day in history.   

1937  On June - 16 marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" opens in LA   

1938  On June - 16 jimmie Foxx is walked a record 6 consecutive times by Browns   

1940  Commuinist govt installed in Lithuania on this day in history.   

1940  HMS GRAMPUS,sunk off Augusta, eastern Sicily in Ionian Sea by Italian torpedo boats 'Circe' and 'Clio' on this day in history.   

1940  Communist govt installed in Lithuania on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies   

1941  On June - 16 the first US federally owned airport opened Wash DC   

1941  On this day in history 1st US federally owned airport opened Wash DC   

1941  Lodo of Hamel, 1st Dutch secret affiliate, dies on this day in history.   

1943  Race riot in Beaumont Texas (2 die) on June - 16.   

1944  Iceland adopts constitution on this day in history.   

1945  71st Preakness: Wayne D Wright aboard Polynesian wins in 1:58.8 on June - 16.   

1946  On this day in history "Annie Get Your Gun" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 1147 perfs   

1946  Ludwig Winder, writer, dies on June - 16.   

1947  Pravda denounces Marshall Plan on June - 16.   

1947  The first network news-Dumont's "News from Washington" on this day in history.   

1947  1st network news-Dumont's "News from Washington" on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history jean-Francois Capart, Belgian egyptologist (Memphis), dies at 86   

1948  Start of Malayan Emergency on this day in history.   

1949  On June - 16 gas turbine-electric locomotive demonstrated, Erie Pa   

1951  People's Party founded in India on June - 16.   

1951  On this day in history 51st US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Oakland Hills CC Mich   

1952  Anne Frank Diary of a Young Girl is published in the United States on this day in history.   

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1139  Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155) was born on June - 16.   

1332  On June - 16 birth of isabella de Coucy, English princess (d. 1382)   

1514  On this day in history birth of john Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557)   

1583  On June - 16 birth of axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent   

1591  On June - 16 birth of joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655)   

1606  On this day in history birth of arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675)   

1613  John Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658) was born on June - 16.   

1633  Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer was born on June - 16.   

0956  Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies on June - 16.   

1216  Innocent III, pope, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1246  On June - 16 lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64   

1361  On this day in history john Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61   

1397  Death of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358) on June - 16.   

1468  On this day in history death of jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395)   

1492  Death of Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded on June - 16.   

1575  On June - 16 hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63