Page 6: Historical Events In June - 16

1952  Soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down on this day in history.   

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

1953  Despite Johnny Mize 2,000th hit, Yanks lose ending 18 game win streak & also ending St Louis Brown 14 game losing streak on June - 16.   

1954  Dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months on this day in history.   

1955  Pope Pius XII ex-communicated Argentine Pres Juan Peron on this day in history.   

1955  Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament on June - 16.   

1958  On this day in history jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, composer, dies at 45   

1959  George Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), shoots self at 45 on this day in history.   

1961  Ballet performer Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union while in Paris on this day in history.   

1961  Dave Garroway is fired as Today Show host on June - 16.   

1961  On this day in history soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris   

1961  On June - 16 o C Scott, cricketer (WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests), dies   

1963  On June - 16 levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM   

1963  Valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in space, aboard Vostok 6 on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history j C Powys, writer, dies at 90   

1964  Quake strikes Niigata Japan on June - 16.   

1967  On June - 16 50,000 attend Monterey International Pop Festival   

1969  On June - 16 supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell Jr from House   

1969  On June - 16 harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Brit field marshal, dies at 78   

1970  Kenneth A Gibson elected first black mayor of Newark, NJ on this day in history.   

1970  Race riots in Miami Florida on June - 16.   

1970  Elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73 on June - 16.   

1971  Racial disturbance in Jacksonville Florida on this day in history.   

1972  Burglars caught inside the Watergate building on June - 16.   

1975  On this day in history randy Farland finds a 14-leaf clover near Sioux Falls, SD   

1975  Don Robey, US gospel/impresario/producer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1976  Student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa on this day in history.   

1976  On June - 16 francis E Meloy Jr, US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped & killed   

1977  "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway on this day in history.   

1977  Leonid Brezhnev is named president of the Soviet Union on June - 16.   

1977  Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist, dies at age 65 on June - 16.   

1977  Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (V1/V2), dies at 65 of smoking on June - 16.   

1978  Ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough" on this day in history.   

1979  Carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit on June - 16.   

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1139  On June - 16 birth of emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155)   

1332  Isabella de Coucy, English princess (d. 1382) was born on June - 16.   

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

1583  Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent was born on this day in history.   

1591  Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655) was born on June - 16.   

1606  Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1613  John Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658) was born on this day in history.   

1633  On June - 16 birth of nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer   

0956  Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies on this day in history.   

1216  On this day in history innocent III, pope, dies at 54   

1246  On this day in history lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64   

1361  John Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61 on this day in history.   

1397  On June - 16 death of philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358)   

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 this day in history.   

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