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 this day in history.   

1954  On June - 16 dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months   

1955  On this day in history pope Pius XII ex-communicated Argentine Pres Juan Peron   

1955  Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament on this day in history.   

1958  On June - 16 jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, composer, dies at 45   

1959  George Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), shoots self at 45 on June - 16.   

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

1961  On June - 16 dave Garroway is fired as Today Show host   

1961  Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris on June - 16.   

1961  On this day in history o C Scott, cricketer (WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests), dies   

1963  Levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM on this day in history.   

1963  Valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in space, aboard Vostok 6 on June - 16.   

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

1964  Quake strikes Niigata Japan on this day in history.   

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

1969  Supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell Jr from House on June - 16.   

1969  Harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Brit field marshal, dies at 78 on June - 16.   

1970  On this day in history kenneth A Gibson elected first black mayor of Newark, NJ   

1970  On this day in history race riots in Miami Florida   

1970  Elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1971  Racial disturbance in Jacksonville Florida on June - 16.   

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  On this day in history leonid Brezhnev is named president of the Soviet Union.   

1977  On this day in history wernher von Braun, rocket scientist, dies at age 65.   

1977  Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (V1/V2), dies at 65 of smoking on this day in history.   

1978  Ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough" on June - 16.   

1979  On June - 16 carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit   

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1139  Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155) was born on this day in history.   

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

1514  John Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

1583  Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent was born on June - 16.   

1591  On this day in history birth of joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655)   

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 June - 16.   

1633  On June - 16 birth of nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer   

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

1216  Innocent III, pope, dies at 54 on June - 16.   

1246  Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64 on this day in history.   

1361  On June - 16 john Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61   

1397  On this day in history death of philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358)   

1468  Death of Jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395) on this day in history.   

1492  On June - 16 death of jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded   

1575  Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63 on this day in history.