Page 6: Historical Events In June - 16

1952  Soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down on June - 16.   

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

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

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

1955  Pope Pius XII ex-communicated Argentine Pres Juan Peron on June - 16.   

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

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

1959  On June - 16 george Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), shoots self at 45   

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 this day in history.   

1961  On June - 16 soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris   

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 June - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

1967  50,000 attend Monterey International Pop Festival on this day in history.   

1969  Supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell Jr from House on this day in history.   

1969  Harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Brit field marshal, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

1970  Race riots in Miami Florida on June - 16.   

1970  On this day in history elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73   

1971  Racial disturbance in Jacksonville Florida on June - 16.   

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

1975  On June - 16 randy Farland finds a 14-leaf clover near Sioux Falls, SD   

1975  On June - 16 don Robey, US gospel/impresario/producer, dies at 71   

1976  Student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa on June - 16.   

1976  Francis E Meloy Jr, US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped & killed on June - 16.   

1977  "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway on June - 16.   

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

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 June - 16.   

1978  On this day in history ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough"   

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

1591  Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655) was born on this day in history.   

1606  Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675) was born on June - 16.   

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

1633  On this day in history birth of nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer   

0956  On June - 16 hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies   

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

1246  Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64 on June - 16.   

1361  On this day in history 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 June - 16.   

1492  Death of Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded on this day in history.   

1575  On this day in history hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63