Page 6: Historical Events In June - 16

1952  On June - 16 soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down   

1952  Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl is published in the United States on June - 16.   

1953  On this day in history despite Johnny Mize 2,000th hit, Yanks lose ending 18 game win streak & also ending St Louis Brown 14 game losing streak   

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  On June - 16 louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament   

1958  On this day in history 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  On this day in history ballet performer Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union while in Paris.   

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

1961  On June - 16 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  Levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM on June - 16.   

1963  On this day in history valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in space, aboard Vostok 6   

1963  J C Powys, writer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history quake strikes Niigata Japan   

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

1969  On this day in history 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  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  Elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73 on June - 16.   

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

1972  On June - 16 burglars caught inside the Watergate building   

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 June - 16.   

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  On June - 16 "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway   

1977  Leonid Brezhnev is named president of the Soviet Union on this day in history.   

1977  On June - 16 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 this day in history.   

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

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1139  On this day in history birth of emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155)   

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

1514  On June - 16 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  On this day in history birth of arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675)   

1613  On June - 16 birth of john Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658)   

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

0956  On this day in history hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies   

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

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

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

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

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