Historical Events In June - 16

1952  On this day in history soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down   

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

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

1961  On this day in history dave Garroway is fired as Today Show host   

1961  On this day in history 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  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  J C Powys, writer, dies at 90 on June - 16.   

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

1970  On June - 16 race riots in Miami Florida   

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

1971  On June - 16 racial disturbance in Jacksonville Florida   

1972  On June - 16 burglars caught inside the Watergate building   

1975  On June - 16 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 June - 16.   

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 June - 16.   

1977  Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist, dies at age 65 on this day in history.   

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

1978  On June - 16 ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough"   

1979  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On June - 16 birth of axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent   

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

1606  On June - 16 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  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 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 this day in history.   

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