Page 7: Historical Events In May - 16

1941  Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham) on May - 16.   

1941  On May - 16 nazis forbid Dutch Organization of Actors (NOT)   

1941  1st US/radio performance of Bennett's "Symphony in D for the Dodgers" on this day in history.   

1942  The first transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma on this day in history.   

1942  1st transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma on this day in history.   

1942  Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, anthropologist, dies on this day in history.   

1943  On May - 16 german troops destroy synagogue of Warsaw   

1943  On May - 16 jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto ends after 30 days of fighting   

1943  On May - 16 nazi officer Jergen Stroop reports to his superiors that the Warsaw ghetto is no longer in existence. According to his calculations 7,000 Jews have been killed in street fighting, 30,000 have been deported to Treblinka and 5-6,000 have perished in flames.   

1943  On this day in history rAF bombs Möhne & Eder (Battle of Ruhr)   

1943  On May - 16 -17th] RAF bombs Möhne & Eder (Battle of Ruhr)   

1944  On May - 16 military police attack gypsies   

1944  Rabbi Weissmandl sends out pleas to bomb camp and rail lines - based on his "Auschwitz Protocol" - a 31 page report from escapees' eyewitness accounts of Rudolph Verba and Alfred Wetzler on May - 16.   

1944  The first of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz on May - 16.   

1944  1st of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz on this day in history.   

1944  On May - 16 george Ade, US novelist/playwright (Counsel Widow), dies at 78   

1945  On May - 16 9th Division lands at Brunei   

1945  Violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Half Moon Okinawa on this day in history.   

1946  The Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun opens on May - 16.   

1948  On May - 16 cBS news correspondent George Polk's body is found in Greece   

1948  Chaim Weizmann elected first President of Israel on May - 16.   

1948  Egyptians enter the Gaza on May - 16.   

1948  Israel issues its first postage stamps on this day in history.   

1949  William Newzam Prior Nicholson, painter/engraver, dies on this day in history.   

1952  Alec Hearne, cricketer (scored 9 in Test for Eng v S Afr 1892), dies on May - 16.   

1954  Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1955  Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in 9 (San Fransisco) for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1955  King Baudouin of Belgium visits Congo on this day in history.   

1955  Ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history the birth of Debra Winger, American film actress   

1955  On May - 16 james Agee, US critic/writer (Death in Family), dies in NY   

1956  On May - 16 egypt recognizes People's Republic of China   

1956  Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia on this day in history.   

1957  Major Irwin, USAF flies a Lockheed Starfighter to a record 1,404.18 MPH on this day in history.   

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1558  On May - 16 birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)   

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on this day in history.   

1609  On May - 16 birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

1641  On May - 16 birth of dudley North, financier/economist   

1659  On this day in history birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

1710  On May - 16 birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)   

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on May - 16.   

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on May - 16.   

0942  On this day in history saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies   

1265  On this day in history death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)   

1434  On this day in history pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60   

1569  On May - 16 death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr   

1620  On May - 16 death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)   

1657  On this day in history death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)   

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on May - 16.   

1669  On this day in history pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies