Page 7: Historical Events In May - 16

1941  On May - 16 last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham)   

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 May - 16.   

1942  1st transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma on May - 16.   

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

1943  German troops destroy synagogue of Warsaw on this day in history.   

1943  Jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto ends after 30 days of fighting on May - 16.   

1943  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 on this day in history.   

1943  RAF bombs Möhne & Eder (Battle of Ruhr) on May - 16.   

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

1944  On this day in history military police attack gypsies   

1944  On this day in history 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.   

1944  On May - 16 the first of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz   

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

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

1945  9th Division lands at Brunei on this day in history.   

1945  On May - 16 violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Half Moon Okinawa   

1946  On May - 16 the Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun opens   

1948  CBS news correspondent George Polk's body is found in Greece on this day in history.   

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  On May - 16 william Newzam Prior Nicholson, painter/engraver, dies   

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 May - 16.   

1955  Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in 9 (San Fransisco) for heavyweight boxing title on May - 16.   

1955  King Baudouin of Belgium visits Congo on May - 16.   

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

1955  The birth of Debra Winger, American film actress on this day in history.   

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

1956  Egypt recognizes People's Republic of China on this day in history.   

1956  On May - 16 great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia   

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  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on May - 16.   

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on May - 16.   

1609  On this day in history birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on May - 16.   

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

1710  On this day in history birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)   

1718  On May - 16 birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)   

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

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on May - 16.   

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  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.   

1620  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on this day in history.   

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  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on this day in history.