Page 8: Historical Events In May - 16

1957  On May - 16 uS launches its 3rd atomic submarine, USS Skate, at Groton CT   

1958  On May - 16 eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mexico   

1958  On May - 16 walter Irwin flies 2,259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter   

1958  Jeroom Verten [Jozef F Vermetten], Flemish playwright, dies at 49 on May - 16.   

1959  Joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69 on May - 16.   

1960  On May - 16 big 4 summit in Paris collapses as USSR levels spy charges against US   

1961  13th Emmy Awards Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck on May - 16.   

1961  13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck on this day in history.   

1963  Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends US Project Mercury on May - 16.   

1964  USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on May - 16.   

1964  Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champion on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam   

1965  Spaghetti-O's first sold on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" is released   

1966  National Welfare Rights Organization begins on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history stokely Carmichael named chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee   

1966  On May - 16 randolph Turpin, boxer, shot dead in his home   

1967  Philadelphia voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history battle for Fire Support Base CORAL in Vietnam   

1968  On May - 16 earthquake kills 47 in Japan   

1968  Honshu, Japan a7.0 quake killed 47 people, 281 injured, and $131 million property damage was sustained on this day in history.   

1969  Barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute on this day in history.   

1969  Students occupies Magden House Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1969  On May - 16 the Who's Pete Townsend & Roger Daltrey charged with assault   

1969  USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere   

1969  Johnny Jordan, cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1970  On May - 16 "Grover Henson Feels Forgotten" by Bill Cosby hits #70   

1971  On May - 16 bulgaria adopts it's constitution   

1971  First class postage now costs 8¢ (was 6¢) on this day in history.   

1972  On May - 16 maxime Dumoulin, composer, dies at 79   

1973  On May - 16 aC Milan wins 13th Europe Cup II in Saloniki   

1973  Zimbian troops kill two Canadian women at Rhodesian (Zimbabwe) border; believed they were saboteurs on May - 16.   

1974  On May - 16 helmut Schmidt becomes West German chancellor   

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

1578  On this day in history birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)   

1609  On May - 16 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 May - 16 birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)   

1718  On this day in history birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)   

1748  On this day in history birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch   

0942  On May - 16 saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies   

1265  On May - 16 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 this day in history.   

1620  On this day in history death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)   

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

1667  On this day in history death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)   

1669  On May - 16 pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies