Page 8: Historical Events In May - 16

1957  US launches its 3rd atomic submarine, USS Skate, at Groton CT on this day in history.   

1958  Eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mexico on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history walter Irwin flies 2,259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter   

1958  On May - 16 jeroom Verten [Jozef F Vermetten], Flemish playwright, dies at 49   

1959  Joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1964  Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champion on May - 16.   

1965  Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam on May - 16.   

1965  On May - 16 spaghetti-O's first sold   

1966  On May - 16 beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" is released   

1966  National Welfare Rights Organization begins on May - 16.   

1966  On May - 16 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  Battle for Fire Support Base CORAL in Vietnam on this day in history.   

1968  Earthquake kills 47 in Japan on this day in history.   

1968  Honshu, Japan a7.0 quake killed 47 people, 281 injured, and $131 million property damage was sustained on May - 16.   

1969  On this day in history barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute   

1969  On this day in history students occupies Magden House Amsterdam   

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 May - 16.   

1969  On May - 16 venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere   

1969  Johnny Jordan, cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at 44 on May - 16.   

1970  "Grover Henson Feels Forgotten" by Bill Cosby hits #70 on this day in history.   

1971  Bulgaria adopts it's constitution on May - 16.   

1971  First class postage now costs 8¢ (was 6¢) on May - 16.   

1972  Maxime Dumoulin, composer, dies at 79 on May - 16.   

1973  On this day in history aC Milan wins 13th Europe Cup II in Saloniki   

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

1974  Helmut Schmidt becomes West German chancellor on May - 16.   

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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  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on this day in history.   

1641  On this day in history birth of dudley North, financier/economist   

1659  On May - 16 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

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

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.   

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  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on this day in history.   

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

1569  On this day in history death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr   

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

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on this day in history.   

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on this day in history.   

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