Page 8: Historical Events In May - 16

1957  US launches its 3rd atomic submarine, USS Skate, at Groton CT on May - 16.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1963  On this day in history gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends US Project Mercury   

1964  On May - 16 uSSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1964  On this day in history verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champion   

1965  On May - 16 bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam   

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

1966  Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" is released on this day in history.   

1966  On May - 16 national Welfare Rights Organization begins   

1966  Stokely Carmichael named chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee on this day in history.   

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 May - 16.   

1968  On May - 16 battle for Fire Support Base CORAL in Vietnam   

1968  Earthquake kills 47 in Japan on May - 16.   

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

1969  On May - 16 barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute   

1969  Students occupies Magden House Amsterdam on May - 16.   

1969  The Who's Pete Townsend & Roger Daltrey charged with assault on May - 16.   

1969  On May - 16 uSSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1969  Venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere on May - 16.   

1969  On May - 16 johnny Jordan, cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at 44   

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

1971  Bulgaria adopts it's constitution on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history first class postage now costs 8¢ (was 6¢)   

1972  On this day in history maxime Dumoulin, composer, dies at 79   

1973  AC Milan wins 13th Europe Cup II in Saloniki on May - 16.   

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

1974  On this day in history helmut Schmidt becomes West German chancellor   

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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  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on May - 16.   

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

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on May - 16.   

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  On May - 16 birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch   

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

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

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on May - 16.   

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 May - 16.