Page 8: Historical Events In May - 16

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

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

1958  Walter Irwin flies 2,259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter on May - 16.   

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  Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as USSR levels spy charges against US on May - 16.   

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

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

1963  Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends US Project Mercury on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1965  Spaghetti-O's first sold on May - 16.   

1966  Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" is released on May - 16.   

1966  On this day in history national Welfare Rights Organization begins   

1966  Stokely Carmichael named chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee on May - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1969  USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on May - 16.   

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 May - 16.   

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

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  Maxime Dumoulin, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1973  AC Milan wins 13th Europe Cup II in Saloniki on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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1558  On this day in history birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)   

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

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

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

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

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on May - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on this day in history.   

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

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

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