386 Historic Events for June 16
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| 1893 |
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RW Rueckheim invents Cracker Jack
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| 1894 |
Birth |
Norman Kerry, Rochester NY, actor (Phantom of the Opera)
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| 1895 |
Birth |
Stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], comedian (Laurel and Hardy)
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| 1896 |
Birth |
William Fitzgerald Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants)
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| 1896 |
Birth |
Jean Peugeot, Frans auto manufacturer (Peugeot)
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| 1896 |
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Temperature hits 127øF at Fort Mojave, Calif
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| 1898 |
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China's emperor De Zong (Guang Xu) receives Kang Youwei
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| 1899 |
Birth |
Nelson Doubleday, US, publisher (Doubleday)
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| 1899 |
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Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* v England, Lord's
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| 1899 |
Birth |
Helen Traubel, St Louis MO, soprano (Sieglinde in Walkre, Nightclubs)
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Jan van Tilburg, governor Suriname (PVDA, 1955-62)
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Arthur Pierson, Oslo Norway, actor/director (Hat Check Girl)
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Conrad Beck, composer
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| 1901 |
Death |
Hermann Grimm, German writer/poet/historian, dies
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Barbara McClintock, US, cytogeneticist (Jumping Genes, Nobel 1983)
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Kornelis Posthumus, Dutch chemist
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| 1903 |
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Pepsi Cola company forms
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| 1903 |
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Ford Motors incorporates
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| 1903 |
Event |
1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer
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| 1904 |
Event |
Bloomsday (date of events in James Joyce's Ulysses)
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| 1904 |
Birth |
Gerard Holt, Dutch architect
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| 1905 |
Death |
Hermann von Wissmann, German explorer/governor of E Africa, dies at 51
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Alan Fairfax, cricketer (Australian all-rounder late 20's early 30's)
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Jack Albertson, Malden Mass, actor (Thin Man, Chico and the Man)
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