This day in History - June 16

386 Historic Events for June 16
1921 Birth Lord Perry of Walton, SDP/vice chancellor (Open University England)
1922 Event Henry Berliner demonstrates his helicopter to US Bureau of Aeronautics
1923 Event Sun Yat Sen founds military academy
1923 Birth Ake Hermanson, composer
1923 Birth Henryk Czyz, composer
1924 Event South Africa all out 30 v England in 48 minutes, Gilligan 6-7
1924 Birth Sayed Idries Shah, thinker
1925 Birth Richard Jacobs, philanthropist/sports owner (Cleveland Indians)
1925 Birth Faith Domergue, New Orleans, actress (House of 7 Corpses)
1927 Birth Robert Matthews, master (Clare College Cambridge England)
1927 Birth Thomas W "Tom" Graveney, English cricket batsman (50's and 60's)
1927 Event 31st US Golf Open: Tommy Armour shoots a 301 at Oakmont CC in Pa
1928 Birth Harold Hanham, vice chancellor (Lancaster University)
1928 Birth Sergiu Comissiona, Buch Romania, conductor (Haifa Symph 1959-64)
1929 Birth James Kirtland Randall, composer
1929 Event Otto E Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (NY to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days)
1930 Birth Brian Statham, cricketer (masterful England quick for two decades)
1930 Birth David Konstant, bishop (Leeds)
1930 Death Elmer Ambrose Sperry, US inventor (gyroscope compass), dies
1931 Event Austrian govt of Ender falls
1931 Birth Robert F [Bob] Smith, (Rep-R-OR, 1983- )
1931 Birth Courtney Alexandre Henriques Laws, community leader
1931 Birth Ivo Petric, composer
1932 Birth David Keylsey, actor/director
1932 Birth Ralph Robins, CEO (Rolls-Royce)