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