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June 16 Deaths in History - June 16 Birthdays - June 16 Events
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June 16, 2003 Carol Shields, author, The Stone Diaries, dies at 68 June 16, 2003 Georg Henrik von Wright, Finnish Philosopher June 16, 2000 Peter McWilliams, writer, Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do, dies at 49 June 16, 1996 David Mourao-Ferreira, poet/politician, dies at 69 June 16, 1996 Mel Allen, sportscaster (New York Yankees), dies at 83 June 16, 1995 Jack Wagner, actor/voice (Disneyland, Walt Disney World), dies June 16, 1994 Boris Alexandrov, conductor (Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble, dies at 88 June 16, 1994 Eileen Way, actress (Les Miserables, Rainbow, Vikings), dies at 82 June 16, 1994 Terence de Vere White, novelist/critic, dies at 82 June 16, 1993 John B Connally, Governor of Texas/shot with John F. Kennedy in 1963, dies at 76 June 16, 1992 Joris Diels, Flemish/Dutch director/actor (It's a Cruel World), dies June 16, 1991 Vicky Brown, U.S. singer (Power of Love), dies June 16, 1990 Eva Turner, British soprano, dies June 16, 1987 Henk H Badings, mine engineer/composer (Orestes, Kain), dies at 80 June 16, 1986 Diana Cooper, English Celebrity June 16, 1982 John Honeyman-Scott, guitarist (Pretenders), overdoses on drugs June 16, 1981 Humphrey Keervelt, director (Suriname Planning Bureau), murdered June 16, 1981 John S Knight, U.S. newspaper magnate, dies at 86 June 16, 1979 Ben Weber, U.S. composer (Thorne Music Award 1965), dies at 62 June 16, 1979 Liselotte Welskopf-Heinrich, writer, dies at 77 June 16, 1977 Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (V1/V2), dies at 65 of smoking June 16, 1976 Francis E Meloy Jr, U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped and killed June 16, 1976 Victor Dalby Lord, ficticious character on One Life to Live, dies June 16, 1975 Don Robey, U.S. gospel/impresario/producer, dies at 71 June 16, 1970 Elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73 June 16, 1970 Heino Eller, composer, dies at 83 June 16, 1969 Harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, British field marshal, dies at 78 June 16, 1969 John BMR "John" Hanlo, poet (Oote oote boe), dies at 57 June 16, 1969 John Scott, rocker with the Pretenders, dies at 25 June 16, 1969 Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske, composer, dies at 53 June 16, 1963 J C Powys, writer, dies at 90 June 16, 1962 Hans Rudolf Krik, Danish writer/critic (Vredens Son), dies at 64 June 16, 1959 George Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), shoots self at 45 June 16, 1958 Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, composer, dies at 45 June 16, 1948 Rufus Jones, American Writer June 16, 1947 Jean-Franeois Capart, Belgian egyptologist (Memphis), dies at 86 June 16, 1946 Ludwig Winder, writer, dies June 16, 1946 Miloje Milojevic, composer, dies at 61 June 16, 1944 Marc Bloch, French Historian June 16, 1941 Lodo of Hamel, 1st Dutch secret affiliate, dies June 16, 1940 Dubose Heyward, U.S. writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies June 16, 1940 Vitezslava Kapralova, composer, dies at 25 June 16, 1936 Leib Malach, Yiddish writer, dies June 16, 1932 Frederik W Van Oaths, psychiatrist/writer (Blades of Grass), dies June 16, 1930 Elmer Ambrose Sperry, U.S. inventor (gyroscope compass), dies June 16, 1910 Wendelin Weissheimer, composer, dies at 72 June 16, 1905 Hermann von Wissmann, German explorer/governor of E Africa, dies at 51 June 16, 1901 Hermann Grimm, German writer, poet and historian, dies June 16, 1892 Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice, dies at 80 June 16, 1837 Valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72 June 16, 1831 Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer, dies at 64 June 16, 1818 Daniel Smith, American Politician June 16, 1815 Frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15), dies in battle June 16, 1812 Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund), dies at 23 June 16, 1808 Georg Wenzel Ritter, composer, dies at 60 June 16, 1804 Johann Adam Hiller, composer, dies at 75 June 16, 1793 Louis A count d'Affry, general/French ambassador in Netherland, dies June 16, 1752 Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal, dies at 88 June 16, 1722 John Churchill up Marlborough, English general strategist, dies at 72 June 16, 1671 Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader, tortured and executed in Moscow June 16, 1651 Marsilio Casentini, composer, dies at 74 June 16, 1644 Johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist, dies at 54 June 16, 1620 Carlo Saraceni, [Carlo Veniziano], Italian painter (Judith), dies June 16, 1575 Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63 June 16, 1492 Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded June 16, 1361 John Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61 June 16, 1246 Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64 June 16, 1216 Innocent III, pope, dies at 54 June 16, 956 Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies |