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On This Day
June 16Copyright 1989-2007 epicidiot.com
1993
First first-day-of-issue dual-city postmark: U.S. rock 'n' roll stamp booklet is issued with postmarks from Santa Monica, California and Cleveland, Ohio.
1987
Subway Vigilante: Bernhard Goetz is convicted of carrying an unlicensed concealed weapon; he is fined $5,000 and sentenced to six months in jail. He had been acquitted of the 1984 shooting of four black youths in a New York Subway.
1976
The Jacksons debuts on CBS, starring the Jackson Five.
1963
First woman in space: Valentina V. Tereshkova aboard the Soviet Vostok 6.
1955
Pope Pius XII excommunicates all those, including Argentine Pres. Juan Per˘n, who had violated church rights in Argentina.
1948
First skyjacking: A group of Chinese bandits attempt to ransom the passengers of a Hong Kong flight. When the pilot refused, the bandits fired shots causing the plane to crash. Everyone aboard was killed, except the leader of the hijackers.
1933
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) is created establishing the National Recovery Administration (NRA) and Public Works Administration (PWA).
1933
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is established, providing insurance coverage for bank deposits.
1903
Pepsi: The Pepsi-Cola trademark is registered with the U.S. Patent Office. The name is derived from its contents, pepsin and kola nuts.
1903
Ford Motor Company is founded.
1897
Hawaii: The U.S. signs a treaty annexing the island territory. It was officially annexed the following year.
1893
Cracker Jack: R.W. Rueckheim invents his popular confection. It was introduced to the public at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
1888
Thomas Edison perfects the cylinder phonograph.
1884
Roller Coaster: The first commercially-successful gravity-powered American roller coaster goes into operation. The Coney Island, N.Y attraction charged 5˘ a passenger and averaged $600 a day.
1858
Abraham Lincoln states "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free."
1838
John Q. Adams gives congress his speech on right of petition and freedom of speech. His speech lasted until July 7.
1657
Pendulum Clock: The pendulum clock is patented by astronomer Christiaan Huygens. He needed it for his astronomical observations.
1951
Roberto Duran, Panamanian boxer, lightweight champion (1972-79), welterweight (1980), and junior middleweight (1983-84).
1943
Joan Van Ark, American actress. TV: Dallas (Valene Ewing) and Knots Landing.
1939
Billy "Crash" Craddock, American singer. Music: Knock Three Times (1971) and I Cheated On A Good Woman's Love (1981).
1920 d. 1980
John Howard Griffin, American author. His best-seller Black Like Me (1961) was based on his travels through the South after chemically darkening his skin to appear as a black man.
1907 d. 1981
Jack Albertson, American Oscar-Tony-Emmy-winning actor. TV: Chico and the Man (Ed Brown - the Man).
1890 d. 1965
Stan Laurel (Arthur Stanley Jefferson), British-born American comedian, actor. He made over 200 films with his partner Oliver Hardy.
1858 d. 1950
Gustav V, King of Sweden (1907-50). He maintained Sweden's neutrality during World Wars I and II.
1801 d. 1868
Julius Plücker, German mathematician physicist. He discovered that cathode rays are diverted by magnetic fields, the principal upon which TV pictures tubes are made. He also discovered that spectral lines are unique to each chemical, the principal of spectroscopy.
1959 b. 1914
George Reeves (George Besselo), American actor. TV: Superman from the series.
1930 b. 1860
Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American engineer, inventor of the gyro-compass (1910) and founder of Sperry Electric Co. (1888).
1912 b. 1831
Eli Hamilton Janney, American inventor. He patented the first American automatic railroad coupler (1873).
1878 b. 1815
Crawford Williamson Long, American physician, first to use anesthesia for surgery, he used diethyl ether during the removal of a neck tumor (1842).
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