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May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). There are 229 days remaining.
Events
- 1204 - Baldwin IX, Count Of Flanders is crowned first Emperor of the Latin Empire .
- 1527 - The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes a Republic .
- 1532 - Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England .
- 1568 - Mary Queen Of Scots flees to England .
- 1605 - Paul V becomes Pope .
- 1770 - 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France .
- 1777 - Lachlan McIntosh and Button Gwinnett shoot each other during a Duel near Savannah, Georgia . Gwinnett, a signer of the Declaration Of Independence , dies three days later.
- 1836 - Edgar Allan Poe marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia.
- 1843 - The first major Wagon Train heading for the Northwest sets out with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri on the Oregon Trail .
- 1866 - The U.S. Congress eliminates the half Dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or Nickel .
- 1866 - Charles Elmer Hires invents Root Beer .
- 1868 - President Andrew Johnson is acquitted during his Impeachment trial, by one vote in the United States Senate .
- 1874 - A Flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroyed much of four villages and killed 139 people .
- 1910 - The U.S. Congress authorizes the creation of the United States Bureau Of Mines .
- 1918 - The Sedition Act is passed by the U.S. Congress , making criticism of the government a jailable offense.
- 1919 - US Navy Naval Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland , for Lisbon via the Azores on the first Transatlantic flight.
- 1920 - In Rome , Pope Benedict XV Canonizes Joan Of Arc as a Saint .
- 1929 - In Hollywood, California , the first Academy Awards are handed out.
- 1938 - A fire at the Terminal Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia , kills 35 people.
- ends.
- 1943 - by RAF 617 Squadron on German dams.
- 1948 - Chaim Weizmann is elected as the first President Of Israel .
- 1960 - Nikita Khrushchev demands an apology from US President Dwight D. Eisenhower for U-2 Spy Plane flights over the Soviet Union thus ending a Big Four summit in Paris .
- 1960 - Theodore Maiman operates the first Optical Laser , at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California .
- , a Soviet spaceprobe, lands on Venus .
- 1975 - India annexes Sikkim after the mountain state held a referendum where popular vote was in favour of merging with India.
- 1975 - Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest .
- 1988 - A report by American Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the Addictive properties of Nicotine are similar to those of Heroin and Cocaine .
- lands safely after a successful maiden voyage.
- 2003 - In Casablanca , Morocco , 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca Terrorist Attacks .
- 2005 - Kuwait permits Women's Suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote.
Births
- 1490 - Duke Albert Of Prussia (d. 1568 )
- 1578 - Everard Digby , English conspirator (d. 1606 )
- 1611 - Pope Innocent XI (d. 1689 )
- 1710 - William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot , English politician (d. 1782 )
- 1718 - Maria Gaetana Agnesi , Italian mathematician (d. 1799 )
- 1763 - Louis Nicolas Vauquelin , French pharmacist (d. 1829 )
- 1827 - Pierre Cuypers , Dutch architect (d. 1921 )
- 1845 - Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov , Russian microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 1916 )
- 1891 - Richard Tauber , Austrian tenor (d. 1948 )
- 1898 - Tamara De Lempicka , Polish-born painter (d. 1980 )
- 1905 - Henry Fonda , American actor (d. 1982 )
- 1906 - Margret Rey , author and illustrator (d. 1996 )
- 1910 - Olga Berggolts , Russian poet (d. 1975 )
- 1912 - Studs Terkel , American writer
- 1913 - Woody Herman , American musician and band leader (d. 1987 )
- 1917 - Juan Rulfo , Mexican novelist (d. 1986 )
- 1919 - Liberace , American pianist (d. 1987 )
- 1923 - Merton Miller , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1927 - Nílton Santos , Brazilian football player
- 1928 - Billy Martin , baseball player and coach (d. 1989 )
- 1929 - Adrienne Rich , American writer
- 1930 - Friedrich Gulda , Austrian pianist (d. 2000 )
- 1931 - Natwar Singh , Indian politician
- 1936 - Roy Hudd , British radio and television actor
- 1936 - Karl Lehmann , German Catholic cardinal
- 1944 - Billy Cobham , American virtuoso drummer
- 1945 - Nicky Chinn , songwriter ( The Sweet , Suzi Quatro )
- 1946 - Robert Fripp , English guitarist
- 1948 - Judy Finnegan , British TV presenter, Richard & Judy
- 1950 - J. Georg Bednorz , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1953 - Pierce Brosnan , Irish actor
- 1955 - Olga Korbut , Russian gymnast
- 1955 - Jack Morris , baseball player
- 1955 - Hazel O'Connor , British singer
- 1955 - Debra Winger , American actress
- 1963 - Mercedes Echerer , Austrian actress and politician
- 1963 - Rosie Perez , American actress
- 1965 - Krist Novoselic , American bassist ( Nirvana )
- 1966 - Janet Jackson , American singer
- 1996 - Scott Reeves , American actor and singer
- 1966 - Thurman Thomas , American football player
- 1969 - Tucker Carlson , American television commentator
- 1969 - Steve Lewis , American athlete
- 1970 - Gabriela Sabatini , Argentine tennis player
- 1970 - Danielle Spencer , Australian singer and actress
- 1971 - David Boreanaz , American actor
- 1973 - Tori Spelling , American actress
- 1974 - Laura Pausini , Italian pop singer
- 1977 - Jean-Sebastien Giguere , Canadian hockey player
- 1983 - Kyle Wellwood , Canadian hockey player
- 1985 - Anja Mittag , German footballer
- 1985 - Corey Perry , Canadian hockey player
Deaths
- 1620 - William Adams , English navigator and samurai (b. 1564 )
- 1657 - Andrzej Bobola , Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591 )
- 1667 - Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl Of Southampton , English statesman (b. 1607 )
- 1669 - Pietro Da Cortona , Italian architect (b. 1598 )
- 1691 - Jacob Leisler , German-born American colonist (b. 1640 )
- 1703 - Charles Perrault , French author (b. 1628 )
- 1778 - Robert Darcy, 4th Earl Of Holderness , English diplomat and politician (b. 1718 )
- 1782 - Daniel Solander , Swedish botanist (b. 1736 )
- 1790 - Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl Of Hardwicke , English politician (b. 1720 )
- 1891 - Ion C. Bratianu , Romanian statesman (b. 1821 )
- 1926 - Mehmed VI , last Ottoman Sultan (b. 1861 )
- 1944 - George Ade , American author (b. 1866 )
- 1947 - Frederick Hopkins , English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1861 )
- 1953 - Django Reinhardt , Belgian musician (b. 1910 )
- 1955 - James Agee , American writer (b. 1909 )
- 1957 - Eliot Ness , American federal agent (b. 1903 )
- 1984 - Andy Kaufman , American comedian (b. 1949 )
- 1984 - Irwin Shaw , American author (b. 1913 )
- 1985 - Margaret Hamilton , American actress (b. 1902 )
- 1988 - Charles Keeping , British illustrator (b. 1924 )
- 1990 - Sammy Davis, Jr. , American singer, actor, and comedian (b. 1925 )
- 1990 - Jim Henson , American puppeteer (b. 1936 )
- 2003 - Mark McCormack , American sports business pioneer (b. 1930 )
Holidays and observances
Song
"May 16" is also the title of a punk/rock song by Lagwagon from their album Let's Talk About Feelings , and was featured in the soundtrack to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
External links
May 15 - May 17 - April 16 - June 16 – Listing Of All Days
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