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May 16
May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). There are 229 days remaining.
Events
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1204 - Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
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1527 - The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes a republic.
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1532 - Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
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1568 - Mary Queen of Scots flees to England.
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1605 - Paul V becomes Pope.
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1770 - 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France.
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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.
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1868 - President Andrew Johnson is acquitted during his impeachment trial, by one vote in the United States Senate.
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1910 - The U.S. Congress authorizes the creation of the United States Bureau of Mines.
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1918 - The Sedition Act is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government a jailable offense.
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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.
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1920 - In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc as a saint.
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1929 - In Hollywood, California the first Academy Awards are handed out.
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1938 - A fire at the Terminal Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 35 people.
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1943 - Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
- 1943 - World War II: The Dambuster Raids by RAF 617 Squadron on German dams.
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1948 - Chaim Weizmann is elected as the first President of Israel.
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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.
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1966 - Two extremely influencial rock albums are released on the same day: Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde and The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds.
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1969 - Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet spaceprobe, lands on Venus.
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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.
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1988 - A report by American Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addiction addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
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1992 - STS-49: Space Shuttle Endeavour lands safely after a successful maiden voyage.
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2002 - Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones opens in theaters.
Births
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1490 - Albert of Prussia, first duke of Prussia (d. 1568)
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1611 - Pope Innocent XI (d. 1689)
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1678 - Andreas Silbermann , organ builder (d. 1734)
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1718 - Maria Gaetana Agnesi, mathematician (d. 1799)
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1827 - Pierre Cuypers , Dutch architect
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1882 - Anne McCormick , journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner (d. 1954)
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1891 - Richard Tauber, tenor (d. 1948)
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1905 - Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982)
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1912 - Studs Terkel, writer
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1913 - Woody Herman, American musician, band leader (d. 1987)
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1919 - Liberace, American pianist (d. 1987)
- 1919 - Gisela Uhlen , actress
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1928 - Billy Martin, baseball player, coach (d. 1989)
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1929 - Friedrich Nowottny , journalist
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1931 - Natwar Singh, Indian politician
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1936 - Karl Lehmann, German cardinal and theologian
- 1936 - Roy Hudd, British radio and television actor
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1950 - J. Georg Bednorz, physicist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics 1987
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1953 - Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor
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1955 - Olga Korbut, gymnast
- 1955 - Jack Morris, baseball pitcher
- 1955 - Hazel O'Connor, British singer
- 1955 - Debra Winger, actress
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1958 - Amp Fiddler , musician (P Funk)
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1965 - Krist Novoselic, musician, former bassist for Nirvana
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1966 - Janet Jackson, singer
- 1966 - Thurman Thomas, American football player
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1969 - Steve Lewis, American athlete
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1970 - Gabriela Sabatini, tennis player
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1973 - Tori Spelling, actress
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1989 - Jeff Barton , Canadian
Deaths
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1620 - William Adams, English navigator and Japanese samurai (b.1564)
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1703 - Charles Perrault, French author (b. 1628)
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1782 - Daniel Solander, Swedish botanist (b. 1736)
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1891 - Ion C. Bratianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821)
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1926 - Mehmed VI, last Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
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1944 - George Ade, author (b. 1866)
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1955 - James Agee, American writer (b. 1909)
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1957 - Eliot Ness, federal agent (b. 1903)
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1984 - Andy Kaufman, comedian (b. 1949)
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1984 - Irwin Shaw, author (b. 1913)
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1985 - Margaret Hamilton, actress (b. 1902)
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1988 - Charles Keeping, illustrator (b. 1924)
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1990 - Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets (b. 1936)
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1990 - Sammy Davis, Jr., singer, actor, comedian (b. 1925)
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2003 - Mark McCormack, sports business pioneer, founder of IMG
Holidays and observances
External links
May 15 - May 17 - April 16 - June 16 -- listing of all days
Last updated: 07-31-2005 03:41:56
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