May, 16th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Monday 16, 2005:
Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote.

Friday 16, 2003:
In Casablanca, Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.

Thursday 16, 2002:
2002 - ' opens in cinemas.

Saturday 16, 1992:
STS-49: Space Shuttle Endeavour lands safely after a successful maiden voyage.

Monday 16, 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.

Friday 16, 1975:
Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Friday 16, 1969:
Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet spaceprobe, lands on Venus.

Monday 16, 1966:
Two extremely influential rock albums are released on the same day: Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde and The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds.

Monday 16, 1960:
Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.

Sunday 16, 1948:
Chaim Weizmann is elected as the first President of Israel.

Sunday 16, 1943:
World War II: The Dambuster Raids by RAF 617 Squadron on German dams.

Monday 16, 1938:
A fire at the Terminal Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, kills 35 people.

Thursday 16, 1929:
In Hollywood, California, the first Academy Awards are handed out.

Sunday 16, 1920:
In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc as a saint.

Friday 16, 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.

Thursday 16, 1918:
The Sedition Act is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government a jailable offense.

Monday 16, 1910:
The U.S. Congress authorizes the creation of the United States Bureau of Mines.

Saturday 16, 1868:
President Andrew Johnson is acquitted during his impeachment trial, by one vote in the United States Senate.

Wednesday 16, 1866:
Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer.

Tuesday 16, 1843:
The first major wagon train heading for the Northwest sets out with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri on the Oregon Trail.

Friday 16, 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.

Wednesday 16, 1770:
14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France.

Monday 16, 1605:
Paul V becomes Pope.

Thursday 16, 1568:
Mary Queen of Scots flees to England.

Monday 16, 1532:
Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.

Monday 16, 1527:
The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes a republic.

Sunday 16, 1204:
Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned first Emperor of the Latin Empire.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/16-may/on-this-day.html


People born on May 16

1973:
Tori Spelling, American actress (b: May 16, 1973) (Biography of Tori Spelling)

1970:
Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player (b: May 16, 1970) (Biography of Gabriela Sabatini)

1969:
Steve Lewis, American athlete (b: May 16, 1969) (Biography of Steve Lewis (athlete))
Tucker Carlson, American television commentator (b: May 16, 1969) (Biography of Tucker Carlson)

1966:
Janet Jackson, American singer (b: May 16, 1966) (Biography of Janet Jackson)
Thurman Thomas, American football player (b: May 16, 1966) (Biography of Thurman Thomas)

1965:
Krist Novoselic, American bassist (Nirvana) (b: May 16, 1965) (Biography of Krist Novoselic)

1963:
Mercedes Echerer, Austrian actress and politician (b: May 16, 1963) (Biography of Mercedes Echerer)

1955:
Olga Korbut, Russian gymnast (b: May 16, 1955) (Biography of Olga Korbut)
Jack Morris, baseball player (b: May 16, 1955) (Biography of Jack Morris)
Hazel O'Connor, British singer (b: May 16, 1955) (Biography of Hazel O'Connor)
Debra Winger, American actress (b: May 16, 1955) (Biography of Debra Winger)

1953:
Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor (b: May 16, 1953) (Biography of Pierce Brosnan)

1950:
J. Georg Bednorz, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: May 16, 1950) (Biography of J. Georg Bednorz)

1946:
Robert Fripp, English guitarist (b: May 16, 1946) (Biography of Robert Fripp)

1936:
Karl Lehmann, German Catholic cardinal (b: May 16, 1936) (Biography of Karl Lehmann)
Roy Hudd, British radio and television actor (b: May 16, 1936) (Biography of Roy Hudd)

1931:
Natwar Singh, Indian politician (b: May 16, 1931) (Biography of Natwar Singh)

1930:
Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist (b: May 16, 1930) (Biography of Friedrich Gulda)

1928:
Billy Martin, baseball player and coach (b: May 16, 1928 ; d: December 25, 1989) (Biography of Billy Martin)

1919:
Liberace, American pianist (b: May 16, 1919 ; d: February 4, 1987) (Biography of Liberace)

1913:
Woody Herman, American musician and band leader (b: May 16, 1913 ; d: October 29, 1987) (Biography of Woody Herman)

1912:
Studs Terkel, American writer (b: May 16, 1912) (Biography of Studs Terkel)

1905:
Henry Fonda, American actor (b: May 16, 1905 ; d: August 12, 1982) (Biography of Henry Fonda)

1891:
Richard Tauber, Austrian tenor (b: May 16, 1891) (Biography of Richard Tauber)

1827:
Pierre Cuypers, Dutch architect (b: May 16, 1827) (Biography of Pierre Cuypers)

1718:
Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (b: May 16, 1718 ; d: January 9, 1799) (Biography of Maria Gaetana Agnesi)

1611:
Pope Innocent XI (b: May 16, 1611 ; d: August 12, 1689) (Biography of Pope Innocent XI)

1578:
Everard Digby, English conspirator (b: May 16, 1578 ; d: January 30, 1606) (Biography of Everard Digby)

1490:
Duke Albert of Prussia (b: May 16, 1490 ; d: March 20, 1568) (Biography of Albert of Prussia)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/16-may/births.html

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People who died on May 16

2003:
Mark McCormack (d: May 16, 2003) (Biography of Mark McCormack)

1990:
Jim Henson, American puppeteer (b: September 24, 1936 ; d: May 16, 1990) (Biography of Jim Henson)
Sammy Davis, Jr. (d: May 16, 1990) (Biography of Sammy Davis, Jr.)

1988:
Charles Keeping, British illustrator (b: September 22, 1924 ; d: May 16, 1988) (Biography of Charles Keeping)

1985:
Margaret Hamilton, American actress (b: December 9, 1902 ; d: May 16, 1985) (Biography of Margaret Hamilton)

1984:
Andy Kaufman, American comedian (b: January 17, 1949 ; d: May 16, 1984) (Biography of Andy Kaufman)
Irwin Shaw, American writer (b: February 27, 1913 ; d: May 16, 1984) (Biography of Irwin Shaw)

1957:
Eliot Ness, American lawman (b: April 19, 1903 ; d: May 16, 1957) (Biography of Eliot Ness)

1955:
James Agee, American writer (b: November 27, 1909 ; d: May 16, 1955) (Biography of James Agee)

1953:
Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist (b: January 23, 1910 ; d: May 16, 1953) (Biography of Django Reinhardt)

1947:
Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (b: June 20, 1861 ; d: May 16, 1947) (Biography of Frederick Hopkins)

1944:
George Ade (d: May 16, 1944) (Biography of George Ade)

1926:
Mehmed VI, Ottoman Sultan (b: January 14, 1861 ; d: May 16, 1926) (Biography of Mehmed VI)

1891:
Ion C. Bratianu (d: May 16, 1891) (Biography of Ion C. Bratianu)

1782:
Daniel Solander (d: May 16, 1782) (Biography of Daniel Solander)

1703:
Charles Perrault, French folklorist (b: January 12, 1628 ; d: May 16, 1703) (Biography of Charles Perrault)

1691:
Jacob Leisler (d: May 16, 1691) (Biography of Jacob Leisler)

1669:
Pietro da Cortona (d: May 16, 1669) (Biography of Pietro da Cortona)

1667:
Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton (d: May 16, 1667) (Biography of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton)

1657:
Andrzej Bobola (d: May 16, 1657) (Biography of Andrzej Bobola)

1620:
William Adams, British navigator and samurai (b: September 24, 1564 ; d: May 16, 1620) (Biography of William Adams)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/16-may/deaths.html