Historical Events on 16th May ◀ Apr May Jun ▶ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 All Events Birthdays Weddings Deaths Events 1 - 200 of 238 955 - Alberich II, (bastard?) son of Octavianus elected pope 1165 - Ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine 1204 - Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders, is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople. 1527 - Florence becomes a republic 1532 - Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor 1547 - Protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg 1568 - Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England 1571 - Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM 1584 - 7 Westfriese towns divide monasteries of Egmond/Blokker/St-Pietersdal 1605 - Camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V 1606 - 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia 1648 - Battle at Zolty Wody: Bohdan Chmielrickis cosacks beat John Casimir 1747 - Prince Willem V sworn in as admiral-general of Neth 1763 - Samuel Johnson 1st meets his future biographer James Boswell in London 1771 - The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The Regulators, occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina. 1792 - Denmark abolishes slave trade 1795 - Hedges Treaty: Bataafse Republic becomes French vassel state 1796 - Lombardian Republic forms 1803 - Peace of Amiens ends Astronomer Johannes KeplerAstronomer Johannes Kepler 1804 - French Senate & Tribune declare Napolean leader of France 1811 - Peninsular War: Allies defeat French at Albuera 1815 - The Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, officially names the town of Blackheath in the upper Blue Mountains. 1817 - Mississippi River steamboat service begins 1822 - Greek War of Independence: Turks capture the Greek town of Souli. 1860 - -18] Chicago: Republican convention selects Abraham Lincoln as candidate 1861 - Twiggs Surrender, San Antonio, Texas during US Civil war 1861 - Confederate government offers war volunteers $10 premium 1861 - Kentucky proclaims its neutrality 1862 - Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir builds 1st automobile 1863 - Battle of Champions Hill, MS-bloodiest action of Vicksburg Campaign 1864 - Atlanta Campaign: Battle of Resaca, ends (since May 13) 1864 - Battle of Bermuda Hundred, VA 1864 - Last battles at Drewrys Bluff, Virginia (6,666 casualties) 1866 - Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer US President Abraham LincolnUS President Abraham Lincoln 1866 - US Congress authorizes the nickel 5 cent piece (replaces silver half-dime) 1868 - Bedrich Smetanas opera Dalibor premieres in Prague 1868 - By one vote, US Senate fails to impeach President Andrew Johnson 1869 - Cincinnati Reds play their 1st baseball game, win 41-7 1872 - Metropolitan Gas Company lamps lit for 1st time 1874 - 1st recorded dam disaster in US (Williamsburg, Mass) 1875 - Quake in Venezuela & Colombia kills 16,000 1877 - May 16, 1877 political crisis in France. 1879 - Antonin Dvoráks Slavic Dancing premieres 1879 - Treaty of Gandamak to set up Afghan state between Russia & English 1881 - Worlds 1st electric tram goes into service in Lichterfelder (near Berlin) 1882 - 8th Kentucky Derby: Babe Hurd aboard Apollo wins in 2:40.00 1884 - 10th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Buchanan wins in 2:40.25 1888 - CPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC 1891 - George A Hormel & Co introduce Spam 1894 - Fire in Boston destroys baseball stadium & 170 other buildings 1901 - Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure of Priory School (BG) 1902 - 2 deaf-mutes face each other for 1st time as Dummy Hoy leads off for the Reds against Dummy Taylor of the Giants, Reds win 5-3 1903 - 1st transcontinental motorcycle trip begins at SF (George Wymann) 1910 - US Bureau of Mines forms 1911 - Remains of a neanderthal man found on Jersey, Channel Islands 1911 - Zeppelin Deutscheland wrecked at Dusseldorf 1914 - American Horseshoe Pitchers Association organizes in Kansas City 1914 - Ewing Field, near Masonic Street, opens 1916 - 41st Preakness: Linus McAtee aboard Damrosch wins in 1:54.8 1918 - The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government an imprisonable offense. French Soldier and National Heroine Joan of ArcFrench Soldier and National Heroine Joan of Arc 1920 - Joan of Arc (Jeanne Darc) canonized a saint 1920 - Spanish bullfighter Joselito is fatally gored fighting his last bull 1921 - 47th Preakness: F Coltiletti aboard Broomspun wins in 1:54.2 1922 - White Star Liner Majestic completes 5½ day maiden voyage 1924 - 108°F (42°C) in Blitzen Oregon 1925 - 51st Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Flying Ebony wins in 2:07.6 1927 - NY Yankee Bob Meusel steals 2nd, 3rd & home 1927 - Supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax 1929 - 1st Academy Awards - Wings, Emil Jennings & Janet Gaynor wins 1930 - 6th Walker Cup: US, 10-2 1931 - 57th Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on Twenty Grand wins 2:01.8 1932 - Yanks 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland & Boston 1933 - Cecil Travis becomes 1st player to get 5 hits in his 1st game 1936 - 1st British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France 1936 - 62nd Preakness: George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1:59 1938 - 1st animal breeding society forms (NJ) 1938 - 38 die in Terminal Hotel fire (Atlanta Ga) 1938 - In cricket Bradman scores 278 Aust v MCC, 349 mins, 35 fours 1 six 1939 - 1st AL night game, Phila Shribe Park (Indians 8, Athletics 3 in 10) 1939 - Food stamps are 1st issued 1940 - Nazis forbid non-professional auto workers Soldier, Author and British Prime Minister Winston ChurchillSoldier, Author and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill 1940 - British Premier Winston Churchill returns to London from Paris 1941 - 1st US/radio performance of Bennetts Symphony in D for the Dodgers 1941 - Italian army under Aosta surrenders to Britain at Amba Alagi Ethiopia 1941 - Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham) 1941 - Nazis forbid Dutch Organization of Actors (NOT) 1942 - 1st transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma 1943 - -17th] Operation Chastise - the Dambusters Raid; 617 Squadron RAF bombs Möhne & Eder dams (Ruhr valley) with bouncing bombs 1943 - German troops destroy synagogue of Warsaw 1943 - Jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto ends after 30 days of fighting 1944 - 1st of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz 1944 - Military police attack gypsies 1945 - Violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Half Moon, Okinawa 1946 - Musical Annie Get Your Gun starring Ethel Merman premieres in NYC 1948 - Mikhail Botvinnik wins 5-player tournament to determine world chess champion 1948 - CBS news correspondent George Polks body is found in Greece 1948 - Chaim Weizmann elected 1st president of Israel 1948 - Egyptians enter the Gaza 1948 - Israel issues its 1st postage stamps 1951 - The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between John F Kennedy International Airport in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines. 1952 - New Faces (of 1952) opens at Royale Theater NYC for 365 performances 1953 - Phillies Curt Simmons gives up a single, then retires next 27 in a row 1954 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA National Capital Golf Open Baseball Player Ted WilliamsBaseball Player Ted Williams 1954 - Ted Williams gets 8 hits in 1st game (DH) since breaking collarbone 1954 - WGAN (now WGME) TV channel 13 in Portland, ME (CBS) 1st broadcast 1955 - Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in SF 1955 - King Baudouin of Belgium visits Congo 1955 - Ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown 1955 - Rocky Marciano TKOs Don Cockell in 9 for heavyweight boxing title 1956 - Egypt recognizes Peoples Republic of China 1956 - Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia 1956 - Kraft Theater presents an act from Profiles in Courage 1956 - Laker takes 10-88 for Surrey v Australians at the Oval 1957 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Invicti Athletae 1957 - US launches its 3rd atomic submarine, USS Skate, at Groton Conn 1957 - Yanks involved in Copacabana Incident, leads to Billy Martin trade 1958 - Maj Irwin, USAAF flies a Lockheed Starfight F-104 A to a record 1,404.18 MPH 1958 - Eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mexico Heavyweight Boxing Champion Rocky MarcianoHeavyweight Boxing Champion Rocky Marciano 1959 - 85th Preakness: William Harmatz aboard Royal Orbit wins in 1:57 1959 - WTOM TV channel 4 in Cheboygan, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1960 - Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as USSR levels spy charges against US 1960 - Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California. 1961 - 13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck win 1963 - Beast in Me opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 4 performances 1963 - Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends US Proj Mercury 1964 - 90th Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 1:56.8 1964 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1964 - Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ 1965 - Roar of the Greasepaint opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 232 perfs 1965 - Balt Oriole Jim Palmers pitching debut, beats Yankees 7-5 & homers 1965 - Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam 1965 - Spaghetti-Os 1st sold 1965 - Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open 1965 - WNJU TV channel 47 in NY-Linden, NY (TEL) begins broadcasting 1965 - The Campbell Soup Company introduces SpaghettiOs under its Franco-American brand. 1966 - Beach Boys Pets Sounds is released 1966 - National Welfare Rights Organization organizes 1966 - Stokely Carmichael named chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating 1967 - Phila voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium 1968 - Earthquake kills 47 in Japan Singer-songwriter & Actress Barbra StreisandSinger-songwriter & Actress Barbra Streisand 1969 - Barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute 1969 - Students occupies Magden House Amsterdam 1969 - US nuclear sub Guitarro sinks off SF 1969 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1969 - Venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere 1969 - Whos Pete Townsend & Roger Daltrey charged with assault 1970 - 96th Preakness: Eddie Belmonte aboard Personality wins in 1:56.2 1970 - Grover Henson Feels Forgotten by Bill Cosby hits #70 1971 - 1st class postage now costs 8 cents (was 6 cents) 1971 - Benjamin Brittens opera Owen Wingrave premieres in Aldwych London 1971 - Bulgaria adopts its constitution 1972 - Dont Play Us Cheap opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 164 perfs 1972 - Greg Luzinskis 500 HR hits Liberty Bell monument in Phila Vet 1972 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationale 1973 - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Dave Soutar Actor/Comedian Bill CosbyActor/Comedian Bill Cosby 1973 - AC Milan wins 13th Europe Cup II in Saloniki 1974 - Helmut Schmidt becomes West German chancellor 1974 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1975 - India annexes Principality of Sikkim 1975 - Junko Tabei from Japan becomes 1st woman to reach summit of Mt Everest 1975 - Muhammad Ali TKOs Ron Lyle in 11 for heavyweight boxing title 1975 - Wings release Listen to What the Man Said in UK 1976 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Phila Flyers in 4 games 1976 - Sue Roberts wins LPGA American Defender Golf Classic 1977 - 5 die as NY Airway helicopter topples on Pan Am bldg in NYC 1977 - Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelist in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1979 - FC Barcelona wins 19th Europe Cup II in Basel 1979 - NL approves Astros sales from Ford Motors to John J McMullen for $19M 1980 - 34th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Phila 76ers, 4 games to 2 1980 - Brian May of rock group Queen collapses on stage with hepatitis Musician & member of the Beatles Paul McCartneyMusician & member of the Beatles Paul McCartney 1980 - Paul McCartney releases McCartney II album 1980 - Former Buggles members Geoff Downes & Trevor Horn replace Jon Anderson & Rick Wakeman in Yes 1981 - Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes hits #1 for next 9 weeks 1981 - 107th Preakness: Jorge Velasquez aboard Pleasant Colony wins in 1:54.6 1981 - Houston Astro Craig Reynolds hits 3 triples beating Cubs 6-1 1982 - Barnum closes at St James Theater NYC after 854 performances 1982 - Is There Life after High School? closes at Barrymore after 12 perfs 1982 - Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation for STS-4 1982 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament 1982 - Salvador Jorge Blanco wins presidential election in Dominican Rep 1982 - Stanley Cup: NY Islanders sweep Vancouver Canucks in 4 games 1983 - Lebanese parliament accept peace accord with Israel 1983 - Sudan Peoples Liberation Army/Movement rebels against the Sudanese government. 1984 - Guinea-Bissau adopts constitution 1984 - Juventus wins 24th Europe Cup II in Basel Actress Bette DavisActress Bette Davis 1984 - Phillie pitcher Steve Carlton hits a grand slam homer 1984 - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site 1984 - Mackay pays $218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Twins in Minnesota Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game 1985 - Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year 1985 - Pope John Paul II arrives in Belgium 1986 - Top Gun premieres 1986 - Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) comes back from dead on Dallas 1986 - Joaquín Balaguers PRSC wins Dominican Rep parliamentary election 1986 - South African Pres P W Botha sends Coetsee to visit Mandela 1986 - The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain. 1987 - Mystery of Edwin Drood closes at Imperial NYC after 608 perfs 1987 - 113th Preakness: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 1:55.8 1987 - Weird Al Yankovic performs live at 72nd National Orange Show 1987 - Bobro 400, a barge carrying 3,200 tons of garbage, set sail from NY, beginning an unsuccesful 8-week search for a dumping site 1988 - US Surgeon Gen C Everett Koop reports nicotine as addictive as heroin 1 2 ▶ >
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