Historical Events In May - 16

1926  Mehmed VI Vahideddin (Mohammed Osman), last sultan of Turkey, dies on May - 16.   

1927  Supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax on this day in history.   

1927  NY Yankee Bob Meusel steals 2nd, 3rd & home on May - 16.   

1927  On this day in history john Walford, solicitor   

1928  On May - 16 billy Martin, baseball 2nd baseman/manager (NY Yankees, Oakland A's)   

1928  Edmund William Grosse, poet/author, dies on May - 16.   

1929  The first ever Academy Awards (Oscars) are held on May - 16.   

1929  On May - 16 the first-ever Academy Awards are presented at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel   

1929  On May - 16 1st Academy Awards   

1929  On May - 16 adrienne Cecile Rich, Balt Md, feminist writer (Diamond Cutters)   

1929  On this day in history lilli Lehmann, soprano, dies   

1930  6th Walker Cup US 10-Great Britain/Ireland 2 on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history 6th Walker Cup: US, 10-2   

1930  On this day in history desmond Langley, gov (Bermuda)   

1930  6th Walker Cup: US 10-Great Britain/Ireland 2 on this day in history.   

1931  57th Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on Twenty Grand wins 2:01.8 on this day in history.   

1932  On May - 16 yanks 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland & Boston   

1932  Ki Imukai, premier of Japan (1931-32), murdered on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history cecil Travis becomes 1st player to get 5 hits in his 1st game   

1936  On this day in history 62nd Preakness George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1 59   

1936  The first British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France on May - 16.   

1936  1st British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France on May - 16.   

1936  On May - 16 62nd Preakness: George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1:59   

1938  38 die in Terminal Hotel fire (Atlanta GA) on May - 16.   

1938  On this day in history in cricket Bradman scores 278 Australia vs MCC, 349 minutes, 35 fours 1 six   

1938  On May - 16 the first animal breeding society forms (New Jersey)   

1938  On May - 16 1st animal breeding society forms (NJ)   

1938  Stephen Fairbairn, oarsman/coach, dies on this day in history.   

1939  Food stamps are first issued on this day in history.   

1939  1st AL night game, Phila Shribe Park (Indians 8, Athletics 3 in 10) on May - 16.   

1940  On this day in history nazis forbid non-professional auto workers   

1940  Premier Winston Churchill returns to London from Paris on May - 16.   

1940  On May - 16 nazi's forbid non-professional auto workers   

1941  On May - 16 italian army under Aosta surrenders to Britain at Amba Alagi Ethiopia   

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1558  On this day in history birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)   

1578  On May - 16 birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)   

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on this day in history.   

1641  On this day in history birth of dudley North, financier/economist   

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on May - 16.   

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on May - 16.   

1718  On this day in history birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)   

1748  On this day in history birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch   

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on this day in history.   

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on May - 16.   

1434  On this day in history pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60   

1569  On May - 16 death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr   

1620  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on this day in history.   

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on this day in history.   

1667  On this day in history death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)   

1669  On May - 16 pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies