Historical Events In May - 16

1987  On this day in history "Bobro 400", a barge carrying 3,200 tons of garbage, set sail from New York, beginning an unsuccesful 8-week search for a dumping site   

1987  On this day in history rocker David Crosby weds Jan Dance in Los Angeles   

1987  Weird Al Yankovic performs live at 72nd National Orange Show on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history surgeon General C Everett Koop reports nicotine as addictive as heroin   

1988  On May - 16 the U S Supreme Court rules that police can search discarded garbage without a search warrant   

1988  On May - 16 uS Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrant   

1988  Kay Baxter, best bodybuilder in the world (1983-85), dies in car crash at 42 on May - 16.   

1989  On May - 16 russian President Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping meet in Beijing, ending a 30-year rift between the two Communist powers   

1989  On this day in history hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered   

1990  Dominican Republic President Joaquín Ricardo Balaguer re-elected on this day in history.   

1990  On May - 16 sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer died on this day   

1990  St.-Amable Quebec, fire breaks out at Quebec's largest tire dump (3 million tires) near Montreal; rages for four days before being put out on May - 16.   

1990  Dag Drollet, Cheyenne Brando's boyfriend killed by brother Christian on this day in history.   

1990  Sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer: died on this day on May - 16.   

1991  On this day in history queen Elizabeth II becomes the first British monarch to address the U S Congress   

1991  Prudence Nesbitt, British actress/TV producer, dies on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history "Smells Like Nirvana" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #35   

1992  On this day in history polls show Perot, Bush & Clinton could be in a deadlock   

1992  US space shuttle STS-49 lands (maiden voyage of Endeavour) on this day in history.   

1992  Marisa Mell, actress (Hostages), dies of cancer at 53 on this day in history.   

1993  Farmer Sugeng finds 1.2 million year old Pithecanthropus IX skull on May - 16.   

1993  On May - 16 judd Nelson pleads no contest to kicking Kim Evans in the head   

1993  On this day in history süleyman Demirel elected President of Turkey   

1993  Marv Johnson, US soul singer (You Got What it Takes), dies at 54 on May - 16.   

1994  Jacqueline Onassis admitted to the hospital for cancer treatment on this day in history.   

1994  Joaquín Balaguer (86) elected President of Dominican Republic on this day in history.   

1994  Tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana on May - 16.   

1994  Alain Cuny, actor (Lovers, Emanuelle, Camille Claudel), dies on May - 16.   

1995  On this day in history japanese police arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara & charged him with Nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier   

1995  On May - 16 lola Flores, singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona), dies at 70   

1996  On this day in history edward McInnes, German scholar, dies at 60   

1997  Brandi Sherwood, (Idaho) replaces Brook Lee (Miss Universe) as Miss USA on May - 16.   

2005  George Galloway appears before a U.S. Senate committee, to answer allegations of making money from the Iraqi Oil-for-Food Programme.2007 Nicolas Sarkozy officially became President of the French Republic after taking over from Jacques Chirac on this day in history.   

2005  On May - 16 sony officially unveiled its PlayStation 3 game console at an E3 conference.   

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1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on this day in history.   

1578  On this day in history 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  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on this day in history.   

1659  On this day in history birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

1710  On May - 16 birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)   

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

1748  On May - 16 birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch   

0942  On May - 16 saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies   

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on this day in history.   

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

1569  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.   

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 May - 16.   

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on May - 16.   

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on this day in history.