Page 10: 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 May - 16 rocker David Crosby weds Jan Dance in Los Angeles   

1987  Weird Al Yankovic performs live at 72nd National Orange Show on May - 16.   

1988  Surgeon General C Everett Koop reports nicotine as addictive as heroin on this day in history.   

1988  The U S Supreme Court rules that police can search discarded garbage without a search warrant on May - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1990  Dag Drollet, Cheyenne Brando's boyfriend killed by brother Christian on May - 16.   

1990  On this day in history sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer: died on this day   

1991  Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first British monarch to address the U S Congress on May - 16.   

1991  On May - 16 prudence Nesbitt, British actress/TV producer, dies   

1992  "Smells Like Nirvana" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #35 on May - 16.   

1992  Polls show Perot, Bush & Clinton could be in a deadlock on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history farmer Sugeng finds 1.2 million year old Pithecanthropus IX skull   

1993  Judd Nelson pleads no contest to kicking Kim Evans in the head on May - 16.   

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

1993  On May - 16 marv Johnson, US soul singer (You Got What it Takes), dies at 54   

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

1994  On May - 16 joaquín Balaguer (86) elected President of Dominican Republic   

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

1994  On this day in history alain Cuny, actor (Lovers, Emanuelle, Camille Claudel), dies   

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  Lola Flores, singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1996  Edward McInnes, German scholar, dies at 60 on May - 16.   

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

2005  On May - 16 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.   

2005  On this day in history sony officially unveiled its PlayStation 3 game console at an E3 conference.   

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1558  On May - 16 birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)   

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on May - 16.   

1609  On this day in history birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

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 this day in history.   

1718  On May - 16 birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)   

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

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on May - 16.   

1265  On May - 16 death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)   

1434  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on this day in history.   

1569  On this day in history death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr   

1620  On May - 16 death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)   

1657  On May - 16 death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)   

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on this day in history.   

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