Page 10: Historical Events In May - 16

1987  "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 on May - 16.   

1987  Rocker David Crosby weds Jan Dance in Los Angeles on May - 16.   

1987  On May - 16 weird Al Yankovic performs live at 72nd National Orange Show   

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

1988  On this day in history the U S Supreme Court rules that police can search discarded garbage without a search warrant   

1988  US Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrant on May - 16.   

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

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

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

1990  On this day in history dominican Republic President Joaquín Ricardo Balaguer re-elected   

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

1990  On May - 16 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.   

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

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

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

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

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

1992  Polls show Perot, Bush & Clinton could be in a deadlock on May - 16.   

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

1992  On this day in history marisa Mell, actress (Hostages), dies of cancer at 53   

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

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

1994  On this day in history jacqueline Onassis admitted to the hospital for cancer treatment   

1994  On this day in history 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  On May - 16 brandi Sherwood, (Idaho) replaces Brook Lee (Miss Universe) as Miss USA   

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

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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  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  On May - 16 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.   

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.   

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on May - 16.   

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

1569  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on this day in history.   

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

1657  On this day in history 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  On May - 16 pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies