Historical Events In May - 16

1987  On May - 16 "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  Rocker David Crosby weds Jan Dance in Los Angeles on this day in history.  

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

1988  Surgeon General C Everett Koop reports nicotine as addictive as heroin on May - 16.  

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  On May - 16 kay Baxter, best bodybuilder in the world (1983-85), dies in car crash at 42  

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  On May - 16 dominican Republic President Joaquín Ricardo Balaguer re-elected  

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

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 May - 16.  

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

1991  On May - 16 queen Elizabeth II becomes the first British monarch to address the U S Congress  

1991  On this day in history prudence Nesbitt, British actress/TV producer, dies  

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

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

1992  On this day in history uS space shuttle STS-49 lands (maiden voyage of Endeavour)  

1992  On May - 16 marisa Mell, actress (Hostages), dies of cancer at 53  

1993  On this day in history farmer Sugeng finds 1.2 million year old Pithecanthropus IX skull  

1993  On this day in history judd Nelson pleads no contest to kicking Kim Evans in the head  

1993  Süleyman Demirel elected President of Turkey on this day in history.  

1993  On this day in history marv Johnson, US soul singer (You Got What it Takes), dies at 54  

1994  Jacqueline Onassis admitted to the hospital for cancer treatment on May - 16.  

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

1994  On this day in history tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana  

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

1996  On May - 16 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 May - 16.  

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

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1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on May - 16.  

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on this day in history.  

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

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on May - 16.  

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

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

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

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  On this day in history death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)  

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 May - 16.  

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

1667  On May - 16 death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)  

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