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 this day in history.   

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  On May - 16 surgeon General C Everett Koop reports nicotine as addictive as heroin   

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

1988  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history dag Drollet, Cheyenne Brando's boyfriend killed by brother Christian   

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  Prudence Nesbitt, British actress/TV producer, dies on May - 16.   

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 May - 16.   

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 May - 16.   

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  Süleyman Demirel elected President of Turkey on May - 16.   

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

1994  On May - 16 jacqueline Onassis admitted to the hospital for cancer treatment   

1994  On this day in history joaquín Balaguer (86) elected President of Dominican Republic   

1994  On May - 16 tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana   

1994  On May - 16 alain Cuny, actor (Lovers, Emanuelle, Camille Claudel), dies   

1995  On May - 16 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  Edward McInnes, German scholar, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1997  Brandi Sherwood, (Idaho) replaces Brook Lee (Miss Universe) as Miss USA on this day in history.   

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  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  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 May - 16.   

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

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.   

1710  On this day in history 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  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on May - 16.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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