Page 10: Historical Events In May - 16
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
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 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 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 On this day in history uS Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrant
1988 On May - 16 kay Baxter, best bodybuilder in the world (1983-85), dies in car crash at 42
1989 On this day in history 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 On this day in history sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer died on this day
1990 On this day in history 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 May - 16 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 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 "Smells Like Nirvana" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #35 on May - 16.
1992 On May - 16 polls show Perot, Bush & Clinton could be in a deadlock
1992 On this day in history uS space shuttle STS-49 lands (maiden voyage of Endeavour)
1992 Marisa Mell, actress (Hostages), dies of cancer at 53 on this day in history.
1993 On May - 16 farmer Sugeng finds 1.2 million year old Pithecanthropus IX skull
1993 On May - 16 judd Nelson pleads no contest to kicking Kim Evans in the head
1993 On May - 16 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 On May - 16 tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana
1994 Alain Cuny, actor (Lovers, Emanuelle, Camille Claudel), dies on this day in history.
1995 Japanese police arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara & charged him with Nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier on this day in history.
1995 On May - 16 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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