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  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  On this day in history surgeon General C Everett Koop reports nicotine as addictive as heroin  

1988  On May - 16 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 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 May - 16.  

1990  On May - 16 dominican Republic President Joaquín Ricardo Balaguer re-elected  

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 this day in history.  

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  Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first British monarch to address the U S Congress on this day in history.  

1991  On this day in history 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 May - 16.  

1992  On May - 16 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  Farmer Sugeng finds 1.2 million year old Pithecanthropus IX skull on this day in history.  

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

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

1994  Joaquín Balaguer (86) elected President of Dominican Republic on May - 16.  

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 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  Lola Flores, singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona), dies at 70 on May - 16.  

1996  On May - 16 edward McInnes, German scholar, dies at 60  

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  On May - 16 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 May - 16 birth of dudley North, financier/economist  

1659  On May - 16 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist  

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 May - 16.  

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  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 May - 16.  

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 May - 16.  

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on May - 16.