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 this day in history.   

1987  Weird Al Yankovic performs live at 72nd National Orange Show on May - 16.   

1988  On this day in history 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  US Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrant on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history 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  Sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer died on this day on May - 16.   

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

1990  Sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer: died on this day on May - 16.   

1991  On May - 16 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  "Smells Like Nirvana" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #35 on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history polls show Perot, Bush & Clinton could be in a deadlock   

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 May - 16.   

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  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  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  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  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  On May - 16 brandi Sherwood, (Idaho) replaces Brook Lee (Miss Universe) as Miss USA   

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

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1558  On this day in history birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)   

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on May - 16.   

1609  On this day in history birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on this day in history.   

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

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on May - 16.   

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

1748  On this day in history birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch   

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 this day in history.   

1434  On this day in history pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60   

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

1620  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on May - 16.   

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

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on May - 16.   

1669  On this day in history pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies