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  On May - 16 rocker David Crosby weds Jan Dance in Los Angeles  

1987  On this day in history weird Al Yankovic performs live at 72nd National Orange Show  

1988  On May - 16 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  US Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrant on this day in history.  

1988  On May - 16 kay Baxter, best bodybuilder in the world (1983-85), dies in car crash at 42  

1989  Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping meet in Beijing, ending a 30-year rift between the two Communist powers on May - 16.  

1989  Hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered on May - 16.  

1990  Dominican Republic President Joaquín Ricardo Balaguer re-elected on this day in history.  

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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  On this day in history sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer: died on this day  

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 May - 16.  

1992  Polls show Perot, Bush & Clinton could be in a deadlock on May - 16.  

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 May - 16.  

1993  On May - 16 farmer Sugeng finds 1.2 million year old Pithecanthropus IX skull  

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 this day in history.  

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  Tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana on May - 16.  

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 May - 16.  

1995  Lola Flores, singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona), dies at 70 on May - 16.  

1996  On this day in history edward McInnes, German scholar, dies at 60  

1997  On May - 16 brandi Sherwood, (Idaho) replaces Brook Lee (Miss Universe) as Miss USA  

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 this day in history.  

2005  Sony officially unveiled its PlayStation 3 game console at an E3 conference on May - 16.  

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1558  On May - 16 birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)  

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

1609  On May - 16 birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands  

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

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

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.  

1718  On this day in history birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)  

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on this day in history.  

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

1265  On May - 16 death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)  

1434  On May - 16 pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60  

1569  On this day in history death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr  

1620  On this day in history death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)  

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 this day in history.