Historical Events In May - 16

1926  On May - 16 mehmed VI Vahideddin (Mohammed Osman), last sultan of Turkey, dies  

1927  Supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax on this day in history.  

1927  NY Yankee Bob Meusel steals 2nd, 3rd & home on this day in history.  

1927  John Walford, solicitor on May - 16.  

1928  On May - 16 billy Martin, baseball 2nd baseman/manager (NY Yankees, Oakland A's)  

1928  On this day in history edmund William Grosse, poet/author, dies  

1929  The first ever Academy Awards (Oscars) are held on May - 16.  

1929  On May - 16 the first-ever Academy Awards are presented at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel  

1929  On May - 16 1st Academy Awards  

1929  Adrienne Cecile Rich, Balt Md, feminist writer (Diamond Cutters) on this day in history.  

1929  On this day in history lilli Lehmann, soprano, dies  

1930  On this day in history 6th Walker Cup US 10-Great Britain/Ireland 2  

1930  6th Walker Cup: US, 10-2 on this day in history.  

1930  On this day in history desmond Langley, gov (Bermuda)  

1930  6th Walker Cup: US 10-Great Britain/Ireland 2 on this day in history.  

1931  57th Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on Twenty Grand wins 2:01.8 on May - 16.  

1932  Yanks 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland & Boston on May - 16.  

1932  Ki Imukai, premier of Japan (1931-32), murdered on this day in history.  

1933  On May - 16 cecil Travis becomes 1st player to get 5 hits in his 1st game  

1936  62nd Preakness George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1 59 on May - 16.  

1936  The first British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France on this day in history.  

1936  1st British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France on this day in history.  

1936  On May - 16 62nd Preakness: George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1:59  

1938  On May - 16 38 die in Terminal Hotel fire (Atlanta GA)  

1938  On May - 16 in cricket Bradman scores 278 Australia vs MCC, 349 minutes, 35 fours 1 six  

1938  On May - 16 the first animal breeding society forms (New Jersey)  

1938  1st animal breeding society forms (NJ) on May - 16.  

1938  Stephen Fairbairn, oarsman/coach, dies on this day in history.  

1939  On this day in history food stamps are first issued  

1939  On this day in history 1st AL night game, Phila Shribe Park (Indians 8, Athletics 3 in 10)  

1940  Nazis forbid non-professional auto workers on this day in history.  

1940  On this day in history premier Winston Churchill returns to London from Paris  

1940  On May - 16 nazi's forbid non-professional auto workers  

1941  On May - 16 italian army under Aosta surrenders to Britain at Amba Alagi Ethiopia  

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

1578  On this day in history birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)  

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1748  On May - 16 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  On this day in history death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)  

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

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

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

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on May - 16.  

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

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on this day in history.