Historical Events In May - 16
Monday, 25 September 2023
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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