Page 6: Historical Events In May - 16
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
1926 On May - 16 mehmed VI Vahideddin (Mohammed Osman), last sultan of Turkey, dies
1927 On this day in history supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax
1927 On this day in history nY Yankee Bob Meusel steals 2nd, 3rd & home
1927 On this day in history john Walford, solicitor
1928 On May - 16 billy Martin, baseball 2nd baseman/manager (NY Yankees, Oakland A's)
1928 On May - 16 edmund William Grosse, poet/author, dies
1929 On this day in history the first ever Academy Awards (Oscars) are held
1929 On May - 16 the first-ever Academy Awards are presented at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
1929 On this day in history 1st Academy Awards
1929 Adrienne Cecile Rich, Balt Md, feminist writer (Diamond Cutters) on this day in history.
1929 Lilli Lehmann, soprano, dies on May - 16.
1930 On this day in history 6th Walker Cup US 10-Great Britain/Ireland 2
1930 On this day in history 6th Walker Cup: US, 10-2
1930 On May - 16 desmond Langley, gov (Bermuda)
1930 6th Walker Cup: US 10-Great Britain/Ireland 2 on May - 16.
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 this day in history.
1932 On this day in history ki Imukai, premier of Japan (1931-32), murdered
1933 Cecil Travis becomes 1st player to get 5 hits in his 1st game on May - 16.
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 May - 16.
1936 1st British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France on this day in history.
1936 On this day in history 62nd Preakness: George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1:59
1938 38 die in Terminal Hotel fire (Atlanta GA) on this day in history.
1938 On this day in history in cricket Bradman scores 278 Australia vs MCC, 349 minutes, 35 fours 1 six
1938 On this day in history the first animal breeding society forms (New Jersey)
1938 On May - 16 1st animal breeding society forms (NJ)
1938 Stephen Fairbairn, oarsman/coach, dies on May - 16.
1939 Food stamps are first issued on May - 16.
1939 1st AL night game, Phila Shribe Park (Indians 8, Athletics 3 in 10) on this day in history.
1940 On this day in history nazis forbid non-professional auto workers
1940 Premier Winston Churchill returns to London from Paris on May - 16.
1940 On May - 16 nazi's forbid non-professional auto workers
1941 Italian army under Aosta surrenders to Britain at Amba Alagi Ethiopia on May - 16.
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