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Historical Events In May - 16

Monday, 25 September 2023

1926  On May - 16 mehmed VI Vahideddin (Mohammed Osman), last sultan of Turkey, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1927  Supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1927  NY Yankee Bob Meusel steals 2nd, 3rd & home on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1927  John Walford, solicitor on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1928  On May - 16 billy Martin, baseball 2nd baseman/manager (NY Yankees, Oakland A's)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1928  On this day in history edmund William Grosse, poet/author, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1929  The first ever Academy Awards (Oscars) are held on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1929  On May - 16 the first-ever Academy Awards are presented at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1929  On May - 16 1st Academy Awards  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1929  Adrienne Cecile Rich, Balt Md, feminist writer (Diamond Cutters) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1929  On this day in history lilli Lehmann, soprano, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1930  On this day in history 6th Walker Cup US 10-Great Britain/Ireland 2  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1930  6th Walker Cup: US, 10-2 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1930  On this day in history desmond Langley, gov (Bermuda)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1930  6th Walker Cup: US 10-Great Britain/Ireland 2 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1931  57th Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on Twenty Grand wins 2:01.8 on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1932  Yanks 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland & Boston on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1932  Ki Imukai, premier of Japan (1931-32), murdered on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1933  On May - 16 cecil Travis becomes 1st player to get 5 hits in his 1st game  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  62nd Preakness George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1 59 on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  The first British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  1st British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  On May - 16 62nd Preakness: George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1:59  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1938  On May - 16 38 die in Terminal Hotel fire (Atlanta GA)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1938  On May - 16 in cricket Bradman scores 278 Australia vs MCC, 349 minutes, 35 fours 1 six  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1938  On May - 16 the first animal breeding society forms (New Jersey)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1938  1st animal breeding society forms (NJ) on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1938  Stephen Fairbairn, oarsman/coach, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  On this day in history food stamps are first issued  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  On this day in history 1st AL night game, Phila Shribe Park (Indians 8, Athletics 3 in 10)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  Nazis forbid non-professional auto workers on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  On this day in history premier Winston Churchill returns to London from Paris  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  On May - 16 nazi's forbid non-professional auto workers  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  On May - 16 italian army under Aosta surrenders to Britain at Amba Alagi Ethiopia  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In May - 16

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1558  On May - 16 birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1578  On this day in history birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1609  On May - 16 birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1710  On May - 16 birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1748  On May - 16 birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 16

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1265  On this day in history death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1434  On May - 16 pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1569  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1620  On this day in history death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1667  On May - 16 death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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