Historical Events In May - 16

1926  Mehmed VI Vahideddin (Mohammed Osman), last sultan of Turkey, dies on this day in history.  

1927  On May - 16 supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax  

1927  On this day in history nY Yankee Bob Meusel steals 2nd, 3rd & home  

1927  John Walford, solicitor on May - 16.  

1928  Billy Martin, baseball 2nd baseman/manager (NY Yankees, Oakland A's) on this day in history.  

1928  Edmund William Grosse, poet/author, dies on May - 16.  

1929  On this day in history the first ever Academy Awards (Oscars) are held  

1929  The first-ever Academy Awards are presented at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on this day in history.  

1929  1st Academy Awards on May - 16.  

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

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1929  Lilli Lehmann, soprano, dies on May - 16.  

1930  On May - 16 6th Walker Cup US 10-Great Britain/Ireland 2  

1930  On May - 16 6th Walker Cup: US, 10-2  

1930  Desmond Langley, gov (Bermuda) on May - 16.  

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

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

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

1932  On May - 16 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 this day in history.  

1936  The first British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France on May - 16.  

1936  On May - 16 1st British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France  

1936  On this day in history 62nd Preakness: George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1:59  

1938  On this day in history 38 die in Terminal Hotel fire (Atlanta GA)  

1938  In cricket Bradman scores 278 Australia vs MCC, 349 minutes, 35 fours 1 six on May - 16.  

1938  The first animal breeding society forms (New Jersey) on this day in history.  

1938  On this day in history 1st animal breeding society forms (NJ)  

1938  On this day in history stephen Fairbairn, oarsman/coach, dies  

1939  Food stamps are first issued on this day in history.  

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

1940  On May - 16 nazis forbid non-professional auto workers  

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

1940  On this day in history nazi's forbid non-professional auto workers  

1941  On this day in history italian army under Aosta surrenders to Britain at Amba Alagi Ethiopia  

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1558  On this day in history birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)  

1578  On May - 16 birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)  

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on May - 16.  

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

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

1710  On this day in history birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)  

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on May - 16.  

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

1434  On this day in history pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60  

1569  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on this day in history.  

1620  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on May - 16.  

1657  On May - 16 death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)  

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on this day in history.  

1669  On this day in history pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies