Page 6: 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  NY Yankee Bob Meusel steals 2nd, 3rd & home on May - 16.   

1927  On May - 16 john Walford, solicitor   

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

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

1929  1st Academy Awards on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history adrienne Cecile Rich, Balt Md, feminist writer (Diamond Cutters)   

1929  On May - 16 lilli Lehmann, soprano, dies   

1930  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1938  On May - 16 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1940  Nazis forbid non-professional auto workers on May - 16.   

1940  Premier Winston Churchill returns to London from Paris on this day in history.   

1940  Nazi's forbid non-professional auto workers on May - 16.   

1941  Italian army under Aosta surrenders to Britain at Amba Alagi Ethiopia on May - 16.   

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

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on this day in history.   

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on this day in history.   

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on May - 16.   

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

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 May - 16.   

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on May - 16.   

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  On May - 16 death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr   

1620  On May - 16 death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)   

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

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.