Historical Events In May - 16
Friday, 29 March 2024
1926 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1928 On May - 16 billy Martin, baseball 2nd baseman/manager (NY Yankees, Oakland A's)
1928 Edmund William Grosse, poet/author, dies on May - 16.
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 1st Academy Awards on May - 16.
1929 Adrienne Cecile Rich, Balt Md, feminist writer (Diamond Cutters) on this day in history.
1929 Lilli Lehmann, soprano, dies on this day in history.
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 Desmond Langley, gov (Bermuda) on this day in history.
1930 On this day in history 6th Walker Cup: US 10-Great Britain/Ireland 2
1931 57th Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on Twenty Grand wins 2:01.8 on this day in history.
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 this day in history cecil Travis becomes 1st player to get 5 hits in his 1st game
1936 On this day in history 62nd Preakness George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1 59
1936 On May - 16 the first British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France
1936 1st British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France on this day in history.
1936 62nd Preakness: George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1:59 on this day in history.
1938 On May - 16 38 die in Terminal Hotel fire (Atlanta GA)
1938 In cricket Bradman scores 278 Australia vs MCC, 349 minutes, 35 fours 1 six on this day in history.
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 May - 16 stephen Fairbairn, oarsman/coach, dies
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 this day in history.
1940 Premier Winston Churchill returns to London from Paris on this day in history.
1940 On this day in history nazi's forbid non-professional auto workers
1941 Italian army under Aosta surrenders to Britain at Amba Alagi Ethiopia on this day in history.
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