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 this day in history supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax   

1927  NY Yankee Bob Meusel steals 2nd, 3rd & home on this day in history.   

1927  On May - 16 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  The first ever Academy Awards (Oscars) are held on this day in history.   

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

1929  1st Academy Awards on May - 16.   

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  6th Walker Cup: US, 10-2 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1932  On May - 16 yanks 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland & Boston   

1932  Ki Imukai, premier of Japan (1931-32), murdered on May - 16.   

1933  On May - 16 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  The first British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1938  On this day in history in cricket Bradman scores 278 Australia vs MCC, 349 minutes, 35 fours 1 six   

1938  On May - 16 the first animal breeding society forms (New Jersey)   

1938  1st animal breeding society forms (NJ) on May - 16.   

1938  Stephen Fairbairn, oarsman/coach, dies on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history food stamps are first issued   

1939  On May - 16 1st AL night game, Phila Shribe Park (Indians 8, Athletics 3 in 10)   

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

1940  Premier Winston Churchill returns to London from Paris on May - 16.   

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 May - 16.   

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  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on May - 16.   

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

1718  On May - 16 birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)   

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on this day in history.   

0942  On this day in history saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies   

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on this day in history.   

1434  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on this day in history.   

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

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

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on this day in history.   

1667  On this day in history death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)   

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