Historical Events In May - 16

1926  On May - 16 mehmed VI Vahideddin (Mohammed Osman), last sultan of Turkey, dies  

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  On this day in history john Walford, solicitor  

1928  On May - 16 billy Martin, baseball 2nd baseman/manager (NY Yankees, Oakland A's)  

1928  On this day in history edmund William Grosse, poet/author, dies  

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  On this day in history 1st Academy Awards  

1929  Adrienne Cecile Rich, Balt Md, feminist writer (Diamond Cutters) on May - 16.  

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

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

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

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  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 May - 16.  

1936  On this day in history the first British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France  

1936  On May - 16 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  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  On May - 16 the first animal breeding society forms (New Jersey)  

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

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

1939  On May - 16 food stamps are first issued  

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

1940  On this day in history nazis forbid non-professional auto workers  

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

1940  Nazi's forbid non-professional auto workers on this day in history.  

1941  Italian army under Aosta surrenders to Britain at Amba Alagi Ethiopia on this day in history.  

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1558  On May - 16 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  On May - 16 birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands  

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

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

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on May - 16.  

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

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 May - 16.  

1265  On this day in history death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)  

1434  On May - 16 pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60  

1569  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.  

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

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on May - 16.  

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

1669  On May - 16 pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies