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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  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1927  Supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1927  NY Yankee Bob Meusel steals 2nd, 3rd & home on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1927  John Walford, solicitor on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1928  On May - 16 billy Martin, baseball 2nd baseman/manager (NY Yankees, Oakland A's)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1928  Edmund William Grosse, poet/author, dies on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1929  The first ever Academy Awards (Oscars) are held on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1929  On May - 16 the first-ever Academy Awards are presented at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1929  1st Academy Awards on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1929  Adrienne Cecile Rich, Balt Md, feminist writer (Diamond Cutters) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1929  Lilli Lehmann, soprano, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1930  On this day in history 6th Walker Cup US 10-Great Britain/Ireland 2  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1930  On this day in history 6th Walker Cup: US, 10-2  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1930  Desmond Langley, gov (Bermuda) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1930  On this day in history 6th Walker Cup: US 10-Great Britain/Ireland 2  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1931  57th Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on Twenty Grand wins 2:01.8 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1932  Yanks 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland & Boston on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1932  Ki Imukai, premier of Japan (1931-32), murdered on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1933  On this day in history cecil Travis becomes 1st player to get 5 hits in his 1st game  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  On this day in history 62nd Preakness George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1 59  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  On May - 16 the first British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  1st British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  62nd Preakness: George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1:59 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1938  On May - 16 38 die in Terminal Hotel fire (Atlanta GA)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1938  In cricket Bradman scores 278 Australia vs MCC, 349 minutes, 35 fours 1 six on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1938  The first animal breeding society forms (New Jersey) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1938  On this day in history 1st animal breeding society forms (NJ)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1938  On May - 16 stephen Fairbairn, oarsman/coach, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  Food stamps are first issued on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  1st AL night game, Phila Shribe Park (Indians 8, Athletics 3 in 10) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  Nazis forbid non-professional auto workers on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  Premier Winston Churchill returns to London from Paris on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  On this day in history nazi's forbid non-professional auto workers  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  Italian army under Aosta surrenders to Britain at Amba Alagi Ethiopia on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In May - 16

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1578  On this day in history birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1641  On May - 16 birth of dudley North, financier/economist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1718  On May - 16 birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1748  On May - 16 birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 16

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1265  On May - 16 death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1434  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1569  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1620  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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