Page 6: Historical Events In May - 16

1926  On May - 16 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  On May - 16 john Walford, solicitor   

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

1928  Edmund William Grosse, poet/author, dies on May - 16.   

1929  On May - 16 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 May - 16.   

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

1929  Lilli Lehmann, soprano, dies on this day in history.   

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

1930  6th Walker Cup: US, 10-2 on this day in history.   

1930  On May - 16 desmond Langley, gov (Bermuda)   

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

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  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 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  In cricket Bradman scores 278 Australia vs MCC, 349 minutes, 35 fours 1 six on May - 16.   

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 May - 16.   

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

1940  Nazis forbid non-professional auto workers on this day in history.   

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

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

1941  On this day in history italian army under Aosta surrenders to Britain at Amba Alagi Ethiopia   

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1558  On May - 16 birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)   

1578  On this day in history birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)   

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

1641  On May - 16 birth of dudley North, financier/economist   

1659  On this day in history birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

1710  On this day in history 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 May - 16.   

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on May - 16.   

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  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on this day in history.   

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

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on May - 16.   

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on this day in history.