Historical Events In May - 16

1926  Mehmed VI Vahideddin (Mohammed Osman), last sultan of Turkey, dies on May - 16.   

1927  On May - 16 supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax   

1927  On May - 16 nY Yankee Bob Meusel steals 2nd, 3rd & home   

1927  John Walford, solicitor on May - 16.   

1928  Billy Martin, baseball 2nd baseman/manager (NY Yankees, Oakland A's) on this day in history.   

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

1929  On May - 16 the first ever Academy Awards (Oscars) are held   

1929  The first-ever Academy Awards are presented at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on May - 16.   

1929  On this day in history 1st Academy Awards   

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

1929  On this day in history lilli Lehmann, soprano, dies   

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

1930  6th Walker Cup: US, 10-2 on May - 16.   

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

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

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

1932  On this day in history yanks 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland & Boston   

1932  On this day in history 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  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 May - 16.   

1936  On this day in history 1st British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France   

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

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

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

1938  On this day in history 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 May - 16.   

1940  On May - 16 premier Winston Churchill returns to London from Paris   

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

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 May - 16 birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)   

1609  On this day in history birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

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

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on May - 16.   

1710  On May - 16 birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)   

1718  On this day in history birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)   

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 this day in history.   

1434  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on May - 16.   

1569  On May - 16 death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr   

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

1657  On this day in history death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)   

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.