On this day in History - May 16
- 0583 - Saint Brendan dies (b. 0484). Irish navigator.
- 1204 - Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
- 1265 - Saint Simon Stock dies (b. 1165). English saint.
- 1490 - Albert of Prussia was born (d. 1568). First duke of Prussia.
- 1568 - Mary Queen of Scots flees to England.
- 1578 - Everard Digby was born (d. 1606). English conspirator.
- 1611 - Pope Innocent XI was born († 1689).
- 1620 - William Adams dies (b. 1564). English navigator and Japanese samurai.
- 1657 - Andrzej Bobola dies (b. 1591). Polish Jesuit missionary.
- 1667 - Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton dies (b. 1607). English statesman.
- 1669 - Pietro da Cortona dies (b. 1598). Italian architect.
- 1678 - Andreas Silbermann was born (d. 1734). Organ builder.
- 1691 - Jacob Leisler dies (b. 1640). American colonist.
- 1703 - Charles Perrault dies (b. 1628). French author.
- 1710 - William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot was born (d. 1782). English politician.
- 1718 - Maria Gaetana Agnesi was born († 1799). Italian mathematician.
- 1763 - Louis Nicolas Vauquelin was born (d. 14 Nov 1829). French chemist who discovered the elements chromium (1797) and beryllium (1798).
- 1770 - 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France.
- 1771 - The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called "The Regulators" occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
- 1777 - Patriot general Lachlan McIntosh shots Button Gwinnett during a duel near Savannah, Georgia. Gwinnett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies three days later.
- 1778 - Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness dies (b. 1718). English diplomat and politician
- 1782 - Daniel Solander dies (b. 1736). Swedish botanist.
- 1788 - Friedrich Rückert was born (d. 1866). German Poet, Translator and Orientalist.
- 1790 - Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke dies (b. 1720). English politician.
- 1801 - William H. Seward was born (d. 1872). United States Secretary of State, bought Alaska at 2 ¢/acre.
- 1811 - Peninsular War - Allies (Spain, Portugal & Britain) defeat French at the Battle of Albuera. Portugal: Ocorreu a Batalha de Albuera entre forças francesas lideradas pelo General Soult e o exército anglo-luso.
- 1815 - The Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, officially names the town of Blackheath in the upper Blue Mountains.
- 1821 - Pafnuty Chebyshev was born (d. 1894). Russian mathematician.
- 1822 - Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.
- 1824 - Levi P. Morton was born (d. 1920). United States Vice President under Benjamin Harrison.
- 1827 - Pierre Cuypers was born (d. 1921). Dutch architect.
- 1830 - Joseph Fourier dies (b. 1768). French mathematician and physicist.
- 1831 - David E. Hughes was born (d. 22 Jan 1900). British inventor (namely Printing Telegraph and Microphone)
- 1833 - Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana assume a presidência do México.
- 1834 - Batalha da Asseiceira. As forças liberais comandadas pelo duque da Terceira, derrotam as tropas miguelistas, terminando de facto com a Guerra Civil que durava desde 1832.
- 1836 - Edgar Allan Poe marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia.
- 1843 - The first major wagon train heading for the Northwest sets out with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri on the Oregon Trail.
- 1845 - Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov was born (d. 1916). Russian microbiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1864 - Em Portugal, D. Luís I assina o decreto que institui o Banco Nacional Ultramarino.
- 1866 - The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel.
- 1866 - Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer.
- 1868 - President Andrew Johnson is acquitted during his impeachment trial, by one vote in the United States Senate.
- 1874 - A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroyed much of four villages and killed 139 people .
- 1877 - May 16, 1877 political crisis in France.
- 1882 - Anne McCormick was born († 1954). Journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner.
- 1891 - Richard Tauber was born (d. 1948). Austrian tenor.
- 1891 - Ion C. Bratianu dies (b. 1821). Romanian statesman.
- 1893 - Ronald de Carvalho was born (d. 15 Fev 1935). Brazilian writer.
- 1898 - Kenji Mizoguchi was born (d. 1956). Japanese film director.
- 1898 - Tamara de Lempicka was born (d. 1980). Polish-born painter.
- 1905 - Henry Fonda was born (d. 1982). American actor.
- 1906 - Arturo Úslar Pietri was born. Venezuelan writer.
- 1906 - Alfred Pellan was born (d. 1988). French Canadian painter.
- 1906 - Margret Rey was born (d. 1996). Author and illustrator.
- 1907 - Britain, France, and Spain sign the Pact of Cartagena - an agreement to maintain the status quo in the Mediterranean and West Africa.
- 1909 - Margaret Sullavan was born (d. 1960). American actress.
- 1910 - The U.S. Congress authorizes the creation of the United States Bureau of Mines.
- 1910 - Olga Berggolts was born (d. 1975). Russian poet.
- 1910 - Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov was born (d. 1972). Russian painter.
- 1912 - Studs Terkel was born. American writer.
- 1913 - Woody Herman was born (d. 1987). American musician, band leader.
- 1913 - Louis Perrier dies (b. 1849). Member of the Swiss Federal Council.
- 1914 - The first ever Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final is played. Brooklyn Field Club beat Brooklyn Celtic 2-1.
- 1914 - Edward T. Hall was born. American anthropologist and author
- 1915 - Em Portugal, é constituído o governo liderado por João Chagas que marca o final da ditadura do general Pimentel de Castro.
- 1916 - Adriana Caselotti was born (d. 1997). American actress.
- 1917 - James C. Murray was born (d. 1999). American politician.
- 1917 - George Gaynes was born. American actor.
- 1917 - Juan Rulfo was born (d. 1986). Mexican novelist.
- 1918 - The Sedition Act is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government a jailable offense.
- 1919 - Liberace was born (d. 1987). American pianist.
- 1919 - Gisela Uhlen was born. Actress.
- 1919 - Ramon Margalef as bor (d. 2004). Spanish scientist.
- 1919 - US Navy Naval Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
- 1920 - Switzerland joins the League of Nations
- 1920 - Levi P. Morton dies (b. 1824). United States Vice President under Benjamin Harrision.
- 1920 - Martine Carol was born (d. 1967). French actress.
- 1921 - Harry Carey, Jr. was born. American actor
- 1923 - Luísa Barbosa was born. Portuguese actress.
- 1923 - Merton Miller was born. American economist, Nobel Prize laureate.
- 1925 - Bobbejaan Schoepen was born. Belgian entertainer.
- 1926 - Mehmed VI dies (b. 1861). Last Ottoman Sultan.
- 1927 - Nílton Santos was born. Brazilian football player.
- 1928 - Billy Martin was born (d. 1989). Baseball player and coach.
- 1929 - Friedrich Nowottny was born. Journalist.
- 1929 - In Hollywood, California the first Academy Awards are handed out. Best actor Emil Jannings; Best actress award went to Janet Gaynor. The best film was "Wings".
- 1929 - Adrienne Rich was born. American writer.
- 1929 - Claude Morin was born. French Canadian politician.
- 1929 - John Conyers was born. American politician.
- 1930 - Betty Carter was born (d. 1998). American jazz singer.
- 1930 - Friedrich Gulda was born (d. 2000). Austrian pianist.
- 1931 - Denise Filiatrault was born. Quebec actress and director.
- 1931 - Jack Dodson was born (d. 1994). American actor.
- 1931 - Natwar Singh, Indian politician.
- 1931 - Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. was born. American politician.
- 1931 - Hana Brady was born (d. 1944). Jewish girl who would be killed during Holocaust.
- 1935 - James Bolam was born. English actor.
- 1936 - Karl Lehmann was born. German cardinal and theologian.
- 1936 - Roy Hudd was born. British radio and television actor.
- 1937 - Yvonne Craig was born. American actress.
- 1938 - A fire at the Terminal Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 35 people.
- 1943 - Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
- 1943 - World War II: The Dambuster Raids by RAF 617 Squadron on German dams.
- 1943 - Alfred Hoche dies (b. 1865). German psychiatrist.
- 1944 - Billy Cobham was born. American virtuoso drummer.
- 1944 - Danny Trejo was born. American actor.
- 1944 - George Ade dies (b. 1866). American author.
- 1946 - Robert Fripp was born. English guitarist (King Crimson)
- 1946 - the magnetic tape recorder is demonstrated for the first time by Jack Mullin.
- 1947 - Bill Smitrovich was born. American actor
- 1947 - Frederick Hopkins dies (b. 1861). English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1948 - Chaim Weizmann is elected as the first President of Israel.
- 1948 - Katia Dandoulaki was born. Greek actress.
- 1948 - Judy Finnegan was born. English TV presenter, Richard & Judy
- 1949 - Alfredo Monteiro Brochado dies in Lisbon (suicide) (b. 3 Feb 1897 in S. Gonçalo, Amarante). Portuguese poet.
- 1950 - Ray Condo was born. Canadian rockabilly musician.
- 1950 - J. Georg Bednorz was born. German physicist who, with Karl Alex Müller, was awarded the 1987 Nobel Prize for Physics for their joint discovery of superconductivity in a new class of materials at temperatures higher than had previously been thought attainable.
- 1951 - The first regularly-scheduled transatlantic flights begin between New York and London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
- 1951 - Christian Lacroix was born. French fashion designer.
- 1951 - Jonathan Richman was born. American proto-punk icon.
- 1952 - James Herndon was born. American media psychologist.
- 1953 - Pierce Brosnan was born. Irish actor.
- 1953 - The French newspaper L'Express is founded.
- 1953 - Django Reinhardt dies (b. 1910). Belgian musician.
- 1954 - Dafydd Williams was born. Canadian physician and astronaut.
- 1954 - Clemens Krauss dies (b. 1893). Austrian conductor.
- 1955 - Olga Korbut was born. Russian gymnast
- 1955 - Jack Morris was born. Baseball pitcher
- 1955 - Hazel O'Connor was born. British singer
- 1955 - Debra Winger was born. American actress.
- 1955 - James Agee dies (b. 1909). American writer.
- 1956 - H. B. Reese dies (b. 1876). American founder of Reese's.
- 1957 - O belga Paul-Henri Spaak assume o cargo de secretário-geral da OTAN
- 1957 - Eliot Ness dies (b. 1903). American federal agent.
- 1958 - Amp Fiddler was born. Musician (P Funk).
- 1959 - Mare Winningham was born. American actress.
- 1959 - Elisha Scott dies (b. 1894). Northern Irish footballer (goalkeeper).
- 1960 - Nikita Khrushchev demands an apology from US President Dwight D. Eisenhower for U-2 spy plane flights over the Soviet Union thus ending a Big Four summit in Paris.
- 1960 - Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
- 1961 - Charles Wright was born. American professional wrestler known as "The Godfather"
- 1961 - George A. Malcolm dies (b. 1881). American jurist & educator.
- 1963 - Jon Coffelt was born. American artist.
- 1963 - Mercedes Echerer was born. Austrian actress and politician.
- 1963 - Rosie Perez was born. American actress.
- 1964 - Boyd Tinsley was born. American violinist (Dave Matthews Band).
- 1964 - John Salley was born. American basketball player.
- 1964 - Edit Berces was born. Hungarian Ultra-Marathon runner.
- 1965 - Cambpell Soup Company introduces SpaghettiOs under its Franco-American brand.
- 1965 - Krist Novoselic was born. American musician, former bassist for Nirvana.
- 1966 - The Communist Party of China issued the 'May 16 Notice', marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
- 1966 - Janet Jackson was born. American singer.
- 1966 - Thurman Thomas was born. American football player.
- 1966 - Scott Reeves was born. American actor and singer
- 1966 - Two extremely influencial rock albums are released on the same day: Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde and The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds.
- 1966 - The Communist Party of China issued the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution
- 1968 - Estudiantes de la Plata vence a Palmeiras de Brasil, por 2 goles a 0, en el partido definitorio de la Copa Libertadores, obteniendo este título, tras 16 partidos jugados. Luego se consagraría también en los dos años siguientes.
- 1968 - Ralph Tresvant was born. American singer (New Edition).
- 1968 - Chingmy Yau was born. Hong Kong actress.
- 1969 - Steve Lewis was born. American athlete.
- 1969 - Tucker Carlson was born. American television commentator.
- 1969 - David Boreanaz was born. American actor.
- 1969 - Tracey Gold was born. American actress.
- 1969 - Robert R. dies (b. 1954). First confirmed death from AIDS in North America.
- 1970 - Danielle Spencer was born. Australian singer and actress
- 1970 - Gabriela Sabatini was born. Argentine tennis player.
- 1972 - Decimal currency introduced in Malta. The Pound sterling is henceforth divided into 100 cents.
- 1972 - Khary Payton was born. American actor.
- 1973 - Jason Acuña "Wee-Man" was born. American television personality
- 1973 - Tori Spelling was born. American actress.
- 1973 - Special Ed was born. American rapper.
- 1974 - Josip Broz Tito was re-elected as president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This time he was elected for life.
- 1974 - Sonny Sandoval was born. American singer (P.O.D.).
- 1974 - Laura Pausini was born. Italian pop singer.
- 1974 - António Branquinho da Fonseca dies. Portuguese writer.
- 1975 - Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
- 1975 - Tony Kakko was born. Finnish singer (Sonata Arctica)
- 1975 - Tonéx was born. American singer.
- 1977 - Estreia na RTP de Gabriela, a primeira telenovela brasileira apresentada em Portugal
- 1977 - Jean-Sebastien Giguere was born. Canadian hockey player.
- 1977 - Dolcenera was born. Italian singer.
- 1978 - David Ford was born. English singer/songwriter.
- 1978 - Lionel Scaloni was born. Argentine footballer.
- 1979 - McKenzie Lee was born. British pornographic actress.
- 1979 - A. Philip Randolph dies (b. 1889). American activist.
- 1980 - Michael Ryan was born. American hockey player.
- 1980 - Mikel Alonso was born. Spanish footballer.
- 1981 - Jim Sturgess was born. English actor.
- 1981 - Ernie Freeman dies (b. 1922). American pianist and arranger.
- 1982 - Joo Ji Hoon was born. Korean actor and model.
- 1982 - Łukasz Kubot was born. Polish tennis player.
- 1982 - Adriano Correia de Oliveira dies in Avintes (b. 1942). Portuguese singer and resistent against the fascist regimen.
- 1983 - Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement rebelled against the Sudanese government.
- 1983 - Gordon McRory was born. Scottish Drummer (The Fratellis)
- 1983 - Kyle Wellwood was born. Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983 - Nancy Ajram was born. Lebanese singer.
- 1984 - Mickie Knuckles was born. American female professional wrestler
- 1984 - Jensen Lewis was born. American baseball player
- 1984 - Andy Kaufman dies (b. 1949). American comedian.
- 1984 - Irwin Shaw dies (b. 1913). American author.
- 1985 - Sinn Fein wins its first seats in the Northern Ireland local elections
- 1985 - Anja Mittag was born. German footballer.
- 1985 - Corey Perry was born. Canadian hockey player.
- 1985 - Stanislav Ianevski was born. Bulgarian actor.
- 1985 - Margaret Hamilton dies (b. 1902). American actress.
- 1986 - The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain.
- 1986 - Megan Fox was born. American actress.
- 1988 - A report by United States' Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
- 1988 - Charles Keeping dies (b. 1924). British illustrator.
- 1988 - A report by American Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
- 1990 - Thomas Sangster was born. British actor.
- 1990 - Jim Henson dies (b. 1936). American puppeteer, creator of the Muppets.
- 1990 - Sammy Davis, Jr. dies (b. 1925). American singer, actor, comedian.
- 1992 - STS-49: Space Shuttle Endeavour lands safely after a successful maiden voyage.
- 1992 - Chalino Sanchez dies (b. 1960). Mexican musician.
- 1993 - Süleyman Demirel assume a presidência da Turquia.
- 1993 - Marv Johnson dies (b. 1938). American R&B and soul singer.
- 1994 - Jack Dodson dies (b. 1931). American actor
- 1995 - Lola Flores (Dolores Flores Ruiz) dies (b. 21 Jan 1923). Spanish dancer, singer and actress.
- 1996 - A team of American palaeontologists announce the discovery of a 1.5 million year old skull of the shark-toothed reptile Carcharodontosaurus saharicus in the Sahara desert, Morocco.
- 1996 - Jeremy Michael Boorda dies (b. 1939). American admiral.
- 1997 - Elbridge Durbrow dies (b. 1903). American diplomat.
- 1998 - Ariel Waller was born. Canadian actress.
- 1999 - Daisuke Matsuzaka was in his rookie season at age 18, he faced Ichiro Suzuki for the first time and recorded 3 strikeouts in 3 at bats with a walk
- 2000 - Ahmet Necdet Sezer assume a presidência da Turquia.
- 2000 - Bodacious the Bull dies (b. 1988). Famous rodeo bull.
- 2001 - Brian Pendleton dies (b. 1944). English musician, The Pretty Things.
- 2002 - Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones opens in theaters.
- 2002 - Big Dick Dudley dies (b. 1968). Professional wrestler.
- 2002 - Alec Campbell dies. The last surviving ANZAC
- 2003 - Mark McCormack dies (b. 1930). American sports business pioneer, founder of IMG
- 2003 - In Casablanca, Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
- 2004 - The Day of Mourning at Bykivnia forest, just outside of Kiev, Ukraine. Here during 1930s and early 1940s communist bolsheviks executed over 100.000 Ukrainian civilians.
- 2006 - Dan Ross dies (b. 1957). American football player.
- 2007 - Two Spanish clubs fight for the title of Uefa Cup winner in football: Sevilla won against Spanyol throught penalty shots decision.
- 2007 - The General Assembly of the United Nations, recognizing that genuine multilingualism promotes unity in diversity and international understanding, proclaimed 2008 the International Year of Languages.
- In the Irish Calendar - Feast of Saint Brendan the Navigator
- Portugal: Municipal Holliday in Fafe
- Middlesex Day.
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