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Birthday May 16, 1763 Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist, discoverer of chromium, beryllium |
Birthday May 16, 1801 William H. Seward, bought Alaska |
Birthday May 16, 1824 Levi Parsons Morton, (R), 22nd US VP (1889-93) |
Birthday May 16, 1905 Henry Fonda, Actor (Mr. Roberts) Grand Is Nebraska |
Birthday May 16, 1912 Studs Terkel, author (Working) |
Birthday May 16, 1913 Woody Herman, Bandleader |
Birthday May 16, 1919 Liberace (Wladziu Liberace), candelabrist |
Birthday May 16, 1924 Frank F. Mankiewicz, columnist |
Birthday May 16, 1928 Billy Martin, baseball manager (NY Yankees, Oakland A's) |
Birthday May 16, 1931 Lowell Weicker, R-Conn, Sen |
Birthday May 16, 1952 Pierce Brosnan, in Israel |
Birthday May 16, 1955 Debra Winger, in Columbus Oh (Officer & Gentleman) |
Birthday May 16, 1955 Olga Korbut, Soviet Olympic gymnast |
Birthday May 16, 1966 Janet Jackson, singer/Michael's sister |
Birthday May 16, 1975 A nurse steals another woman's unborn baby |
History May 16, 1571 Johannes Kepler - by his own calculations - is conceived at 4:37 AM |
History May 16, 1717 Voltaire is imprisoned in the Bastille |
History May 16, 1763 James Boswell meets Samuel Johnson - in London |
History May 16, 1770 Louis marries Marie Antoinette |
History May 16, 1770 Marie Antoinette marries future King Louis XVI of France |
History May 16, 1777 Georgia Patriot Button Gwinnett receives fatal wound in duel |
History May 16, 1849 New York City establishes hospital for cholera victims |
History May 16, 1863 Union wins the Battle of Champion Hill |
History May 16, 1866 Congress authorizes nickel 5› piece (replaces silver half-dime) |
History May 16, 1868 President Johnson acquitted in Senate - by 1 vote |
History May 16, 1868 Senate acquits Johnson of high crimes and misdemeanors |
History May 16, 1872 Metropolitan Gas Company lamps lit for 1st time |
History May 16, 1881 Outlaw Dick Fellows is released |
History May 16, 1914 Ewing Field - near Masonic Street - opens |
History May 16, 1918 U.S. Congress passes Sedition Act |
History May 16, 1920 Joan of Arc was canonized in Rome |
History May 16, 1927 Bob Meusel steals 2nd 3rd & Home |
History May 16, 1929 1st Academy Awards (Best film is Wings) |
History May 16, 1929 First Academy Awards ceremony |
History May 16, 1943 As Brits launch Operation Chastise, Germans launch Operation Gypsy Baron |
History May 16, 1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising ends |
History May 16, 1948 Israel issues its 1st stamps |
History May 16, 1955 American author & critic James Agee died in NY |
History May 16, 1956 Kraft Theatre presented an act from Profiles in Courage |
History May 16, 1956 GM dedicates new technical center |
History May 16, 1957 Yanks involved in Copacabana Incident - leads to Billy Martin trade |
History May 16, 1960 U.S.-Soviet summit meeting collapses |
History May 16, 1963 Gordon Cooper completes 22 Earth orbits in Faith 7 |
History May 16, 1964 Mary Wells gives Motown Records its first #1 hit with My Guy |
History May 16, 1965 Accident at Bien Hoa kills 27 U.S. servicemen |
History May 16, 1968 Protests mount in France |
History May 16, 1968 Navy Corpsman receives Medal of Honor for action |
History May 16, 1969 Venera 5 lands on Venus |
History May 16, 1971 1st class postage now costs 8› (was 6›) |
History May 16, 1972 U.S. bombing destroys main fuel line |
History May 16, 1975 Japanese woman scales Everest |
History May 16, 1975 Japanese Junko Tabei became 1st woman to reach Mt Everest's summit |
History May 16, 1980 Magic plays center as a rookie, wins championship |
History May 16, 1982 Canucks 1-Isles 3 - Stanley Cup- Isles win cup 4-0 (15-4) |
History May 16, 1983 Isles win 3rd Cup in row def Canucks in Vancouver 3-1 in game 4 |
History May 16, 2014 Pioneering TV journalist Barbara Walters signs off |