Historical Events In May - 16

1987  "Bobro 400", a barge carrying 3,200 tons of garbage, set sail from New York, beginning an unsuccesful 8-week search for a dumping site on this day in history.   

1987  Rocker David Crosby weds Jan Dance in Los Angeles on May - 16.   

1987  On May - 16 weird Al Yankovic performs live at 72nd National Orange Show   

1988  On this day in history surgeon General C Everett Koop reports nicotine as addictive as heroin   

1988  The U S Supreme Court rules that police can search discarded garbage without a search warrant on this day in history.   

1988  On May - 16 uS Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrant   

1988  On this day in history kay Baxter, best bodybuilder in the world (1983-85), dies in car crash at 42   

1989  Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping meet in Beijing, ending a 30-year rift between the two Communist powers on this day in history.   

1989  Hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered on May - 16.   

1990  Dominican Republic President Joaquín Ricardo Balaguer re-elected on May - 16.   

1990  Sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer died on this day on this day in history.   

1990  On May - 16 st.-Amable Quebec, fire breaks out at Quebec's largest tire dump (3 million tires) near Montreal; rages for four days before being put out.   

1990  On May - 16 dag Drollet, Cheyenne Brando's boyfriend killed by brother Christian   

1990  On this day in history sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer: died on this day   

1991  On May - 16 queen Elizabeth II becomes the first British monarch to address the U S Congress   

1991  Prudence Nesbitt, British actress/TV producer, dies on May - 16.   

1992  "Smells Like Nirvana" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #35 on this day in history.   

1992  On May - 16 polls show Perot, Bush & Clinton could be in a deadlock   

1992  US space shuttle STS-49 lands (maiden voyage of Endeavour) on this day in history.   

1992  Marisa Mell, actress (Hostages), dies of cancer at 53 on May - 16.   

1993  On May - 16 farmer Sugeng finds 1.2 million year old Pithecanthropus IX skull   

1993  On this day in history judd Nelson pleads no contest to kicking Kim Evans in the head   

1993  Süleyman Demirel elected President of Turkey on May - 16.   

1993  On this day in history marv Johnson, US soul singer (You Got What it Takes), dies at 54   

1994  Jacqueline Onassis admitted to the hospital for cancer treatment on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history joaquín Balaguer (86) elected President of Dominican Republic   

1994  Tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana on May - 16.   

1994  On this day in history alain Cuny, actor (Lovers, Emanuelle, Camille Claudel), dies   

1995  On May - 16 japanese police arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara & charged him with Nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier   

1995  Lola Flores, singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1996  On May - 16 edward McInnes, German scholar, dies at 60   

1997  On this day in history brandi Sherwood, (Idaho) replaces Brook Lee (Miss Universe) as Miss USA   

2005  George Galloway appears before a U.S. Senate committee, to answer allegations of making money from the Iraqi Oil-for-Food Programme.2007 Nicolas Sarkozy officially became President of the French Republic after taking over from Jacques Chirac on May - 16.   

2005  On May - 16 sony officially unveiled its PlayStation 3 game console at an E3 conference.   

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1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on May - 16.   

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 May - 16 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

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

1718  On May - 16 birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)   

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on this day in history.   

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  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 May - 16.   

1657  On May - 16 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  On May - 16 pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies