Historical Events In May - 16
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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