Historical Events In May - 16
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1957 On May - 16 uS launches its 3rd atomic submarine, USS Skate, at Groton CT
1958 On May - 16 eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mexico
1958 Walter Irwin flies 2,259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter on this day in history.
1958 Jeroom Verten [Jozef F Vermetten], Flemish playwright, dies at 49 on May - 16.
1959 On this day in history joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69
1960 Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as USSR levels spy charges against US on this day in history.
1961 On May - 16 13th Emmy Awards Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck
1961 13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck on May - 16.
1963 Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends US Project Mercury on this day in history.
1964 USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.
1964 Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champion on this day in history.
1965 Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam on May - 16.
1965 Spaghetti-O's first sold on May - 16.
1966 On May - 16 beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" is released
1966 National Welfare Rights Organization begins on May - 16.
1966 Stokely Carmichael named chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee on this day in history.
1966 On this day in history randolph Turpin, boxer, shot dead in his home
1967 On this day in history philadelphia voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium
1968 On this day in history battle for Fire Support Base CORAL in Vietnam
1968 On May - 16 earthquake kills 47 in Japan
1968 Honshu, Japan a7.0 quake killed 47 people, 281 injured, and $131 million property damage was sustained on this day in history.
1969 On this day in history barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute
1969 On May - 16 students occupies Magden House Amsterdam
1969 On this day in history the Who's Pete Townsend & Roger Daltrey charged with assault
1969 On May - 16 uSSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1969 Venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere on this day in history.
1969 On this day in history johnny Jordan, cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at 44
1970 On May - 16 "Grover Henson Feels Forgotten" by Bill Cosby hits #70
1971 On this day in history bulgaria adopts it's constitution
1971 On this day in history first class postage now costs 8¢ (was 6¢)
1972 On this day in history maxime Dumoulin, composer, dies at 79
1973 AC Milan wins 13th Europe Cup II in Saloniki on May - 16.
1973 On this day in history zimbian troops kill two Canadian women at Rhodesian (Zimbabwe) border; believed they were saboteurs.
1974 On May - 16 helmut Schmidt becomes West German chancellor
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