Historical Events In May - 16

1987  On May - 16 "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   

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

1987  On this day in history 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  On May - 16 the U S Supreme Court rules that police can search discarded garbage without a search warrant   

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

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

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  On this day in history hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered   

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  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 on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history 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  Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first British monarch to address the U S Congress on May - 16.   

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

1992  "Smells Like Nirvana" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #35 on May - 16.   

1992  On this day in history polls show Perot, Bush & Clinton could be in a deadlock   

1992  On this day in history uS space shuttle STS-49 lands (maiden voyage of Endeavour)   

1992  On May - 16 marisa Mell, actress (Hostages), dies of cancer at 53   

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

1993  On May - 16 judd Nelson pleads no contest to kicking Kim Evans in the head   

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

1993  Marv Johnson, US soul singer (You Got What it Takes), dies at 54 on May - 16.   

1994  On this day in history jacqueline Onassis admitted to the hospital for cancer treatment   

1994  On May - 16 joaquín Balaguer (86) elected President of Dominican Republic   

1994  On May - 16 tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana   

1994  On May - 16 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  On May - 16 lola Flores, singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona), dies at 70   

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

1997  Brandi Sherwood, (Idaho) replaces Brook Lee (Miss Universe) as Miss USA on this day in history.   

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  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on May - 16.   

1609  On May - 16 birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on May - 16.   

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  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.   

1748  On this day in history birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch   

0942  On this day in history saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies   

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on May - 16.   

1434  On this day in history pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60   

1569  On this day in history death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr   

1620  On this day in history death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)   

1657  On May - 16 death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)   

1667  On this day in history death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)   

1669  On this day in history pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies