Page 10: 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 May - 16.   

1987  On this day in history rocker David Crosby weds Jan Dance in Los Angeles   

1987  Weird Al Yankovic performs live at 72nd National Orange Show on May - 16.   

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

1988  On this day in history the U S Supreme Court rules that police can search discarded garbage without a search warrant   

1988  On this day in history 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  Hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered on May - 16.   

1990  On May - 16 dominican Republic President Joaquín Ricardo Balaguer re-elected   

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

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  Dag Drollet, Cheyenne Brando's boyfriend killed by brother Christian on this day in history.   

1990  On May - 16 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  On this day in history prudence Nesbitt, British actress/TV producer, dies   

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

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

1992  US space shuttle STS-49 lands (maiden voyage of Endeavour) on May - 16.   

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

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

1994  On May - 16 jacqueline Onassis admitted to the hospital for cancer treatment   

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 this day in history.   

1994  Alain Cuny, actor (Lovers, Emanuelle, Camille Claudel), dies on May - 16.   

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 this day in history lola Flores, singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona), dies at 70   

1996  Edward McInnes, German scholar, dies at 60 on May - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

2005  Sony officially unveiled its PlayStation 3 game console at an E3 conference on this day in history.   

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1558  On this day in history birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)   

1578  On May - 16 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 this day in history birth of dudley North, financier/economist   

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.   

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on May - 16.   

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 May - 16 saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies   

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 this day in history.   

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

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on May - 16.