Historical Events In May - 16
Thursday, 21 November 2024
1875 Quake in Venezuela & Colombia kills 16,000 on May - 16.
1877 On May - 16 may 16, 1877 political crisis in France.
1878 Taylor Holmes, Newark NJ, actor (Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely) on this day in history.
1879 On May - 16 treaty of Gandamak to set up Afghan state between Russia & English
1879 On May - 16 antonin Dvorák's "Slavic Dancing," premieres
1880 Julian Tannen, NY, comedian (Great Moment) on May - 16.
1880 Karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1881 World's first elec tram goes into service in Lichterfelder (near Berlin) on May - 16.
1881 On this day in history world's 1st elec tram goes into service in Lichterfelder (near Berlin)
1882 On this day in history 8th Kentucky Derby: Babe Hurd aboard Apollo wins in 2:40.00
1884 On this day in history 10th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Buchanan wins in 2:40.25
1887 On May - 16 bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor (Brass Buttons, Victory)
1888 CPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver British Columbia on this day in history.
1888 On this day in history cPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
1889 On this day in history joan Collette, Dutch (male) painter (New Church, Delft)
1891 On this day in history george A Hormel & Company introduce Spam
1891 George A Hormel & Co introduce Spam on this day in history.
1892 Coenraad B van Haeringen, linguist/etymologist (Dutch Dictionary) on May - 16.
1892 John Banvard, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies on May - 16.
1893 Jose Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance (1925-30) on May - 16.
1894 On this day in history fire in Boston destroys baseball stadium & 170 other buildings
1897 On this day in history walther Geiser, composer
1898 On May - 16 august de Schrijver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP)
1901 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Priory School" (BG) on this day in history.
1902 2 deaf-mutes face each other for 1st time as Dummy Hoy leads off for the Reds against Dummy Taylor of the Giants, Reds win 5-3 on May - 16.
1902 Jan Kiepura, Sosnowiec Poland, vocalist/actor (Her Wonderful Lie) on this day in history.
1903 1st transcontinental motorcycle trip begins at SF (George Wymann) on May - 16.
1903 On May - 16 eduard Rappoldi, composer, dies at 72
1904 Hugh Plaxton, Canada, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1928) on this day in history.
1904 On this day in history n I Bobrikov, Russian governor-general in Finland, dies
1905 On this day in history the birth of Henry Fonda, American oscar winning film actor
1905 On this day in history h[erbert] E[rnest] Bates, novelist (Feast for July, Love for Lydia)
1906 Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuela, writer/minister (Lanzas Coloradas) on this day in history.
1907 Robert Tisdall, Ireland, 400m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1932) on this day in history.
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