Historical Events In May - 16

1926  On May - 16 mehmed VI Vahideddin (Mohammed Osman), last sultan of Turkey, dies   

1927  Supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax on this day in history.   

1927  On May - 16 nY Yankee Bob Meusel steals 2nd, 3rd & home   

1927  On this day in history john Walford, solicitor   

1928  On this day in history billy Martin, baseball 2nd baseman/manager (NY Yankees, Oakland A's)   

1928  Edmund William Grosse, poet/author, dies on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history the first ever Academy Awards (Oscars) are held   

1929  On this day in history the first-ever Academy Awards are presented at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel   

1929  1st Academy Awards on this day in history.   

1929  Adrienne Cecile Rich, Balt Md, feminist writer (Diamond Cutters) on May - 16.   

1929  Lilli Lehmann, soprano, dies on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history 6th Walker Cup US 10-Great Britain/Ireland 2   

1930  On May - 16 6th Walker Cup: US, 10-2   

1930  Desmond Langley, gov (Bermuda) on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history 6th Walker Cup: US 10-Great Britain/Ireland 2   

1931  On this day in history 57th Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on Twenty Grand wins 2:01.8   

1932  Yanks 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland & Boston on this day in history.   

1932  Ki Imukai, premier of Japan (1931-32), murdered on May - 16.   

1933  Cecil Travis becomes 1st player to get 5 hits in his 1st game on this day in history.   

1936  62nd Preakness George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1 59 on this day in history.   

1936  On May - 16 the first British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France   

1936  1st British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France on May - 16.   

1936  On May - 16 62nd Preakness: George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1:59   

1938  On this day in history 38 die in Terminal Hotel fire (Atlanta GA)   

1938  In cricket Bradman scores 278 Australia vs MCC, 349 minutes, 35 fours 1 six on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history the first animal breeding society forms (New Jersey)   

1938  On May - 16 1st animal breeding society forms (NJ)   

1938  On May - 16 stephen Fairbairn, oarsman/coach, dies   

1939  On May - 16 food stamps are first issued   

1939  1st AL night game, Phila Shribe Park (Indians 8, Athletics 3 in 10) on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history nazis forbid non-professional auto workers   

1940  On this day in history premier Winston Churchill returns to London from Paris   

1940  Nazi's forbid non-professional auto workers on this day in history.   

1941  Italian army under Aosta surrenders to Britain at Amba Alagi Ethiopia on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1641  On May - 16 birth of dudley North, financier/economist   

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on May - 16.   

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.   

1718  On this day in history birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)   

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on May - 16.   

0942  On May - 16 saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies   

1265  On May - 16 death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)   

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  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on this day in history.   

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on May - 16.   

1667  On May - 16 death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)   

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