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 this day in history.   

1987  Rocker David Crosby weds Jan Dance in Los Angeles on this day in history.   

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

1988  Surgeon General C Everett Koop reports nicotine as addictive as heroin on May - 16.   

1988  The U S Supreme Court rules that police can search discarded garbage without a search warrant on this day in history.   

1988  US Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrant on May - 16.   

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 May - 16.   

1989  On May - 16 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 May - 16.   

1990  On this day in history 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  Prudence Nesbitt, British actress/TV producer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1992  Polls show Perot, Bush & Clinton could be in a deadlock on May - 16.   

1992  US space shuttle STS-49 lands (maiden voyage of Endeavour) on this day in history.   

1992  Marisa Mell, actress (Hostages), dies of cancer at 53 on May - 16.   

1993  Farmer Sugeng finds 1.2 million year old Pithecanthropus IX skull on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1994  Jacqueline Onassis admitted to the hospital for cancer treatment on May - 16.   

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 this day in history alain Cuny, actor (Lovers, Emanuelle, Camille Claudel), dies   

1995  On this day in history japanese police arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara & charged him with Nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier   

1995  Lola Flores, singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

1997  Brandi Sherwood, (Idaho) replaces Brook Lee (Miss Universe) as Miss USA on May - 16.   

2005  On May - 16 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.   

2005  Sony officially unveiled its PlayStation 3 game console at an E3 conference on May - 16.   

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1558  On May - 16 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  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on May - 16.   

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

1710  On this day in history birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)   

1718  On May - 16 birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)   

1748  On May - 16 birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch   

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on May - 16.   

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on this day in history.   

1434  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on this day in history.   

1569  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.   

1620  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on this day in history.   

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

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on May - 16.   

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on this day in history.