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

1987  Weird Al Yankovic performs live at 72nd National Orange Show on this day in history.   

1988  On May - 16 surgeon General C Everett Koop reports nicotine as addictive as heroin   

1988  The U S Supreme Court rules that police can search discarded garbage without a search warrant on May - 16.   

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

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

1989  On this day in history russian President Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping meet in Beijing, ending a 30-year rift between the two Communist powers   

1989  On May - 16 hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered   

1990  On this day in history dominican Republic President Joaquín Ricardo Balaguer re-elected   

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

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 May - 16.   

1990  Dag Drollet, Cheyenne Brando's boyfriend killed by brother Christian on May - 16.   

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  On May - 16 prudence Nesbitt, British actress/TV producer, dies   

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

1992  On May - 16 polls show Perot, Bush & Clinton could be in a deadlock   

1992  On May - 16 uS space shuttle STS-49 lands (maiden voyage of Endeavour)   

1992  On this day in history marisa Mell, actress (Hostages), dies of cancer at 53   

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

1993  Judd Nelson pleads no contest to kicking Kim Evans in the head on May - 16.   

1993  Süleyman Demirel elected President of Turkey on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history 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  On May - 16 lola Flores, singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona), dies at 70   

1996  On this day in history edward McInnes, German scholar, dies at 60   

1997  On May - 16 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 May - 16.   

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

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1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on this day in history.   

1578  On May - 16 birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)   

1609  On this day in history birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on this day in history.   

1659  On May - 16 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

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

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

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1434  On May - 16 pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60   

1569  On May - 16 death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr   

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

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on this day in history.   

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on this day in history.   

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