Page 6: Historical Events In May - 16

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

1927  On May - 16 supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax   

1927  NY Yankee Bob Meusel steals 2nd, 3rd & home on May - 16.   

1927  John Walford, solicitor on May - 16.   

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

1928  On this day in history edmund William Grosse, poet/author, dies   

1929  The first ever Academy Awards (Oscars) are held on this day in history.   

1929  The first-ever Academy Awards are presented at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on May - 16.   

1929  On May - 16 1st Academy Awards   

1929  Adrienne Cecile Rich, Balt Md, feminist writer (Diamond Cutters) on this day in history.   

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

1930  6th Walker Cup US 10-Great Britain/Ireland 2 on May - 16.   

1930  6th Walker Cup: US, 10-2 on this day in history.   

1930  Desmond Langley, gov (Bermuda) on May - 16.   

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

1931  On May - 16 57th Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on Twenty Grand wins 2:01.8   

1932  On this day in history yanks 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland & Boston   

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 May - 16.   

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

1936  On this day in history the first British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France   

1936  On this day in history 1st British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France   

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

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

1938  In cricket Bradman scores 278 Australia vs MCC, 349 minutes, 35 fours 1 six on May - 16.   

1938  On May - 16 the first animal breeding society forms (New Jersey)   

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

1938  On this day in history stephen Fairbairn, oarsman/coach, dies   

1939  Food stamps are first issued on this day in history.   

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

1940  Nazis forbid non-professional auto workers on May - 16.   

1940  On May - 16 premier Winston Churchill returns to London from Paris   

1940  Nazi's forbid non-professional auto workers on May - 16.   

1941  On May - 16 italian army under Aosta surrenders to Britain at Amba Alagi Ethiopia   

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1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on May - 16.   

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 this day in history birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

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 this day in history.   

0942  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

1669  On this day in history pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies