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May 16th
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- May 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Christian Feast Day
- Andrew Bobola
- Brendan the Navigator (Roman Catholic Church)
- Germerius
- Honoratus of Amiens
- John of Nepomuk
- Peregrine of Auxerre
- Simon Stock
- Ubald (see Saint Ubaldo Day)
- Mass Graves Day (Iraq)
- Middlesex Day (Middlesex)
- National Day, declared by Salva Kiir Mayardit. (Southern Sudan)
- Teachers' Day (Malaysia)
May 16th
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- 2005 - Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote.
- 2004 - The Day of Mourning at Bykivnia forest, just outside of Kiev, Ukraine. Here during 1930s and early 1940s communist bolsheviks executed over 100,000 Ukrainian civilians.
- 2003 - In Casablanca, Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
- 1992 - STS-49: Space Shuttle Endeavour lands safely after a successful maiden voyage.
- 1991 - Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland addressed a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.
- 1988 - A report by United States' Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
- 1986 - The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain.
- 1983 - Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement rebels against the Sudanese government.
- 1975 - India annexes Sikkim after the mountain state holds a referendum in which the popular vote is in favour of merging with India.
- 1975 - Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
- 1974 - Josip Broz Tito is re-elected president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This time he is elected for life.
- 1969 - Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet spaceprobe, lands on Venus.
- 1966 - The Communist Party of China issues the 'May 16 Notice', marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
- 1965 - The Campbell Soup Company introduces SpaghettiOs under its Franco-American brand.
- 1960 - Nikita Khrushchev demands an apology from U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower for U-2 spy plane flights over the Soviet Union thus ending a Big Four summit in Paris.
- 1960 - Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
- 1951 - The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
- 1948 - Chaim Weizmann is elected the first President of Israel.
- 1943 - Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
- 1929 - In Hollywood, California, the first Academy Awards are handed out.
- 1920 - In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc as a saint.
- 1919 - A naval Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
- 1918 - The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government an imprisonable offense.
- 1914 - The first ever Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final is played. Brooklyn Field Club defeats Brooklyn Celtic 2-1.
- 1910 - The United States Congress authorizes the creation of the United States Bureau of Mines.
- 1877 - May 16, 1877 political crisis in France.
- 1874 - A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
- 1868 - President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate.
- 1866 - The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel.
- 1866 - Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer.
- 1843 - The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri.
- 1836 - Edgar Allan Poe marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia.
- 1822 - Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.
- 1815 - The Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, officially names the town of Blackheath in the upper Blue Mountains.
- 1811 - Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and Britain, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera.
- 1777 - Lachlan McIntosh and Button Gwinnett shoot each other during a duel near Savannah, Georgia. Gwinnett, a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence, dies three days later.
- 1771 - The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called "The Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
- 1770 - 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France.
- 1568 - Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England.
- 1532 - Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
- 1527 - The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic.
- 1204 - Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
- 218 - Julia Maesa, aunt of the assassinated Caracalla, is banished to her home in Syria by the self-proclaimed emperor Macrinus and declares her 14-year old grandson Elagabalus, emperor of Rome.
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- 1998 - Ariel Waller, Canadian child actress
- 1994 - Miles Heizer, American actor
- 1991 - Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgarian tennis player
- 1990 - Thomas Sangster, British actor
- 1986 - Megan Fox, American actress
- 1986 - Andy Keogh, Irish footballer
- 1985 - Café, Brazilian footballer
- 1985 - Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor
- 1985 - Anja Mittag, German footballer
- 1985 - Corey Perry, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 - Okura Tadayoshi, Japanese singer (Kanjani Eight)
- 1984 - Mickie Knuckles, American female professional wrestler
- 1984 - Dario Cvitanich, Argentinian footballer
- 1984 - Jensen Lewis, American baseball player
- 1983 - Nancy Ajram, Lebanese singer
- 1983 - Kyle Wellwood, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983 - Daniel Kerr, Australian football player (AFL)
- 1982 - Billy Crawford, Filipino-American singer/musician
- 1982 - Joo Ji Hoon, Korean actor and model
- 1982 - ?ukasz Kubot, Polish tennis player
- 1982 - Hanna Mariën, Belgian athlete
- 1981 - Jim Sturgess, English actor
- 1980 - Michael Ryan, American ice hockey player
- 1980 - Melanie Lofton, American Journalist
- 1980 - Mikel Alonso, Spanish footballer
- 1979 - McKenzie Lee, English pornographic actress
- 1978 - David Ford, English singer/songwriter
- 1978 - Lionel Scaloni, Argentine footballer
- 1977 - Dolcenera, Italian singer
- 1977 - Emiliana Torrini Icelandic Singer/songwriter
- 1977 - Jean-Sébastien Gigučre, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1977 - Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress
- 1976 - Brian Langtry, American lacrosse player
- 1976 - Dirk Nannes, Dutch/Australian cricketer
- 1975 - Tony Kakko, Finnish singer (Sonata Arctica)
- 1975 - Tonéx, American singer
- 1974 - Laura Pausini, Italian pop singer
- 1974 - Sonny Sandoval, American singer (P.O.D.)
- 1974 - Adam Richman (actor), host of Man v. Food
- 1973 - Special Ed, American rapper
- 1973 - Tori Spelling, American actress
- 1973 - Jason Acuńa, American television personality
- 1972 - Derek Mears, American actor
- 1972 - Khary Payton, American actor
- 1972 - Christian Califano, French rugby player
- 1971 - Rachel Goswell, English singer and songwriter (Slowdive, Mojave 3)
- 1970 - Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player
- 1970 - Danielle Spencer, Australian singer and actress
- 1969 - David Boreanaz, American actor
- 1969 - Tucker Carlson, American television commentator
- 1969 - Tracey Gold, American actress
- 1969 - Steve Lewis, American athlete
- 1968 - Ralph Tresvant, American singer (New Edition)
- 1968 - Chingmy Yau, Hong Kong actress
- 1966 - Scott Reeves, American actor and singer
- 1966 - Thurman Thomas, American football player
- 1966 - Janet Jackson, American singer
- 1965 - Krist Novoselic, American musician, author, and activist
- 1964 - John Salley, American basketball player
- 1964 - Boyd Tinsley, American violinist (Dave Matthews Band)
- 1964 - Edit Berces, Hungarian marathon runner
- 1963 - Jon Coffelt, American artist
- 1963 - Mercedes Echerer, Austrian actress and politician
- 1961 - Kevin McDonald, Canadian comedian and actor
- 1961 - Charles Wright, American professional wrestler
- 1960 - Landon Deireragea, Nauruan politician
- 1959 - Mare Winningham, American actress
- 1955 - Olga Korbut, Belarussian gymnast
- 1955 - Jack Morris, American baseball player
- 1955 - Hazel O'Connor, English singer
- 1955 - Debra Winger, American actress
- 1954 - Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and astronaut
- 1953 - Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor
- 1953 - Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th Yokozuna
- 1952 - James Herndon, American media psychologist
- 1951 - Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer
- 1951 - Jonathan Richman, American proto-punk icon
- 1950 - J. Georg Bednorz, German physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1950 - Ray Condo, Canadian rockabilly musician (d. 2004)
- 1948 - Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress
- 1948 - Judy Finnegan, English TV presenter (Richard & Judy)
- 1948 - Adrian Legg, English guitarist
- 1948 - Jesper Christensen, Danish actor
- 1947 - Bob Edwards, American newscaster
- 1947 - Bill Smitrovich, American actor
- 1946 - Robert Fripp, English guitarist (King Crimson)
- 1946 - Roger Earl, English rock drummer (Savoy Brown, Foghat)
- 1945 - Alan Flusser, American clothing designer
- 1945 - Nicky Chinn, English songwriter (Sweet, Suzi Quatro)
- 1944 - Billy Cobham, American virtuoso drummer
- 1944 - Danny Trejo, American actor
- 1943 - Marko Kravos, Slovenian poet
- 1937 - Yvonne Craig, American actress
- 1936 - Roy Hudd, English radio and television actor
- 1936 - Karl Lehmann, German Catholic cardinal
- 1931 - Jack Dodson, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1931 - Denise Filiatrault, French Canadian actress and director
- 1931 - Natwar Singh, Indian politician
- 1931 - Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., American politician
- 1931 - Hana Brady, Killed during Holocaust (d. 1944)
- 1930 - Betty Carter, American jazz singer (d. 1998)
- 1930 - Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist (d. 2000)
- 1929 - John Conyers, American politician
- 1929 - Claude Morin, French Canadian politician
- 1929 - Adrienne Rich, American writer
- 1928 - Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)
- 1927 - Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer
- 1926 - Ronald Podrow, British peace activist (d. 2004)
- 1925 - Bobbejaan Schoepen, Belgian entertainer (d. 2010)
- 1923 - Merton Miller, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2000)
- 1923 - Victoria Fromkin, American linguist and creator of the constructed language Pakuni
- 1923 - Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist
- 1921 - Harry Carey, Jr., American actor
- 1921 - S. Neil Fujita, American graphic designer
- 1920 - Martine Carol, French actress (d. 1967)
- 1919 - Liberace, American pianist (d. 1987)
- 1919 - Ramon Margalef, Spanish scientist (d. 2004)
- 1918 - Wilf Mannion, English former footballer (d. 2000)
- 1917 - James C. Murray, American politician (d. 1999)
- 1917 - George Gaynes, American actor
- 1917 - Juan Rulfo, Mexican novelist (d. 1986)
- 1916 - Adriana Caselotti, American actress (d. 1997)
- 1916 - Ephraim Katzir, 4th President of the State of Israel (d. 2009)
- 1914 - Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author (d. 2009)
- 1913 - Woody Herman, American musician and band leader (d. 1987)
- 1912 - Studs Terkel, American writer (d. 2008)
- 1910 - Olga Berggolts, Russian poet (d. 1975)
- 1910 - Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter (d. 1972)
- 1909 - Margaret Sullavan, American actress (d. 1960)
- 1906 - Alfred Pellan, French Canadian painter (d. 1988)
- 1906 - Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer (d. 2001)
- 1906 - Margret Rey, author and illustrator (d. 1996)
- 1905 - Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982)
- 1898 - Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-born painter (d. 1980)
- 1898 - Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese film director (d. 1956)
- 1897 - Zvi Sliternik, Israeli entomologist (d. 1994)
- 1891 - Richard Tauber, Austrian tenor (d. 1948)
- 1860 - Herman Webster Mudgett, American serial killer (d. 1896)
- 1845 - Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1916)
- 1831 - David E. Hughes, British inventor and musician (d. 1900)
- 1827 - Pierre Cuypers, Dutch architect (d. 1921)
- 1824 - Levi P. Morton, 22nd United States Vice President (d. 1920)
- 1821 - Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894)
- 1801 - William H. Seward, 24th United States Secretary of State & 12th Governor of New York (d. 1872)
- 1788 - Friedrich Rückert, German Poet, Translator and Orientalist (d. 1866)
- 1763 - Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist (d. 1829)
- 1718 - Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)
- 1710 - William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)
- 1611 - Pope Innocent XI (d. 1689)
- 1578 - Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)
- 1490 - Duke Albert of Prussia (d. 1568)