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Notable anniversaries in history for today: May 16
- 200th: 1824 - Birth of Edmund Kirby-Smith in Florida; West Point graduate/educator/General (Confederate Army).
- 200th: 1824 - Birth of Levi Parsons Morton; American politician (Republican) 22nd US Vice President (1889-93).
- 150th: 1874 - First recorded dam disaster in US (Williamsburg, Massachusetts).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Dawda Kairaba Jawara; President (Gambia, 1970-94).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Frank F Mankiewicz in New York City, New York, USA; columnist (Perfectly Clear).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Anthony Walker; commandant (Royal College of Defense Studies).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Nicholas Goodison; CEO (TSB Group).
- 80th: 1944 - First of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Billy Cobham in Panamá; jazz artist ("Same Ole Love").
- 80th: 1944 - George Ade, US novelist/playwright (Counsel Widow), dies at age 78.
- 70th: 1954 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA National Capital Golf Open.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Janet Maw; actress (Sparrow, King John, Mayor of Casterbridge).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of [Dafydd] Rhys Williams in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; MD/astronaut (STS 90).
- 70th: 1954 - Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at age 61.
- 70th: 1954 - Ted Williams gets eight hits in first game (designated hitter) since breaking collarbone.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Boyd Tinsley; violinist (The Dave Matthews Band).
- 60th: 1964 - 90th Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 1:56.8.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of John Salley; NBA star (Detroit Pistons).
- 60th: 1964 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 60th: 1964 - Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champion.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Conal Groom in Northford, Connecticut, USA; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Keith Thibodeaux; cornerback (Washington Redskins).
- 50th: 1974 - Helmut Schmidt is elected German Chancellor after Willy Brandt resigns due to the spy in his office. Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP) becomes vice chancellor and foreign minister.
- 50th: 1974 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 40th: 1984 - Death of Andy Kaufman at age 35 of lung cancer; comedian (Latka Gravas - Taxi TV show, 15-time guest on Saturday Night Live TV show).
- 40th: 1984 - Guinea-Bissau adopts constitution.
- 40th: 1984 - Irwin Shaw, American writer (Rich Man, Poor Man), dies at age 71 (born 1913).
- 40th: 1984 - Juventus wins 24th Europe Cup II in Basel, Switzerland.
- 40th: 1984 - Mackay pays US$218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Minnesota Twins in Minnesota; Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game.
- 40th: 1984 - Philadelphia Phillies' pitcher Steve Carlton hits a grand slam homer.
- 40th: 1984 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 30th: 1994 - Alain Cuny, actor (Lovers, Emanuelle, Camille Claudel), dies.
- 30th: 1994 - Joaquín Balaguer (86), elected President of Dominican Republic.
- 30th: 1994 - Tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana.
- 30th: 1994 - Vasek Simek, Czechoslovakia/American actor (Green Card, Mistress), dies at age 66.
- 20th: 2004 - A coup d'état in Chad against the President Idriss Déby fails.
- 20th: 2004 - The "We Are the Future" concert takes place in Rome, organized by Quincy Jones in partnership with the Glocal Forum.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of June Taylor at age 85; choreographer (Jackie Gleason Show TV show).
- 15th: 2009 - In Baltimore, Maryland, USA, the 134th running of the Preakness Stakes is held. The philly Rachel Alexandra wins, ridden by Calvin Borel, the first win for a philly since 1924.
- 15th: 2009 - General election in India: Congress alliance with president Sonia Gandhi and prime minister Manmohan Singh win re-election.
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