May 16
1770 - Marie Antoinette, age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15.
1866 - Congress authorized minting of the first five-cent piece, also known as the "Shield nickel."
1868 - The first ballot on one of 11 articles of impeachment in the U.S. Senate failed to convict President Andrew Johnson.
1929 - The first Academy Awards were given out. (The term "Oscars" was not used to describe the statuettes given to actors and actresses until 1931.)
1939 - The federal government began its first food stamp program in Rochester, New York.
1943 - The nearly month-long Warsaw Ghetto Uprising came to an end as German forces crushed the Jewish resistance and blew up the Great Synagogue.
1957 - Federal agent Eliot Ness, who organized "The Untouchables" team that took on gangster Al Capone, died in Coudersport, Pennsylvania, at age 54.
1960 - The first working laser was demonstrated at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California, by physicist Theodore Maiman.
1966 - China launched the Cultural Revolution, a radical as well as deadly reform movement aimed at purging the country of "counter-revolutionaries."
1975 - Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to summit Mount Everest.
1990 - Death claimed entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. in Los Angeles at age 64 and "Muppets" creator Jim Henson in New York at age 53.
1991 - Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address the United States Congress.
1997 - President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire was expelled from the country by Laurent Kabila and his troops, ending 32 years of autocratic rule.
1997 - President Bill Clinton publicly apologized for the notorious Tuskegee experiment, in which government scientists deliberately allowed Black men to weaken and die of treatable syphilis.
2007 - Anti-war Democrats in the Senate failed in an attempt to cut off funds for the Iraq war.
2016 - President Barack Obama called on the nation to support law enforcement officers as he bestowed the Medal of Valor on 13 who risked their lives.
2018 - North Korea canceled high-level talks with South Korea after the nation engaged in joint military exercises with the United States.
2020 - The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 hits 1 million.
Birthdays
21 - Jessica Belkin (actress)
24 - Lani Randol (model)
29 - Miles Heizer (actor)
32 - Ashley Wagner (figure skater)
33 - Marc John Jefferies (actor)
33 - Thomas Brodie-Sangster (actor)
35 - Jermaine Fowler (actor/comedian)
35 - Behati Prinsloo (model)
37 - Ana Cheri (model)
37 - Jacob Zachar (actor)
37 - Drew Roy (actor)
37 - Megan Fox (actress)
42 - Joseph Morgan (actor)
45 - Jim Sturgess (actor0
46 - Melanie Lynskey (actress)
49 - Sean Carrigan (actor)
50 - Tori Spelling (actress)
52 - Rick Trevino (singer)
52 - Kelly Hyland (reality star)
53 - Gabriela Sabatini (tennis player)
54 - Tracey Gold (actress)
54 - Tucker Carlson (TV host)
54 - David Boreanaz (actor)
56 - Brian F. O'Byrne (actor)
57 - Scott Reeves (singer)
57 - Janet Jackson (singer)
67 - Olga Korbut (gymnast)
68 - Debra Winger (actress)
70 - Pierce Brosnan (actor)
76 - Bill Smitrovich (actor)
79 - Danny Trejo (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 16
1869 - The Cincinnati Reds played their first baseball game.
1933 - Cecil Travis became the first player to get five hits in his first game.
1939 - The Philadelphia Athletics and the Cleveland Indians met at Shibe Park in Philadelphia for the first baseball game to be played under the lights in the American League.
1976 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Philadelphia Flyers to win the Stanley Cup.
1980 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Philadelphia 76ers in six games to win the NBA championship.
1981 - Craig Reynolds (Houston Astros) hit 3 triples against the Chicago Cubs.
1982 - The New York Islanders sweep the Vancouver Canucks to win the Stanley Cup.
1985 - Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls was named NBA Rookie of the Year.
1994 - Tennis star Jennifer Capriati was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana.
1996 - Sammy Sosa became the first Chicago Cub player to hit two home runs in one inning.
2003 - The Anaheim Mighty Ducks defeated the Minnesota Wild 2-1. The win advanced the Mighty Ducks to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in franchise history.
2018 - Officials at Michigan State University said they had agreed to pay $500 million to settle claims from more than 300 women and girls who said they were assaulted by sports doctor Larry Nassar.
2019 - Brooks Koepka fires tournament record equalling, and course record 63 (-7) to lead the PGA Championship by 1 stroke after the 1st round at Bethpage Black, New York.
1770 - Marie Antoinette, age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15.
1866 - Congress authorized minting of the first five-cent piece, also known as the "Shield nickel."
1868 - The first ballot on one of 11 articles of impeachment in the U.S. Senate failed to convict President Andrew Johnson.
1929 - The first Academy Awards were given out. (The term "Oscars" was not used to describe the statuettes given to actors and actresses until 1931.)
1939 - The federal government began its first food stamp program in Rochester, New York.
1943 - The nearly month-long Warsaw Ghetto Uprising came to an end as German forces crushed the Jewish resistance and blew up the Great Synagogue.
1957 - Federal agent Eliot Ness, who organized "The Untouchables" team that took on gangster Al Capone, died in Coudersport, Pennsylvania, at age 54.
1960 - The first working laser was demonstrated at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California, by physicist Theodore Maiman.
1966 - China launched the Cultural Revolution, a radical as well as deadly reform movement aimed at purging the country of "counter-revolutionaries."
1975 - Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to summit Mount Everest.
1990 - Death claimed entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. in Los Angeles at age 64 and "Muppets" creator Jim Henson in New York at age 53.
1991 - Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address the United States Congress.
1997 - President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire was expelled from the country by Laurent Kabila and his troops, ending 32 years of autocratic rule.
1997 - President Bill Clinton publicly apologized for the notorious Tuskegee experiment, in which government scientists deliberately allowed Black men to weaken and die of treatable syphilis.
2007 - Anti-war Democrats in the Senate failed in an attempt to cut off funds for the Iraq war.
2016 - President Barack Obama called on the nation to support law enforcement officers as he bestowed the Medal of Valor on 13 who risked their lives.
2018 - North Korea canceled high-level talks with South Korea after the nation engaged in joint military exercises with the United States.
2020 - The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 hits 1 million.
Birthdays
21 - Jessica Belkin (actress)
24 - Lani Randol (model)
29 - Miles Heizer (actor)
32 - Ashley Wagner (figure skater)
33 - Marc John Jefferies (actor)
33 - Thomas Brodie-Sangster (actor)
35 - Jermaine Fowler (actor/comedian)
35 - Behati Prinsloo (model)
37 - Ana Cheri (model)
37 - Jacob Zachar (actor)
37 - Drew Roy (actor)
37 - Megan Fox (actress)
42 - Joseph Morgan (actor)
45 - Jim Sturgess (actor0
46 - Melanie Lynskey (actress)
49 - Sean Carrigan (actor)
50 - Tori Spelling (actress)
52 - Rick Trevino (singer)
52 - Kelly Hyland (reality star)
53 - Gabriela Sabatini (tennis player)
54 - Tracey Gold (actress)
54 - Tucker Carlson (TV host)
54 - David Boreanaz (actor)
56 - Brian F. O'Byrne (actor)
57 - Scott Reeves (singer)
57 - Janet Jackson (singer)
67 - Olga Korbut (gymnast)
68 - Debra Winger (actress)
70 - Pierce Brosnan (actor)
76 - Bill Smitrovich (actor)
79 - Danny Trejo (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 16
1869 - The Cincinnati Reds played their first baseball game.
1933 - Cecil Travis became the first player to get five hits in his first game.
1939 - The Philadelphia Athletics and the Cleveland Indians met at Shibe Park in Philadelphia for the first baseball game to be played under the lights in the American League.
1976 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Philadelphia Flyers to win the Stanley Cup.
1980 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Philadelphia 76ers in six games to win the NBA championship.
1981 - Craig Reynolds (Houston Astros) hit 3 triples against the Chicago Cubs.
1982 - The New York Islanders sweep the Vancouver Canucks to win the Stanley Cup.
1985 - Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls was named NBA Rookie of the Year.
1994 - Tennis star Jennifer Capriati was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana.
1996 - Sammy Sosa became the first Chicago Cub player to hit two home runs in one inning.
2003 - The Anaheim Mighty Ducks defeated the Minnesota Wild 2-1. The win advanced the Mighty Ducks to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in franchise history.
2018 - Officials at Michigan State University said they had agreed to pay $500 million to settle claims from more than 300 women and girls who said they were assaulted by sports doctor Larry Nassar.
2019 - Brooks Koepka fires tournament record equalling, and course record 63 (-7) to lead the PGA Championship by 1 stroke after the 1st round at Bethpage Black, New York.
