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May 16, 2005 Sony's PlayStation 3 makes it's debut at the E3 trade show May 16, 1999 125th Preakness May 16, 1998 124th Preakness May 16, 1997 Atlanta Braves beat St. Louis Cardinals, 1-0 in 13 innings May 16, 1997 Brandi Sherwood, (Idaho) replaces Brook Lee (Miss Univ) as Miss USA May 16, 1997 Brook Mehealani Lee, 26, of U.S. crowned 46th Miss Universe May 16, 1997 Expos trailing San Francisco Giants by 9 runs comeback to win 14-13 May 16, 1997 St. Louis Cardinals Gary Gaetti records his 2,000th hits May 16, 1996 Sammy Sosa is 1st Chicago Cub to hit 2 HRS in 1 inning May 16, 1995 Japanese police arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara and charged him with Nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier May 16, 1994 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Orlando Florida on WTKS 104.1 FM May 16, 1994 Jacqueline Onassis admitted to the hospital for cancer treatment May 16, 1994 Joaquin Balaguer (86) elected president of Dominican Republic May 16, 1994 Tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana May 16, 1993 "3 Men on a Horse" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 40 performances May 16, 1993 "Wilder, Wilder, Wilder" closes at Circle in Sq New York City after 30 performances May 16, 1993 Farmer Sugeng finds 1.2 million year old Pithecanthropus IX skull May 16, 1993 Judd Nelson pleads no contest to kicking Kim Evans in the head May 16, 1993 Laura Davies wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship May 16, 1993 Suleyman Demirel elected president of Turkey May 16, 1992 "Smells Like Nirvana," by Weird Al Yankovic hits #35 May 16, 1992 118th Preakness: Chris McCarron aboard Pine Bluff wins in 1:55.6 May 16, 1992 Polls show Perot, Bush and Clinton could be in a deadlock May 16, 1992 U.S. space shuttle STS-49 lands (maiden voyage of Endeavour) May 16, 1991 Daily Planet fires cub reporter Jimmy Olson (Superman character) May 16, 1991 Queen Elizabeth becomes 1st British monarch to address U.S. congress May 16, 1990 Dominican Republic President Joaquin Ricardo Balaguer re-elected May 16, 1990 Juventus wins 19th UEFA Cup in Avellino May 16, 1989 Soviet president Mikhail S. Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ended a 30-year rift when they formally met in Beijing May 16, 1988 Surgeon General C. Everett Koop reports nicotine as addictive as heroin May 16, 1988 U.S. Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrant May 16, 1987 "Mystery of Edwin Drood" closes at Imperial New York City after 608 performances May 16, 1987 113th Preakness: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 1:55.8 May 16, 1987 Rocker David Crosby weds Jan Dance in Los Angeles May 16, 1987 Weird Al Yankovic performs live at 72nd National Orange Show May 16, 1987 "Bobro 400," a barge carrying 3,200 tons of garbage, set sail from NY, beginning an unsuccesful 8-week search for a dumping site May 16, 1986 "Top Gun," premieres May 16, 1986 Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) comes back from dead on Dallas May 16, 1986 Joaquin Balaguers PRSC wins Dominican Rep parliamentary election May 16, 1986 South African President P W Botha sends Coetsee to visit Mandela May 16, 1985 Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year May 16, 1985 Pope John Paul II arrives in Belgium May 16, 1984 Guinea-Bissau adopts constitution May 16, 1984 Juventus wins 24th Europe Cup II in Basel May 16, 1984 Phillie pitcher Steve Carlton hits a grand slam homer May 16, 1984 U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site May 16, 1984 Mackay pays $218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Twins in Minnesota Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game May 16, 1983 Lebanese parliament accept peace accord with Israel May 16, 1982 "Barnum" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 854 performances May 16, 1982 "Is There Life after High School?" closes at Barrymore after 12 performances May 16, 1982 Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation for STS-4 May 16, 1982 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament May 16, 1982 Salvador Jorge Blanco wins presidential election in Dominican Rep May 16, 1982 Stanley Cup: New York Islanders sweep Vancouver Canucks in 4 games May 16, 1981 "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes hits #1 for next 9 weeks May 16, 1981 107th Preakness: Jorge Velasquez aboard Pleasant Colony wins in 1:54.6 May 16, 1981 Houston Astro Craig Reynolds hits 3 triples beating Cubs 6-1 May 16, 1981 Pretenders' Martin Chambers weds Tracy Atkinson May 16, 1980 34th NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers, 4 games to 2 May 16, 1980 Brian May of rock group Queen collapses on stage with hepatitis May 16, 1980 Paul McCartney releases "McCartney II" album May 16, 1980 Former Buggles members Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn replace Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman in Yes May 16, 1979 FC Barcelona wins 19th Europe Cup II in Basel May 16, 1979 NL approves Astros sales from Ford Motors to John J McMullen for $19M May 16, 1977 5 die as New York Airway helicopter topples on Pan Am bldg in New York City May 16, 1977 Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelist in 15 for heavywgt boxing title May 16, 1976 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Philadelphia Flyers in 4 games May 16, 1976 Sue Roberts wins LPGA American Defender Golf Classic May 16, 1975 India annexes Principality of Sikkim May 16, 1975 Japanese Junko Tabei became 1st woman to reach Mt Everest's summit May 16, 1975 Muhammad Ali TKOs Ron Lyle in 11 for heavyweight boxing title May 16, 1975 Wings release "Listen to What the Man Said" in UK May 16, 1974 Helmut Schmidt becomes West German chancellor May 16, 1974 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. May 16, 1973 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Dave Soutar May 16, 1973 AC Milan wins 13th Europe Cup II in Saloniki May 16, 1972 "Don't Play Us Cheap" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 164 performances May 16, 1972 Greg Luzinski's 500' HR hits Liberty Bell monument in Philadelphia Vet May 16, 1972 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationale May 16, 1971 1st class postage now costs 8 cents (was 6 cents) May 16, 1971 Benjamin Britten's opera "Owen Wingrave," premieres in Aldwych May 16, 1971 Bulgaria adopts it's constitution May 16, 1970 96th Preakness: Eddie Belmonte aboard Personality wins in 1:56.2 May 16, 1970 Grover Henson Feels Forgotten by Bill Cosby hits #70 May 16, 1969 Barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute May 16, 1969 Students occupies Magden House Amsterdam May 16, 1969 U.S. nuclear sub Guitarro sinks off San Francisco May 16, 1969 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. May 16, 1969 Venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere May 16, 1969 Who's Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey charged with assault May 16, 1968 Earthquake kills 47 in Japan May 16, 1967 Philadelphia voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium May 16, 1966 Beach Boys' "Pets Sounds" is released May 16, 1966 National Welfare Rights Organization organizes May 16, 1966 Stokely Carmichael named chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating May 16, 1965 "Roar of the Greasepaint" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 232 performances May 16, 1965 Baltimore Oriole Jim Palmer's pitching debut, beats Yankees 7-5 and homers May 16, 1965 Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam May 16, 1965 Spaghetti-O's 1st sold May 16, 1965 Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open May 16, 1965 WNJU TV channel 47 in NY-Linden, New York (TEL) begins broadcasting May 16, 1964 90th Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 1:56.8 May 16, 1964 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. May 16, 1964 Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ May 16, 1963 "Beast in Me" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 4 performances May 16, 1963 Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends U.S. Proj Mercury May 16, 1961 13rd Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr and Barbara Stanwyck May 16, 1960 Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as U.S.S.R. levels spy charges against US May 16, 1959 85th Preakness: William Harmatz aboard Royal Orbit wins in 1:57 May 16, 1959 WTOM TV channel 4 in Cheboygan, Michigan (NBC) begins broadcasting May 16, 1958 Eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mex May 16, 1958 Walter Irwin flies 2,259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter May 16, 1957 Maj Irwin, USAAF flies a Lockheed Starfight to a record 1,404.18 MPH May 16, 1957 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Invicti Athletae May 16, 1957 U.S. launches its 3rd atomic submarine, USS Skate, at Groton, Connecticut May 16, 1957 Yanks involved in Copacabana Incident, leads to Billy Martin trade May 16, 1956 Egypt recognizes People's Republic of China May 16, 1956 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia May 16, 1956 Kraft Theater presents an act from "Profiles in Courage" May 16, 1956 Laker takes 10-88 for Surrey vs. Australians at the Oval May 16, 1955 Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in SF May 16, 1955 King Baudouin of Belgium visits Congo May 16, 1955 Ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown May 16, 1955 Rocky Marciano TKOs Don Cockell in 9 for heavyweight boxing title May 16, 1954 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA National Capital Golf Open May 16, 1954 Ted Williams gets 8 hits in 1st game (DH) since breaking collarbone May 16, 1954 WGAN (now WGME) TV channel 13 in Portland, ME (CBS) 1st broadcast May 16, 1953 Phillies Curt Simmons gives up a single, then retires next 27 in a row May 16, 1952 "New Faces (of 1952)" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 365 performances May 16, 1948 Botvinnik wins 5-player tournament to determine world chess champion May 16, 1948 CBS news correspondent George Polk's body is found in Greece May 16, 1948 Chaim Weizmann elected 1st president of Israel May 16, 1948 Egyptians enter the Gaza May 16, 1948 George Polk, CBS news correspondant, body found May 16, 1948 Israel issues its 1st postage stamps May 16, 1946 Musical "Annie Get Your Gun," starring Ethel Merman premieres in New York City May 16, 1945 Violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Half Moon Okinawa May 16, 1944 1st of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz May 16, 1943 RAF bombs Mohne and Eder (Battle of Ruhr) May 16, 1943 German troops destroy synagogue of Warsaw May 16, 1943 Jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto ends after 30 days of fighting May 16, 1942 1st transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma May 16, 1941 1st U.S. radio performance of Bennett's "Symphony in D for the Dodgers" May 16, 1941 Germans made their last major air attack on Britain May 16, 1941 Italian army under Aosta surrenders to Britain at Amba Alagi Ethiopia May 16, 1941 Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham) May 16, 1941 Nazis forbid Dutch Organization of Actors (NOT) May 16, 1940 Nazi's forbid non-professional auto workers May 16, 1940 Premier Winston Churchill returns to London from Paris May 16, 1939 1st AL night game, Philadelphia Shribe Park (Indians 8, Athletics 3 in 10) May 16, 1939 Food stamps are 1st issued May 16, 1938 1st animal breeding society forms in New Jersey May 16, 1938 38 die in Terminal Hotel fire in Atlanta, Georgia May 16, 1938 In cricket Bradman scores 278 Aust vs. MCC, 349 mins, 35 fours 1 six May 16, 1936 1st British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France May 16, 1936 62nd Preakness: George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1:59 May 16, 1933 Cecil Travis becomes 1st player to get 5 hits in his 1st game May 16, 1932 Yanks 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland and Boston May 16, 1931 57th Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on Twenty Grand wins 2:01.8 May 16, 1930 6th Walker Cup: U.S., 10-2 May 16, 1929 1st Academy Awards - "Wings," Emil Jennings and Janet Gaynor wins May 16, 1927 New York Yankee Bob Meusel steals 2nd, 3rd and home May 16, 1927 Supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax May 16, 1925 51st Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Flying Ebony wins in 2:07.6 May 16, 1924 108 degrees F (42 degrees C) in Blitzen Oregon May 16, 1922 White Star Line Majestic completes 5 day maiden voyage May 16, 1921 47th Preakness: F Coltiletti aboard Broomspun wins in 1:54.2 May 16, 1920 Joan of Arc (Jean D'arc) canonized a saint May 16, 1920 Spanish bullfighter Joselito is fatally gored fighting his last bull May 16, 1916 41st Preakness: Linus McAtee aboard Damrosch wins in 1:54.8 May 16, 1914 American Horseshoe Pitchers Association organizes in Kansas City May 16, 1914 Ewing Field, near Masonic Street, opens May 16, 1911 Remains of a neanderthal man found in Jersey UK May 16, 1911 Zeppelin "Deutscheland" wrecked at Dusseldorf May 16, 1910 US Bureau of Mines forms May 16, 1903 1st transcontinental motorcycle trip begins at San Francisco (George Wymann) May 16, 1903 George Wyman makes 1st motorcycle trip across the US May 16, 1902 2 deaf-mutes face each other for 1st time as Dummy Hoy leads off for the Reds against Dummy Taylor of the Giants, Reds win 5-3 May 16, 1901 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Priory School" May 16, 1894 Fire in Boston destroys baseball stadium and 170 other buildings May 16, 1891 George A Hormel and Co introduce Spam May 16, 1888 CPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC May 16, 1884 10th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Buchanan wins in 2:40 May 16, 1882 8th Kentucky Derby: Babe Hurd aboard Apollo wins in 2:40 May 16, 1881 World's 1st elec tram goes into service in Lichterfelder (near Berlin) May 16, 1879 Antonin Dvorak's "Slavic Dancing," premieres May 16, 1879 Treaty of Gandamak to set up Afghan state between Russia and English May 16, 1875 Quake in Venezuela and Colombia kills 16,000 May 16, 1874 1st recorded dam disaster in U.S. (Williamsburg Mass) May 16, 1872 Metropolitan Gas Company lamps lit for 1st time May 16, 1869 Cincinnati Reds play their 1st baseball game, win 41-7 May 16, 1868 Bedrich Smetana's opera "Dalibor," premieres in Prague May 16, 1868 By one vote, Senate fails to impeach President Andrew Johnson May 16, 1866 Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer May 16, 1866 Congress authorizes nickel 5 cents piece (replaces silver half-dime) May 16, 1866 US Treasury Department authorizes nickel May 16, 1864 Atlanta Campaign-battle of Resaca, ends (since May 13) May 16, 1864 Battle of Bermuda Hundred, VA May 16, 1864 Last battles at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (6,666 casualties) May 16, 1863 Battle of Champion's Hill, MS-bloodiest action of Vicksburg Campaign May 16, 1862 Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir builds 1st automobile May 16, 1861 Confederate government offers war volunteers $10 premium May 16, 1861 Kentucky proclaims its neutrality May 16, 1860 Chicago: Republican convention selects Abraham Lincoln candidate May 16, 1817 Mississippi River steamboat service begins May 16, 1811 Peninsular War-Allies defeat French at Albuera May 16, 1804 Senate and Tribune declare Napolean leader of France May 16, 1803 Peace of Amiens ends May 16, 1796 Lombardije Republic forms May 16, 1795 Hedges Treaty: Bataafse Republic becomes French vassel state May 16, 1792 Denmark abolishes slave trade May 16, 1770 Marie Antoinette (14) marries future King Louis XVI (15) of France May 16, 1763 James Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson May 16, 1763 Samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London May 16, 1747 Prince Willem V sworn in as admiral-general of Neth May 16, 1648 Battle at Zolty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir May 16, 1606 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia May 16, 1605 Camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V May 16, 1584 7 Westfriese towns divide monasteries of Egmond/Blokker/St-Pietersdal May 16, 1571 Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM May 16, 1568 Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England May 16, 1547 Protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg May 16, 1532 Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor May 16, 1527 Florence becomes a republic May 16, 1165 Ramjbam and his family reach Acre Palestine May 16, 955 Alberich II, son of Octavianus elected pope |