May 16
1770 - Marie Antoinette, age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15.
1866 - Congress authorized the 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. (The term "Oscars" was not used to describe the statuettes given to actors and actresses until 1931.) "Wings" won the award for "best production", while best actor and actress awards were given to Emil Jannings and Janet Gaynor.
1939 - The federal government began the 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.
1946 - The Irving Berlin musical "Annie Get Your Gun" opened on Broadway.
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 Laboratory 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 a joint session of 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.
2012 - Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic went on trial at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in the Netherlands, accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. (Mladic would be convicted on 10 counts and sentenced to life in prison.)
2013 - "The Office" aired its final episode after nine seasons on NBC.
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.
2022 - The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 hit 1 million.
Birthdays
25 - Lani Randol (model)
26 - Gracie Kramer (gymnast)
32 - Kirstin Maldonado (singer)
34 - Thomas Brodie-Sangster (actor)
36 - Behati Prinsloo (model)
38 - Megan Fox (actress)
43 - Joseph Morgan (actor)
46 - Jim Sturgess (actor)
47 - Melanie Lynskey (actress)
47 - Lynn Collins (actress)
50 - Sean Carrigan (actor)
51 - Tori Spelling (actress)
52 - Khary Payton (actor)
53 - Rick Trevino (singer)
53 - Kelly Hyland (reality star)
54 - Gabriela Sabatini (tennis player)
55 - Tracey Gold (actress)
55 - Tucker Carlson (TV host/political commentator)
55 - David Boreanaz (actor)
57 - Brian F. O'Byrne (actor)
58 - Janet Jackson (singer)
65 - Mare Winningham (actress)
68 - Olga Korbut (gymnast)
69 - Debra Winger (actress)
71 - Pierce Brosnan (actor)
77 - Bill Smitrovich (actor)
80 - Danny Trejo (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 16
1869 - The Cincinnati Reds made 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 sweep 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 MVP.
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 a tournament record tying, and course record 63 (-7) to lead the PGA Championship by one stroke after the first round at Bethpage Black in New York.
1770 - Marie Antoinette, age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15.
1866 - Congress authorized the 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. (The term "Oscars" was not used to describe the statuettes given to actors and actresses until 1931.) "Wings" won the award for "best production", while best actor and actress awards were given to Emil Jannings and Janet Gaynor.
1939 - The federal government began the 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.
1946 - The Irving Berlin musical "Annie Get Your Gun" opened on Broadway.
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 Laboratory 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 a joint session of 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.
2012 - Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic went on trial at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in the Netherlands, accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. (Mladic would be convicted on 10 counts and sentenced to life in prison.)
2013 - "The Office" aired its final episode after nine seasons on NBC.
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.
2022 - The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 hit 1 million.
Birthdays
25 - Lani Randol (model)
26 - Gracie Kramer (gymnast)
32 - Kirstin Maldonado (singer)
34 - Thomas Brodie-Sangster (actor)
36 - Behati Prinsloo (model)
38 - Megan Fox (actress)
43 - Joseph Morgan (actor)
46 - Jim Sturgess (actor)
47 - Melanie Lynskey (actress)
47 - Lynn Collins (actress)
50 - Sean Carrigan (actor)
51 - Tori Spelling (actress)
52 - Khary Payton (actor)
53 - Rick Trevino (singer)
53 - Kelly Hyland (reality star)
54 - Gabriela Sabatini (tennis player)
55 - Tracey Gold (actress)
55 - Tucker Carlson (TV host/political commentator)
55 - David Boreanaz (actor)
57 - Brian F. O'Byrne (actor)
58 - Janet Jackson (singer)
65 - Mare Winningham (actress)
68 - Olga Korbut (gymnast)
69 - Debra Winger (actress)
71 - Pierce Brosnan (actor)
77 - Bill Smitrovich (actor)
80 - Danny Trejo (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 16
1869 - The Cincinnati Reds made 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 sweep 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 MVP.
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 a tournament record tying, and course record 63 (-7) to lead the PGA Championship by one stroke after the first round at Bethpage Black in New York.
