May 16

May 16th is the 136th day of the Gregorian Calendar ( 137th in leap years), thus still remain 229 days of the year.

  • 2.1 Before the 19th century
  • 2.2 19th century
  • 2.3 20th century 2.3.1 1901-1950
  • 2.3.2 1951-2000
  • 3.1 Before the 20th century
  • 3.2 20th century
  • 3.3 21st century

Events

Politics and World Affairs

  • 2007: Nicolas Sarkozy of the Union pour un mouvement populaire (UMP ) in France releases the incumbent since 1995 from Jacques Chirac as president.
  • 2009: In Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced victory over the Tamil Tigers. Their leaders have been killed two days later by the army information on the run.

Economy

Science and Technology

Culture

Society

Religion

Disasters

Minor accidents are listed in the sub- items of disaster.

Sports

Entries of Athletics world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics.

Born

Before the 19th century

19th century

20th century

1901-1950

1951-2000

Died

Before the 20th century

20th century

21st Century

  • 2001: Prince Ital Joe, reggae musician dominicanischer
  • 2002: Luis Lintner, South Tyrolean missionary in Brazil
  • 2003: William Charles Anderson, American science fiction author
  • 2004: Marie Hüllenkremer, German journalist and politician
  • 2004: Marika Rokk, Hungarian film actress and operetta legend
  • 2005: Rudolf Liechtenhan the Younger, Swiss dramatist and ballet specialist
  • 2005: Kurt Sontheimer, German political scientist
  • 2005: Catherine Winter, German entrepreneur and supporter of the resistance fighters of July 20, 1944
  • 2005: Pink Winter, Austrian concentration camp survivors
  • 2006: Klaus Dahlen, German actor
  • 2006: Josef de Ponte, Hungarian - German Church painters
  • 2008: Robert Mondavi, American wine
  • 2009: Max Rüeger, Swiss Radio and TV journalist
  • 2010: Ronnie James Dio, American hard rock and heavy metal singers
  • 2010: Hank Jones, American jazz pianist
  • 2012: James Abdnor, American politician
  • 2012: Kurt Felix, Swiss television presenter and television journalist
  • 2012: Jesse Thomas, U.S. American football player
  • 2012: Wolfgang Wiens, German playwright and theater director
  • 2013: Richard Mahitsison Andriamanjato, Malagasy pastors and politicians
  • 2013: Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist and Nobel Prize winner

Holidays and observances

  • Religious observances Five Martyrs of Lyons, French martyrs ( Protestant)
  • St. Gemma Galgani, mystic Italian ( Roman Catholic)

More entries contains the list of commemorative and action days.

  • Day
  • Day in May
April May 2 May 3 May 4 May 5 May 6 May 7 May 8 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 12 May 13 May 14 May 15 May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22 May 23 May 24 May 25 May 26 May 27 May 28 May 29 May 30 May 31 1204 Baldwin I of Constantinople 1527 Republic 1532 Lord Chancellor 1771 William Tryon Battle of Alamance History of North Carolina 1795 Export of revolution 1811 William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford Battle of Albuera 1833 History of Mexico 1842 Covered wagon Missouri 1863 Union (American Civil War) Ulysses S. Grant Army of the Tennessee Battle of Champion Hill John C. Pemberton 1868 Impeachment Andrew Johnson 1916 Mark Sykes Sykes–Picot Agreement Near East 1940 German AB-Aktion in Poland 1943 April 19 Sinti Porajmos 1946 Malmedy massacre trial Joachim Peiper Josef Dietrich Malmedy massacre July 16 1961 Yun Bo-seon 1974 1975 April 14 Tokyo subway 1997 Handelsblatt 1810 1846 1881 Lichterfelde (Berlin) 1887 1913 Eberswalde Eberswalde Hoard Bronze Age 1919 First Republic of Armenia 1923 1960 1792 Gian Antonio Selva 1829 Zaira (opera) Vincenzo Bellini Dalibor (opera) 1929 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 1st Academy Awards Emil Jannings Academy Award for Best Actor The Last Command (1928 film) The Way of All Flesh (film) Annie Get Your Gun (Musical) Irving Berlin Annie Oakley Imperial Theatre Paul Burkhard 1952 Julius Brammer 1959 1966 Blonde on Blonde 1984 Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft 1996 Berlin 1770 1836 1981 Frank Elstner 1605 April 27 1920 Pope Benedict XV Federal Constitutional Court of Germany Christian cross 1702 Conflagration Uppsala Castle 1932 Cape Guardafui Gulf of Aden MS Georges Philippar Messageries Maritimes 1931 Hohe Warte, Vienna Hugo Meisl Wunderteam 1937 Breslau Eleven Junko Tabei 1540 Paschal Baylon 1556 1609 Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria 1618 1627 Willem van Aelst 1659 1678 Andreas Silbermann 1696 1704 1718 Maria Gaetana Agnesi 1749 Nikolai Putyatin 1763 Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin 1774 1776 1782 1785 Johann Nepomuk von Ringseis 1788 1789 Michael Creizenach Johann Nepomuk Schelble 1797 1801 William H. Seward 1805 Alexander Burnes 1820 Bernhard Fries 1821 1822 1823 1824 Levi P. Morton 1827 1831 David Edward Hughes Daniel Manning 1834 Hobart B. Bigelow 1837 1841 1844 1849 1850 1851 1852 1857 1859 1861 Irving Wightman Colburn 1862 1864 1867 1870 1872 1878 1883 Celâl Bayar 1884 1891 Richard Tauber 1892 Manton S. Eddy Dietrich von Saucken 1893 Paul Pisk 1894 Hermann Muhs 1896 1897 1898 1900 Konrad Wachsmann 1902 Jan Kiepura 1903 1904 1905 Henry Fonda 1906 Arturo Uslar Pietri 1907 1908 Anne Bonnet 1909 Luigi Villoresi 1910 Ernst van Aaken 1911 Margaret Sullavan 1912 Alfred Aston Studs Terkel Sebastiano Baggio Woody Herman 1915 Ezra Stoller 1917 Juan Rulfo 1918 Liberace Albert Osswald 1921 Winnie Markus 1922 Otmar Suitner Erwin Leiser Merton Miller 1924 Dawda Jawara 1925 Hannes Hegen Ginette Keller 1926 1927 1928 Billy Martin Hiroshi Nakajima Adrienne Rich 1930 Karl Heinz Beckurts Donald Martino 1934 1936 Manfred Stolpe Thomas Gifford 1938 1941 Hans-Peter Reinecke 1942 Lothar Baier Dan Coats Billy Cobham Friedrich Schorlemmer Danny Trejo Gert Weisskirchen 1945 Rob Bron Nicky Chinn Sylvester Levay Massimo Moratti Marta Beatriz Roque Robert Fripp 1947 1948 1949 Paul Ackerley Karlheinz Hackl Haig Oundjian Emmanuel Todd James Herndon (media psychologist) 1953 Monica Huggett 1954 Betty Olivero 1955 Debra Winger 1956 1957 Joan Benoit Thomas Hirschhorn 1962 Helga Radtke 1963 Marina Massironi 1965 Thomas Gill (footballer) Thurman Thomas 1967 Virgil Widrich 1969 Ari-Pekka Nikkola Marco Kurz Steve Lewis (sprinter) 1970 Gabriela Sabatini 1971 Rick Trevino 1973 Tori Spelling Erol Sabanov Laura Pausini Sienna Guillory 1977 Ronny Ackermann 1978 Olga Zaitseva Lionel Scaloni 1979 Matthias Kessler 1980 Jens Spahn Joseph Morgan (actor) Ricardo Costa (Portuguese footballer) 1982 Billy Crawford 1983 1985 Anja Mittag 1986 1987 1990 Deniz Akdeniz 1991 Grigor Dimitrov 1993 1412 Gian Maria Visconti 1417 1553 1562 Adham Khan 1567 Juan Bautista de Toledo 1569 Dirk Willems 1584 1620 William Adams (sailor) 1626 1665 1669 Pietro da Cortona 1672 1682 1703 Charles Perrault 1706 1757 Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin 1765 1830 1847 1856 1877 David Urquhart 1899 Louis Perrier Fernand Halphen Mehmed VI. 1933 Julius Schreck Otto Dimroth Johannes Kuhlo Alfred Hoche George Ade Ralph Hepburn Django Reinhardt Werner Bischof James Agee Eliot Ness 1958 Luigi Bartolini Karl Farkas 1976 Robert Florey Edouard Zeckendorf Andy Kaufman Jim Henson 1992 Marisa Mell Gino Rossetti Red Amick Andrzej Szczypiorski Kurt Felix (television presenter)
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