May 16

Friday 16, 1975:

Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Wednesday 16, 1866:

Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer.

Friday 16, 1777:

Lachlan McIntosh and Button Gwinnett shoot each other during a duel near Savannah, Georgia. Gwinnett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies three days later.

Monday 16, 1605:

Paul V becomes Pope.

Monday 16, 1527:

The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes a republic.

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