May 16

Monday 16, 2005:

Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote.

Friday 16, 2003:

In Casablanca, Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.

Thursday 16, 2002:

2002 - ' opens in cinemas.

Saturday 16, 1992:

STS-49: Space Shuttle Endeavour lands safely after a successful maiden voyage.

Monday 16, 1988:

A report by American Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.

Friday 16, 1975:

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

Friday 16, 1969:

Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet spaceprobe, lands on Venus.

Monday 16, 1966:

Two extremely influential rock albums are released on the same day: Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde and The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds.

Monday 16, 1960:

Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.

Sunday 16, 1948:

Chaim Weizmann is elected as the first President of Israel.

Sunday 16, 1943:

World War II: The Dambuster Raids by RAF 617 Squadron on German dams.

Monday 16, 1938:

A fire at the Terminal Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, kills 35 people.

Thursday 16, 1929:

In Hollywood, California, the first Academy Awards are handed out.

Sunday 16, 1920:

In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc as a saint.

Friday 16, 1919:

US Navy Naval Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.

Thursday 16, 1918:

The Sedition Act is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government a jailable offense.

Monday 16, 1910:

The U.S. Congress authorizes the creation of the United States Bureau of Mines.

Saturday 16, 1868:

President Andrew Johnson is acquitted during his impeachment trial, by one vote in the United States Senate.

Wednesday 16, 1866:

Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer.

Tuesday 16, 1843:

The first major wagon train heading for the Northwest sets out with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri on the Oregon Trail.

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.

Wednesday 16, 1770:

14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France.

Monday 16, 1605:

Paul V becomes Pope.

Thursday 16, 1568:

Mary Queen of Scots flees to England.

Monday 16, 1532:

Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.

Monday 16, 1527:

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

Sunday 16, 1204:

Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned first Emperor of the Latin Empire.

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