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What happend on 16. May in History
In our data base we found 292 events happened on 16. May:
• 218: Julia Maesa, aunt of the assassinated Caracalla, is banished to her home in Syria by the self-proclaimed emperor Macrinus and declares her 14-year old grandson Elagabalus, emperor of Rome. [category: Events]
• 583: Brendan, Irish navigator and saint (b. 484) [category: Deaths]
• 1182: John Komnenos Vatatzes, Byzantine general [category: Deaths]
• 1185: Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, King of Jerusalem from 11 July 1174 to May 16, 1185 [category: Deaths]
• 1204: Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. [category: Events]
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• 1265: Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) [category: Deaths]
• 1527: The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic. [category: Events]
• 1532: Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England. [category: Events]
• 1568: Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England. [category: Events]
• 1569: Dirk Willems, Dutch Anabaptist [category: Deaths]
• 1578: Everard Digby, English conspirator, member of the failed Gunpowder Plot (d. 1606) [category: Births]
• 1584: Santiago de Vera becomes sixth Governor-General of the Spanish colony of the Philippines. [category: Events]
• 1611: Pope Innocent XI (d. 1689) [category: Births]
• 1620: William Adams, English sailor (b. 1564) [category: Deaths]
• 1657: Andrew Bobola, Polish missionary (b. 1591) [category: Deaths]
• 1667: Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) [category: Deaths]
• 1669: Pietro da Cortona, Italian painter and architect (b. 1596) [category: Deaths]
• 1691: Jacob Leisler, American colonist (b. 1640) [category: Deaths]
• 1703: Charles Perrault, French author (b. 1628) [category: Deaths]
• 1710: William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) [category: Births]
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• 1718: Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) [category: Births]
• 1763: Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist (d. 1829) [category: Births]
• 1770: 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France. [category: Events]
• 1771: The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina. [category: Events]
• 1778: Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (b. 1718) [category: Deaths]
• 1782: Daniel Solander, Swedish botanist (b. 1736) [category: Deaths]
• 1788: Friedrich Rückert, German Poet, translator, and orientalist (d. 1866) [category: Births]
• 1790: Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (b. 1720) [category: Deaths]
• 1801: William H. Seward, American politician and diplomat (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1811: Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera. [category: Events]
• 1812: Russian Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov signs the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War, 1806-1812. Bessarabia is illegitimately annexed by Imperial Russia. [category: Events]
• 1821: Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894) [category: Births]
• 1822: Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli. [category: Events]
• 1824: Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1827: Pierre Cuypers, Dutch architect, designed the Rijksmuseum (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1830: Joseph Fourier, French scientist (b. 1768) [category: Deaths]
• 1831: David E. Hughes, English scientist and musician, co-inventor of the microphone (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1843: The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri. [category: Events]
• 1845: Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1861: H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (d. 1896) [category: Births]
• 1866: The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel. [category: Events]
• 1868: President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate. [category: Events]
• 1874: A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people. [category: Events]
• 1877: 16 May 1877 political crisis in France. [category: Events]
• 1882: Simeon Price, American golfer (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1882: Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1799) [category: Deaths]
• 1888: Royal Rife, American inventor (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1891: Richard Tauber, Austrian tenor, conductor, and composer (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1891: Ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
• 1891: The International Electro-Technical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electrical current (the most common form today). [category: Events]
• 1897: Zvi Sliternik, Israeli entomologist (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1898: Desanka Maksimović, Serbian poet and writer (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1898: Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1898: Tamara de Lempicka, Polish painter (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1905: Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1906: Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1906: Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1906: Margret Rey, German author and illustrator (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1909: Margaret Sullavan, American actress (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1910: Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1910: Olga Berggolts, Russian poet (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1912: Studs Terkel, American writer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1913: Woody Herman, American singer, musician, and bandleader (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1913: Louis Perrier, Swiss politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1849) [category: Deaths]
• 1914: Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1914: The first ever National Challenge Cup final is played. Brooklyn Field Club defeats Brooklyn Celtic 2-1. [category: Events]
• 1916: Adriana Caselotti, American actress (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1916: Ephraim Katzir, Israeli politician (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1917: George Gaynes, American actor [category: Births]
• 1917: James C. Murray, American politician (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1917: Juan Rulfo, Mexican novelist (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1918: Wilf Mannion, English footballer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1918: The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later. [category: Events]
• 1919: Liberace, American singer, pianist, and actor (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1919: Ramon Margalef, Spanish scientist (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1919: A naval Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight. [category: Events]
• 1920: Martine Carol, French actress (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1920: Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc. [category: Events]
• 1921: Harry Carey, Jr., American actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1922: Eddie Bert, American trombonist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1923: Merton Miller, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1923: Peter Underwood, English author, broadcaster and paranormalist [category: Births]
• 1923: Victoria Fromkin, American linguist (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1925: Bobbejaan Schoepen, Belgian singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1925: Nancy Roman, American astronomer [category: Births]
• 1925: Ola Vincent, Nigerian economist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1926: Mehmed VI, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1928: Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1929: Adrienne Rich, American writer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1929: Claude Morin, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1929: John Conyers, American politician [category: Births]
• 1929: In Hollywood, California, the first Academy Awards are handed out. [category: Events]
• 1930: Betty Carter, American singer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1930: Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1931: Denise Filiatrault, Canadian actress and director [category: Births]
• 1931: Hana Brady, Polish Holocaust victim (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1931: Jack Dodson, American actor (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1931: Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., American politician [category: Births]
• 1931: Natwar Singh, Indian politician [category: Births]
• 1935: Floyd Smith, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1936: Karl Lehmann, German cardinal [category: Births]
• 1936: Roy Hudd, English actor [category: Births]
• 1937: Yvonne Craig, American actress [category: Births]
• 1938: Stuart Bell, English politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1940: Jacques Goudstikker, Jewish Dutch art dealer (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Denis Hart, Australian archbishop [category: Births]
• 1943: Dan Coats, American politician [category: Births]
• 1943: Marko Kravos, Slovenian poet [category: Births]
• 1943: Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends. [category: Events]
• 1944: Billy Cobham, American drummer, composer, and bandleader (Mahavishnu Orchestra, New York Jazz Quartet, Jazz Is Dead, and Bobby and the Midnites) [category: Births]
• 1944: Danny Trejo, American actor [category: Births]
• 1944: George Ade, American author (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Marta Beatriz Roque, Cuban dissident and economist [category: Births]
• 1945: Nicky Chinn, English songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1946: Robert Fripp, English musician, songwriter, and producer (King Crimson, Fripp & Eno, and The League of Gentlemen) [category: Births]
• 1946: Roger Earl, English drummer (Savoy Brown and Foghat) [category: Births]
• 1947: Bill Smitrovich, American actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Darrell Sweet, English drummer (Nazareth) (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1947: Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Jesper Christensen, Danish actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Judy Finnegan, English broadcaster and columnist [category: Births]
• 1948: Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress [category: Births]
• 1948: Staf van Roosbroeck, Belgian professional road bicycle racer [category: Births]
• 1948: Chaim Weizmann is elected the first President of Israel. [category: Events]
• 1949: Rick Reuschel, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1950: J. Georg Bednorz, German physicist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1950: Ray Condo, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1951: Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1951: Jonathan Richman, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Modern Lovers) [category: Births]
• 1951: The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines. [category: Events]
• 1952: James Herndon, American psychologist [category: Births]
• 1953: Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th Yokozuna [category: Births]
• 1953: Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor [category: Births]
• 1953: Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer (Quintette du Hot Club de France) (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: American journalist William N. Oatis is released after serving 22 months of a ten-year prison sentence for espionage in Czechslovakia. [category: Events]
• 1954: Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and astronaut [category: Births]
• 1954: Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Debra Winger, American actress [category: Births]
• 1955: Hazel O'Connor, English singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1955: Jack Morris, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1955: Olga Korbut, Belarussian gymnast [category: Births]
• 1955: Páidí Ó Sé, Irish Gaelic footballer and manager (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1955: James Agee, American writer (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: H. B. Reese, American candy-maker and businessman, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Yuri Shevchuk, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist (DDT) [category: Births]
• 1957: Eliot Ness, American federal agent (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Gitane Demone, American singer and musician (Christian Death and Pompeii 99) [category: Births]
• 1958: Glenn Gregory, English singer and musician (Heaven 17, Honeyroot, and ABC) [category: Births]
• 1959: Mare Winningham, American actress [category: Births]
• 1959: Mitch Webster, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1959: Elisha Scott, Irish footballer (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Landon Deireragea, Nauruan politician [category: Births]
• 1960: Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California. [category: Events]
• 1961: Charles Wright, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1961: Kevin McDonald, Canadian comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1961: George A. Malcolm, American jurist and educator (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea. [category: Events]
• 1963: Jon Coffelt, American artist [category: Births]
• 1963: Mercedes Echerer, Austrian actress and politician [category: Births]
• 1963: Serge Teyssot-Gay, French guitarist (Noir Désir) [category: Births]
• 1964: Boyd Tinsley, American singer, musician, and composer (Dave Matthews Band) [category: Births]
• 1964: Edit Berces, Hungarian runner [category: Births]
• 1964: John Salley, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1964: Mary Anne Hobbs, British DJ and music journalist [category: Births]
• 1965: Krist Novoselic, American musician, songwriter, author, and activist (Nirvana, Flipper, Sweet 75, The No WTO Combo, and Eyes Adrift) [category: Births]
• 1966: Janet Jackson, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1966: Scott Reeves, American singer-songwriter and actor (Blue County) [category: Births]
• 1966: Thurman Thomas, American football player [category: Births]
• 1966: Artist, Bob Dylan releases the first ever double album in popular music history. [category: Events]
• 1966: The Communist Party of China issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. [category: Events]
• 1967: Doug Brocail, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Chingmy Yau, Hong Kong actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Ralph Tresvant, American singer, actor, and producer (New Edition and Heads of State) [category: Births]
• 1969: David Boreanaz, American actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Steve Lewis, American athlete [category: Births]
• 1969: Tracey Gold, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Tucker Carlson, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1969: Robert Rayford, American AIDS victim (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet spaceprobe, lands on Venus. [category: Events]
• 1970: Danielle Spencer, Australian singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player [category: Births]
• 1971: Rachel Goswell, English singer-songwriter and musician (Slowdive and Mojave 3) [category: Births]
• 1972: Christian Califano, French rugby player [category: Births]
• 1972: Khary Payton, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Jason Acuña, American television host and actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Special Ed, American rapper and actor {Crooklyn Dodgers} [category: Births]
• 1973: Tori Spelling, American actress and author [category: Births]
• 1974: Adam Richman, American actor and television host [category: Births]
• 1974: Laura Pausini, Italian singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1974: Sonny Sandoval, American singer-songwriter and rapper (P.O.D.) [category: Births]
• 1974: Josip Broz Tito is re-elected president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This time he is elected for life. [category: Events]
• 1975: B.Slade, American singer-songwriter, musician, producer and actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Khalid al-Mihdhar, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1975: Tony Kakko, Finnish singer-songwriter and musician (Sonata Arctica and Northern Kings) [category: Births]
• 1975: India annexes Sikkim after the mountain state holds a referendum in which the popular vote is in favor of merging with India. [category: Events]
• 1975: Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. [category: Events]
• 1976: Dirk Nannes, Dutch-Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1977: Dolcenera, Italian singer-songwriter, musician, and actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Emiliana Torrini Icelandic singer-songwriter (GusGus) [category: Births]
• 1977: Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1977: Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Modibo Keita, Malian politician, 1st President of Mali (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Lionel Scaloni, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: McKenzie Lee, English porn actress [category: Births]
• 1979: A. Philip Randolph, American civil rights activist and labor union leader (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Jim Sturgess, English actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Joseph Morgan, English actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Ricardo Costa, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Taavi Rähn, Estonian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Willy Hartner, German scientist (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Billy Crawford, Filipino-American singer-songwriter, actor, and philanthropist [category: Births]
• 1982: Hanna Mariën, Belgian athlete [category: Births]
• 1982: Joo Ji Hoon, Korean actor and model [category: Births]
• 1982: Łukasz Kubot, Polish tennis player [category: Births]
• 1983: Daniel Kerr, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Kyle Wellwood, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Nancy Ajram, Lebanese singer [category: Births]
• 1983: Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement rebels against the Sudanese government. [category: Events]
• 1984: Dario Cvitanich, Argentinian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Jensen Lewis, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Mickie Knuckles, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1984: Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1984: Tomas Fleischmann, Czech ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1984: Andy Kaufman, American comedian and actor (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Irwin Shaw, American author (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Anja Mittag, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Corey Perry, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1985: Rodrigo Peters Marques, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Tadayoshi Okura, Japanese singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Kanjani Eight) [category: Births]
• 1985: Margaret Hamilton, American actress (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Andy Keogh, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Megan Fox, American actress [category: Births]
• 1986: The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain. [category: Events]
• 1987: Tom Onslow-Cole, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1988: Jesús Castillo, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: George Pyrounakis, Greek priest (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: A report by United States' Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine. [category: Events]
• 1990: Darko Šarović, Serbian sprinter [category: Births]
• 1990: Thomas Sangster, English actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, and producer, created The Muppets (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Sammy Davis, Jr., American singer, dancer, and actor (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Ashley Wagner, American figure skater [category: Births]
• 1991: Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgarian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1991: Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress. [category: Events]
• 1992: Jeff Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1992: Chalino Sánchez, Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: IU, South Korean singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1993: Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Kathinka von Deichmann, Liechtensteiner tennis player [category: Births]
• 1994: Miles Heizer, American actor [category: Births]
• 1994: Taco Bennett, American rapper and comedian (OFWGKTA and Loiter Squad) [category: Births]
• 1994: Alain Cuny, French actor (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Jeremy Michael Boorda, American admiral (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Elbridge Durbrow, American diplomat (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Ariel Waller, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 2000: Bodacious, American rodeo bull (b. 1988) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Alec Campbell, Australian soldier (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Mark McCormack, American lawyer, sports agent, and writer, founder of IMG (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: In Casablanca, Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks. [category: Events]
• 2005: Andrew Goodpaster, American army general (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote. [category: Events]
• 2007: Nicolas Sarkozy takes office as President of France. [category: Events]
• 2008: Robert Mondavi, American winemaker, co-founded Opus One Winery (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Hank Jones, American pianist, bandleader, and composer (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Ronnie James Dio, American singer, musician, and producer (Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, Heaven & Hell, and Elf) (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Bill Skiles, American comedian (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Bob Davis, Australian footballer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Edward Hardwicke, English actor (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for Space Shuttle Endeavour. [category: Events]
• 2012: Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Maria Bieșu, Moldovan opera singer (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• _: Aaron (Coptic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Abda and Abdjesus, and companions: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Abdas of Susa [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Andrew Bobola [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Brendan the Navigator (Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Germerius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Honoratus of Amiens [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: John of Nepomuk [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Margaret of Cortona [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mass Graves Day (Iraq) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: May 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day, declared by Salva Kiir Mayardit (Southern Sudan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Peregrine of Auxerre [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Simon Stock [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Teachers' Day (Malaysia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ubald (see Saint Ubaldo Day) [category: Holidays and observances]