Talk:May 16

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May 16: Lag Ba'omer in Judaism (2006)

1204 - Fourth Crusade: Count Baldwin IX of Flanders was crowned the first Latin Emperor in Constantinople.
1527 - The Medici were driven from Florence and a republic was re-established.
1866 - Root beer was first prepared commercially.
1929 - The first Academy Awards were handed out at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles.
1943 - World War II: SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop (pictured) put an end to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the first mass uprising in Poland against the Nazi occupation during the Holocaust.

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This is my birthday. woo whoo.... Robert Fripp, musician, was born on may 16, 1946

Moved birth from article:

No verification found. Lupo 12:41, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)

[edit] My birthday

Today is my Birthday and thats awesome!à

Also mine! Why isn't there a famous birth on my birthday.--Canadianshoper 00:05, 1 July 2006 (UTC)