May 16

May 16 is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 229 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 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.
• 1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
• 1527 – The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic.
• 1532 – Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
• 1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England.
• 1584 – Santiago de Vera becomes sixth Governor-General of the Spanish colony of the Philippines.
• 1770 – 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France.
• 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.
• 1811 – Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera.
• 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.
• 1822 – Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.
• 1834 – The Battle of Asseiceira is fought, the last and decisive engagement of the Liberal Wars in Portugal.
• 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.
• 1866 – The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel.
• 1868 – President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate.
• 1874 – A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
• 1877 – 16 May 1877 political crisis in France.
• 1888 – Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
• 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).
• 1914 – The first ever National Challenge Cup final is played. Brooklyn Field Club defeats Brooklyn Celtic 2-1.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1920 – In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
• 1929 – In Hollywood, California, the first Academy Awards are awarded.
• 1943 – Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
• 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.
• 1953 – American journalist William N. Oatis is released after serving 22 months of a ten-year prison sentence for espionage in Czechoslovakia.
• 1960 – Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
• 1961 – Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
• 1966 – The Communist Party of China issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
• 1969 – Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet spaceprobe, lands on Venus.
• 1974 – Josip Broz Tito is re-elected president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This time he is elected for life.
• 1975 – India annexes Sikkim after the mountain state holds a referendum in which the popular vote is in favor of merging with India.
• 1975 – Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
• 1983 – Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement rebels against the Sudanese government.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1997 – Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
• 2003 – In Casablanca, Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
• 2005 – Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote.
• 2007 – Nicolas Sarkozy takes office as President of France.
• 2011 – STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for Space Shuttle Endeavour.

Births

• 1611 – Pope Innocent XI (d. 1689)
• 1641 – Dudley North, English economist and politician (d. 1691)
• 1710 – William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)
• 1718 – Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1799)
• 1763 – Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist (d. 1829)
• 1788 – Friedrich Rückert, German poet and translator (d. 1866)
• 1801 – William H. Seward, American politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (d. 1872)
• 1819 – Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Estonian journalist and poet (d. 1890)
• 1821 – Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894)
• 1824 – Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (d. 1920)
• 1827 – Pierre Cuypers, Dutch architect, designed the Amsterdam Centraal railway station and Rijksmuseum (d. 1921)
• 1831 – David Edward Hughes, Welsh-American scientist, co-invented the microphone (d. 1900)
• 1845 – Élie Metchnikoff, Ukrainian-French biologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
• 1861 – H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (d. 1896)
• 1879 – Pierre Gilliard, Swiss author and academic (d. 1962)
• 1882 – Simeon Price, American golfer (d. 1945)
• 1888 – Royal Rife, American scientist (d. 1971)
• 1891 – Richard Tauber, Austrian tenor and actor (d. 1948)
• 1897 – Zvi Sliternik, Israeli entomologist (d. 1994)
• 1898 – Tamara de Lempicka, Polish painter (d. 1980)
• 1898 – Desanka Maksimović, Serbian poet (d. 1993)
• 1898 – Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (d. 1956)
• 1905 – Henry Fonda, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1982)
• 1906 – Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter (d. 1988)
• 1906 – Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan lawyer, journalist, and author (d. 2001)
• 1906 – Margret Rey, German author and illustrator (d. 1996)
• 1907 – Luigi Villoresi, Italian racing driver (d. 1997)
• 1909 – Margaret Sullavan, American actress (d. 1960)
• 1910 – Olga Bergholz, Russian poet (d. 1975)
• 1910 – Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter (d. 1972)
• 1912 – Studs Terkel, American historian and author (d. 2008)
• 1913 – Woody Herman, American singer, saxophonist, and clarinet player (d. 1987)
• 1914 – Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author (d. 2009)
• 1915 – Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1916 – Adriana Caselotti, American actress and singer (d. 1997)
• 1916 – Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel (d. 2009)
• 1917 – George Gaynes, Finnish-American actor and singer
• 1917 – James C. Murray, American lawyer and politician (d. 1999)
• 1917 – Juan Rulfo, Mexican author and photographer (d. 1986)
• 1918 – Wilf Mannion, English footballer (d. 2000)
• 1919 – Liberace, American singer, pianist, and actor (d. 1987)
• 1919 – Ramon Margalef, Spanish ecologist (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Martine Carol, French actress (d. 1967)
• 1921 – Harry Carey, Jr., American actor (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Eddie Bert, American trombonist (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Victoria Fromkin, American linguist (d. 2000)
• 1923 – Merton Miller, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
• 1923 – Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author
• 1925 – Nancy Roman, American astronomer
• 1925 – Bobbejaan Schoepen, Belgian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2010)
• 1925 – Ola Vincent, Nigerian banker and economist (d. 2012)
• 1927 – Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer
• 1928 – Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach for the New York Yankees. His number, 1, was retired by the Yankees. (d. 1989)
• 1929 – John Conyers, American lawyer and politician
• 1929 – Claude Morin, Canadian politician
• 1929 – Adrienne Rich, American poet and author (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Betty Carter, American singer (d. 1998)
• 1930 – Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 2000)
• 1931 – Hana Brady, Polish holocaust victim (d. 1944)
• 1931 – Jack Dodson, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1931 – Denise Filiatrault, Canadian actress and director
• 1931 – K. Natwar Singh, Indian politician, Minister of External Affairs for India
• 1931 – Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., American politician, 85th Governor of Connecticut
• 1935 – Floyd Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1936 – Roy Hudd, English actor
• 1936 – Karl Lehmann, German cardinal
• 1937 – Yvonne Craig, American actress and dancer
• 1938 – Stuart Bell, English politician (d. 2012)
• 1941 – Denis Hart, Australian archbishop
• 1943 – Dan Coats, American politician and diplomat, 29th United States Ambassador to Germany
• 1943 – Marko Kravos, Italian-Slovenian poet
• 1944 – Billy Cobham, Panamanian-American drummer, composer, and bandleader (Mahavishnu Orchestra, New York Jazz Quartet, Jazz Is Dead, and Bobby and the Midnites)
• 1944 – Antal Nagy, Hungarian footballer
• 1944 – Danny Trejo, American actor
• 1945 – Nicky Chinn, English songwriter and producer
• 1945 – Marta Beatriz Roque, Cuban economist
• 1945 – Massimo Moratti, Italian oil tycoon
• 1946 – Roger Earl, English drummer (Savoy Brown and Foghat)
• 1946 – Robert Fripp, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (King Crimson, Fripp & Eno, and The League of Gentlemen)
• 1947 – Barbara Lee, American singer (The Chiffons) (d. 1992)
• 1947 – Bill Smitrovich, American actor
• 1947 – Darrell Sweet, English drummer (Nazareth) (d. 1999)
• 1947 – Roch Thériault, Canadian religious leader (d. 2011)
• 1948 – Jesper Christensen, Danish actor
• 1948 – Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress
• 1948 – Judy Finnigan, English talk show host and author
• 1948 – Staf Van Roosbroeck, Belgian cyclist
• 1949 – Rick Reuschel, American baseball player
• 1950 – Georg Bednorz, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1950 – Ray Condo, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2004)
• 1950 – Bruce Coville, American author
• 1951 – Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer
• 1951 – Jonathan Richman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Modern Lovers)
• 1952 – James Herndon, American psychologist
• 1953 – Pierce Brosnan, Irish-American actor, singer, and producer
• 1953 – Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th Yokozuna
• 1954 – Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and astronaut
• 1955 – Olga Korbut, Belarusian gymnast
• 1955 – Jack Morris, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1955 – Hazel O'Connor, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1955 – Páidí Ó Sé, Irish footballer and manager (d. 2012)
• 1957 – Yuri Shevchuk, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist (DDT)
• 1955 – Debra Winger, American actress
• 1958 – Gitane Demone, American singer-songwriter (Christian Death and Pompeii 99)
• 1958 – Glenn Gregory, English singer-songwriter (Heaven 17, Honeyroot, and ABC)
• 1959 – Mitch Webster, American baseball player
• 1959 – Mare Winningham, American actress and singer
• 1960 – Landon Deireragea, Nauruan politician
• 1960 – S. Shanmuganathan, Sri Lankan Tamil militant and politician (d. 1998)
• 1961 – Kevin McDonald, Canadian comedian and actor
• 1961 – Charles Wright, American wrestler
• 1963 – Jon Coffelt, American painter and sculptor
• 1963 – Mercedes Echerer, Austrian actress and politician
• 1963 – Serge Teyssot-Gay, French guitarist (Noir Désir)
• 1964 – John Salley, American basketball player and actor
• 1964 – Boyd Tinsley, American singer-songwriter and violinist (Dave Matthews Band)
• 1964 – Edit Berces, Hungarian runner
• 1964 – Mary Anne Hobbs, English DJ and journalist
• 1964 – Milton Jones, English comedian
• 1965 – Krist Novoselic, American bass player, songwriter, author, and activist (Nirvana, Flipper, Sweet 75, The No WTO Combo, and Eyes Adrift)
• 1965 – Tanel Tammet, Estonian computer scientist and politician
• 1966 – Celia Ireland, Australian actress
• 1966 – Sommore, American comedian and actress
• 1966 – Janet Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress
• 1966 – Scott Reeves, American singer-songwriter and actor (Blue County)
• 1966 – Thurman Thomas, American football player
• 1967 – Doug Brocail, American baseball player and coach
• 1968 – Ralph Tresvant, American singer, actor, and producer (New Edition and Heads of State)
• 1968 – Chingmy Yau, Hong Kong actress
• 1969 – David Boreanaz, American actor, director, and producer
• 1969 – Tucker Carlson, American journalist, co-founded The Daily Caller
• 1969 – Tracey Gold, American actress
• 1969 – Steve Lewis, American sprinter
• 1970 – Gabriela Sabatini, Argentinian tennis player
• 1970 – Danielle Spencer, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1971 – Rachel Goswell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Slowdive and Mojave 3)
• 1972 – Khary Payton, American actor
• 1972 – Christian Califano, French rugby player
• 1973 – Jason Acuña, American actor and stuntman
• 1973 – Special Ed, American rapper and actor (Crooklyn Dodgers)
• 1973 – Tori Spelling, American actress, producer, and author
• 1974 – Laura Pausini, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1974 – Sonny Sandoval, American singer-songwriter (P.O.D.)
• 1974 – Adam Richman, American actor and television host
• 1975 – B.Slade, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1975 – Khalid al-Mihdhar, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (d. 2001)
• 1975 – Tony Kakko, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sonata Arctica and Northern Kings)
• 1976 – Dirk Nannes, Australian-Dutch cricketer
• 1977 – Dolcenera, Italian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1977 – Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress
• 1977 – Emilíana Torrini Icelandic singer-songwriter (GusGus)
• 1978 – Scott Nicholls, English motorcycle racer
• 1978 – Lionel Scaloni, Argentinian footballer
• 1978 – Jim Sturgess, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1979 – McKenzie Lee, English porn actress
• 1979 – Barbara Nedeljáková, Slovak actress
• 1980 – Nuria Llagostera Vives, Spanish tennis player
• 1981 – Ricardo Costa, Portuguese footballer
• 1981 – Joseph Morgan, English actor
• 1981 – Taavi Rähn, Estonian footballer
• 1982 – Billy Crawford, Filipino-American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1982 – Ju Ji-hoon, South Korean actor
• 1982 – Łukasz Kubot, Polish tennis player
• 1982 – Hanna Mariën, Belgian sprinter
• 1983 – Nancy Ajram, Lebanese singer
• 1983 – Daniel Kerr, Australian footballer
• 1983 – Kyle Wellwood, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Dario Cvitanich, Argentinian footballer
• 1984 – Tomas Fleischmann, Czech ice hockey player
• 1984 – Mickie Knuckles, American wrestler
• 1984 – Jensen Lewis, American baseball player
• 1984 – Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
• 1985 – Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor
• 1985 – Anja Mittag, German footballer
• 1985 – Tadayoshi Okura, Japanese singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Kanjani Eight)
• 1985 – Rodrigo Peters Marques, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 – Corey Perry, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Kazuhito Tanaka, Japanese gymnast
• 1986 – Megan Fox, American actress
• 1986 – Andy Keogh, Irish footballer
• 1987 – Tom Onslow-Cole, English race car driver
• 1988 – Abella Anderson, Cuban-American pornographic actress and spokesmodel
• 1988 – Jesús Castillo, Mexican footballer
• 1988 – Martynas Gecevičius, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1988 – Jaak Põldma, Estonian tennis player
• 1989 – Behati Prinsloo, Namibian model
• 1990 – Amanda Carreras, Gibraltarian tennis player
• 1990 – Thomas Sangster, English actor
• 1990 – Darko Šarović, Serbian sprinter
• 1990 – Omar Strong, American basketball player
• 1990 – Charlotte Crosby, English reality television personality
• 1991 – Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgarian tennis player
• 1991 – Ashley Wagner, American figure skater
• 1992 – Jeff Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1993 – IU, South Korean singer and actress
• 1993 – Karol Mets, Estonian footballer
• 1994 – Kathinka von Deichmann, Liechtensteinerin tennis player
• 1994 – Miles Heizer, American actor
• 1996 – Louisa Chirico, American tennis player
• 1998 – Ariel Waller, Canadian actress

Deaths

• 1182 – John Komnenos Vatatzes, Byzantine general (b. 1132)
• 1265 – Simon Stock, English-French saint (b. 1165)
• 1569 – Dirk Willems, Dutch anabaptist
• 1620 – William Adams, English sailor and navigator (b. 1564)
• 1657 – Andrew Bobola, Polish missionary and martyr (b. 1591)
• 1667 – Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1607)
• 1669 – Pietro da Cortona, Italian painter and architect, designed the Santi Luca e Martina (b. 1596)
• 1691 – Jacob Leisler, German-American politician, 8th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1640)
• 1703 – Charles Perrault, French author (b. 1628)
• 1778 – Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician (b. 1718)
• 1790 – Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (b. 1720)
• 1818 – Matthew Lewis, English author and playwright (b. 1775)
• 1830 – Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1768)
• 1882 – Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (b. 1799)
• 1980 – Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
• 1891 – Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821)
• 1913 – Louis Perrier, Swiss politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 – Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
• 1926 – Mehmed VI, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1861)
• 1940 – Jacques Goudstikker, Dutch art dealer (b. 1897)
• 1943 – Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist (b. 1865)
• 1944 – George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1947 – Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1947 – Zhang Lingfu, Chinese general (b. 1903)
• 1953 – Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer (Quintette du Hot Club de France) (b. 1910)
• 1954 – Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (b. 1893)
• 1955 – James Agee, American author, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1909)
• 1956 – H. B. Reese, American candy-maker and businessman, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (b. 1876)
• 1957 – Eliot Ness, American federal agent (b. 1903)
• 1959 – Elisha Scott, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1894)
• 1961 – George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1881)
• 1977 – Modibo Keïta, Malian politician, 1st President of Mali (b. 1915)
• 1979 – A. Philip Randolph, American union leader and activist (b. 1889)
• 1981 – Ernie Freeman, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1922)
• 1981 – Willy Hartner, German physician and educator (b. 1905)
• 1984 – Andy Kaufman, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1949)
• 1984 – Irwin Shaw, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1913)
• 1985 – Margaret Hamilton, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1990 – Sammy Davis, Jr., American singer, dancer, and actor (b. 1925)
• 1990 – Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, screenwriter, and producer, created The Muppets (b. 1936)
• 1992 – Chalino Sánchez, Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1960)
• 1993 – Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1938)
• 1994 – Alain Cuny, French actor (b. 1908)
• 1996 – Jeremy Michael Boorda, American admiral (b. 1939)
• 1997 – Elbridge Durbrow, American diplomat (b. 1903)
• 2000 – Bodacious, American bull (b. 1988)
• 2002 – Alec Campbell, Australian soldier (b. 1899)
• 2003 – Mark McCormack, American lawyer and sports agent, founded IMG (b. 1930)
• 2005 – Andrew Goodpaster, American general (b. 1915)
• 2008 – Robert Mondavi, American winemaker, co-founded the Opus One Winery (b. 1913)
• 2010 – Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, Heaven & Hell, and Elf) (b. 1942)
• 2010 – Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1918)
• 2011 – Ralph Barker, English author (b. 1917)
• 2011 – Bob Davis, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1928)
• 2011 – Edward Hardwicke, English actor (b. 1932)
• 2011 – Kiyoshi Kodama, Japanese actor (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Patricia Aakhus, American author (b. 1952)
• 2012 – James Abdnor, American politician, 30th Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Maria Bieşu, Moldovan opera singer (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Ernie Chan, Filipino-American illustrator (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Pat Dickie, Australian politician (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Kurt Felix, Swiss television host (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Hugo Gottfrit, Argentinian footballer (b. 1951)
• 2012 – Kevin Hickey, American baseball player (b. 1956)
• 2013 – Kristen Kyrre Bremer, Norwegian bishop (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Angelo Errichetti, American politician (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Bryan Illerbrun, Canadian football player (b. 1957)
• 2013 – Frankie Librán, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1948)
• 2013 – Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Paul Shane, English actor and singer (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Dick Trickle, American race car driver (b. 1941)
• 2013 – Bernard Waber, American author and illustrator (b. 1921)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Aaron (Coptic Church)
  • Abda and Abdjesus, and companions:
    • Abdas of Susa
  • Andrew Bobola
  • Brendan the Navigator (Roman Catholic Church)
  • Germerius
  • Honoratus of Amiens
  • John of Nepomuk
  • Margaret of Cortona
  • Peregrine of Auxerre
  • Simon Stock
  • Ubald (see Saint Ubaldo Day)
  • May 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Mass Graves Day (Iraq)
• National Day, declared by Salva Kiir Mayardit (South Sudan)
• Teachers' Day (Malaysia)

External links

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