Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 16: Difference between revisions

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File:Lockheed F-104 Starfighter.jpg|F-104 Starfighter

File:Theodore Maiman 1960.jpg|Theodore Maiman with his laser

File:Flag of Sikkim (1967-1975).svg|Flag of Sikkim, prior to its 1975 annexation with India

File:Lauffen-Frankfurt 1891e 600px.png|Three-phase generator at the Lauffen power station

File:Conestoga wagon on Oregon Trail - NARA - 286056 crop.jpg|Reenactment of a covered wagon on the Oregon Trail

File:Chuck E. Cheese animatronic, Laguna Hills, CA.jpg|Animatronic Chuck E. Cheese

File:5.16 Coup Park Chung-hee.jpg|Park Chung-hee (center)

File:Triton fountain Valletta.jpg|Triton Fountain

File:Shield nickel obverse by Howard Spindel.png|Shield nickel

File:Flag of Sikkim (1967-1975).svg|Flag of Sikkim, prior to its 1975 annexation by India

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| '''[[Teachers' Day]]''' in Malaysia

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| [[1204]] – [[Fourth Crusade]]: Count '''[[Baldwin I, Latin Emperor|{{nowrap|Baldwin IX}} of Flanders]]''' was crowned the first [[Latin Empire|Latin Emperor]] in [[Constantinople]].

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| [[1527]] – The [[Medici]] were driven from '''[[Florence]]''' and a [[republic]] was re-established.

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| [[1532]] – Sir '''[[Thomas More]]''' resigned as [[Lord Chancellor]] of England.

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| [[1771]] – The '''[[Battle of Alamance]]'''—the final battle of the [[War of the Regulation]], a rebellion in [[Province of North Carolina|colonial North Carolina]] over issues of taxation and local control—was fought.

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| [[1843]] – The first major [[wagon train]] heading for the [[Pacific Northwest]] set out on the '''[[Oregon Trail]]'''<!-- ''(reenactment pictured)''--> with more than a hundred pioneers from [[Elm Grove, Missouri]].

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|[[1866]] – '''[[Root beer]]''' was first prepared commercially by American [[pharmacist]] [[Charles Elmer Hires]].

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|[[1877]] – French President [[Patrice de Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta|Patrice de Mac-Mahon]] dismissed [[Jules Simon]] and installed [[Albert, 4th duc de Broglie|Albert, Duc de Broglie]] as prime minister, triggering '''[[16 May 1877 crisis|a political crisis]]''' in the [[French Third Republic]].

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| [[1891]] – The '''[[International Electrotechnical Exhibition]]''' opened in [[Frankfurt]], Germany, featuring the world's first long distance transmission of [[three-phase electric power]] from the generator {{convert|175|km|mi|abbr=on}} away at [[Lauffen am Neckar]].

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| [[1916]] – The United Kingdom and France signed the '''[[Sykes–Picot Agreement]]''', a secret agreement considered to have shaped the Middle East, defining the borders of Iraq and Syria.

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| [[1966]] – Chinese leader [[Mao Zedong]] launched the '''[[Cultural Revolution]]''' officially as a campaign to rid China of its liberal bourgeois elements and to continue revolutionary [[class struggle]].

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|[[1988]] – A report by United States Surgeon General [[C. Everett Koop]] stated that the [[addiction|addictive]] properties of '''[[nicotine]]''' are similar to those of [[heroin]] and [[cocaine]].

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|[[2003]] – In the deadliest terrorist attack in Morocco's history, '''[[2003 Casablanca bombings|a series of suicide bombings]]''' in [[Casablanca]] killed 33 civilians and 12 out of the 14 bombers.

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|'''[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]]'''<!--Italian mathematician, female--> |b|1718|

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* [[1811]] – [[Peninsular War]]: Allied British, Spanish, and Portuguese forces clashed with French troops at the '''[[Battle of Albuera]]''' fought south of [[Badajoz]], Spain.

* [[1832]] – Prospector [[Juan Godoy]]<!--not bold, short--> discovered a silver [[outcrop]] in [[Chañarcillo]], sparking the '''[[Chilean silver rush]]'''.

* [[1866]] – The United States Congress authorized the minting of the '''[[Shield nickel]]''' ''(example pictured)'', the country's first [[Nickel (United States coin)|five-cent piece]] to be made of a [[Cupronickel|copper–nickel alloy]].

* [[1918]] – The '''[[Sedition Act of 1918|Sedition Act]]''' was passed in the United States, forbidding Americans from using "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about [[Federal government of the United States|the government]], [[Flag of the United States|flag]], or [[United States Armed Forces|armed forces]] during the ongoing World War&nbsp;I.

* [[1925]] – The first modern performance of [[Claudio Monteverdi]]'s opera '''''[[Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria]]''''' occurred in Paris.

* [[1943]] – [[World War II|Second World War]]: The [[Royal Air Force]]'s "[[No. 617 Squadron RAF|Dambusters]]" squadron embarked on [[Operation Chastise|an attack on German dams]]<!--not bold, refimprove--> using '''[[bouncing bomb]]s''' designed by [[Barnes Wallis]].

* [[1958]] – The '''[[Lockheed F-104 Starfighter|Lockheed {{nowrap|F-104}} Starfighter]]''', a supersonic [[interceptor aircraft]], set a world [[flight airspeed record]] of {{cvt|2259.538|km/h|mph|order=flip}}.

* [[1959]] – The '''[[Tritons' Fountain]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)''--> in [[Valletta]], one of Malta's most important [[Modernism|Modernist]] landmarks, was turned on for the first time.

* [[1960]] – American physicist '''[[Theodore Maiman]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)''--> operated the first working [[laser]]<!--not bold, refimprove section--> at [[HRL Laboratories|Hughes Research Laboratories]] in [[Malibu, California|Malibu]].

* [[1961]] – Led by [[Park Chung-hee]], the Military Revolution Committee carried out '''[[May 16 coup|a bloodless coup]]''' against the government of [[Yun Posun]] in Seoul, ending the [[Second Republic of Korea]].

* [[1975]] – Based on the results of a referendum held about one month earlier, the [[Kingdom of Sikkim]]<!--not bold, needs more footnotes--> ''(flag pictured)'' abolished its monarchy and was annexed to become the '''[[Sikkim|22nd state of India]]'''.

* [[1977]] – The first '''[[Chuck E. Cheese]]''' location, the first [[family restaurant]] to integrate food, [[Animatronics|animated entertainment]] ''(example pictured)'', and an indoor [[Amusement arcade|arcade]], opened in [[San Jose, California]].

* [[2014]] – At least 12 people were killed and 70 others injured when '''[[2014 Gikomba bombings|two bombs exploded]]''' in a market in [[Nairobi]], Kenya.

* Born/died: | '''[[John Komnenos Vatatzes]]'''<!--Byzantine military leader--> |d|1182| '''[[Liu Bowen]]'''<!--Chinese philosopher--> |d|1375| '''[[Andrew Bobola]]'''<!--Polish missionary--> |d|1657| '''[[Horace Hutchinson]]'''<!--English golfer--> |b|1859|'''[[Margaret Fountaine]]'''<!--English biologist--> |b|1862| '''[[Pierre Gilliard]]'''<!--Swiss academic--> |b|1879| '''[[Henri-Edmond Cross]]'''<!--French painter--> |d|1910| '''[[Margaret Ursula Jones]]'''<!--English archaeologist--> |b|1916| '''[[Margaret Ursula Jones]]''' <!--English archaelogist--> |b|1916| '''[[Nancy Roman]]'''<!--American astronomer--> |b|1925| '''[[Janet Jackson]]'''<!--American singer--> |b|1966| '''[[Tucker Carlson]]'''<!--American TV personality--> |b|1969| '''[[Anna Costanza Baldry]]'''<!--Italian psychologist--> |b|1970|

==Notes==

* [[Alison Hargreaves]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 14|May 14]], so Junko Tabei should not appear in the same year

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* [[1426]] – '''[[Mohnyin Thado]]''' captured [[Sagaing]] to become the king of [[Kingdom of Ava|Ava]], in present-day Myanmar.

* [[1605]] – After a scuffle in which one [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] received broken bones, '''[[May 1605 papal conclave|a papal conclave]]''' convened in Rome elected Camillo Borghese as [[Pope Paul&nbsp;V]].

* [[1929]] – The '''[[1st Academy Awards|first Academy Awards ceremony]]''' was held at [[The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel]] in Los Angeles, California.

* [[1975]] – Japanese climber '''[[Junko Tabei]]''' ''(pictured)'' became the first woman to reach the summit of [[Mount Everest]].

{{Born and died list| '''[[Pietro da Cortona]]'''<!--Italian painter--> |d|1669| '''[[William H. Seward]]'''<!--American politician--> |b|1801| '''[[Amanda Asay]]'''<!--Canadian baseball player--> |b|1988}}

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