Wednesday, May 16, 2018

History for May 16

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History for May 16 - On-This-Day.com
William Seward (William Henry Seward, Sr.) 1801 - Governor of New York, U.S. Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln, Henry Fonda 1905 - Actor, father of Jane Fonda and Peter Fonda, Margret Rey 1906 - Co-author and illustrator of children's books (Curious George)
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Liberace (Wladziu Valentino Liberace) 1919 - Musician, Pierce Brosnan 1952 - Actor ("Remington Steel," "Dante's Peak," "Golden Eye"), Debra Winger 1955 - Actress
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1770 - Marie Antoinette, at age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15.
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1868 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson was acquitted during the Senate impeachment, by one vote.
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1963 - After 22 Earth orbits Gordon Cooper returned to Earth, ending Project Mercury.
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1965 - Spaghetti-O's were sold for the first time.
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1971 - U.S. postage for a one-ounce first class stamp was increased from 6 to 8 cents.
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1985 - Michael Jordan was named Rookie of the Year in the NBA.
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1987 - The Bobro 400 set sail from New York Harbor with 3,200 tons of garbage. The barge travelled 6,000 miles in search of a place to dump its load. It returned to New York Harbor after 8 weeks with the same load.
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1988 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police do not have to have a search warrant to search discarded garbage.
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