Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
May 16
| 1770 | Marie Antoinette marries future King Louis XVI of France. | |
| 1863 | At the Battle of Champion's Hill, Union General Ulysess S. Grant repulses the Confederates, driving them into Vicksburg. | |
| 1868 | President Andrew Johnson is acquitted during Senate impeachment, by one vote, cast by Edmund G. Ross. | |
| 1879 | The Treaty of Gandamak between Russia and England sets up the Afghan state. | |
| 1920 | Joan of Arc is canonized in Rome. | |
| 1928 | The first Academy Awards are held in Hollywood. | |
| 1943 | A specially trained and equipped Royal Air Force squadron destroys two river dams in Germany. | |
| 1951 | Chinese Communist Forces launch second step, fifth-phase offensive and gain up to 20 miles of territory. | |
| 1960 | A Big Four summit in Paris collapses because of the American U-2 spy plane affair. | |
| 1963 | After 22 Earth orbits, Gordon Cooper returns to Earth, ending the last mission of Project Mercury. | |
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Born on May 16 |
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| 1801 | William Henry Seward, U.S. Secretary of State (1861-1869). | |
| 1804 | Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, founder of the first U.S. kindergarten. | |
| 1824 | Edmund Kirby-Smith, Confederate general during the American Civil War. | |
| 1850 | Johannes von Mikulica-Radecki, Polish surgical pioneer. | |
| 1886 | Douglas Southall Freeman, journalist, historian, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer. | |
| 1905 | Henry Fonda, American actor (Grapes of Wrath, On Golden Pond). | |
| 1912 | Studs Terkel, author and historian. | |
| 1913 | Woody Herman, jazz bandleader. | |
| 1929 | Betty Carter, jazz singer. | |
| 1929 | Adrienne Rich, poet (Diving into the Wreck). | |
| 1955 | Olga Korbut, Olympic gymnast. | |
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