This Day In History
May 16
Voltaire is imprisoned in the Bastille Louis marries Marie Antoinette Georgia Patriot Button Gwinnett receives fatal wound in duel New York City establishes hospital for cholera victims Union wins the Battle of Champion Hill Senate acquits Johnson of high crimes and misdemeanors Outlaw Dick Fellows is released U.S. Congress passes Sedition Act First Academy Awards ceremony First Academy Awards ceremony Warsaw Ghetto uprising ends As Brits launch Operation Chastise, Germans launch Operation Gypsy Baron GM dedicates new technical center U.S.-Soviet summit meeting collapses Mary Wells gives Motown Records its first #1 hit with "My Guy" Accident at Bien Hoa kills 27 U.S. servicemen Navy Corpsman receives Medal of Honor for action Protests mount in France U.S. bombing destroys main fuel line Japanese woman scales Everest A nurse steals another woman's unborn baby Magic plays center as a rookie, wins championship
Voltaire is imprisoned in the Bastille Louis marries Marie Antoinette Georgia Patriot Button Gwinnett receives fatal wound in duel New York City establishes hospital for cholera victims Union wins the Battle of Champion Hill Senate acquits Johnson of high crimes and misdemeanors Outlaw Dick Fellows is released U.S. Congress passes Sedition Act First Academy Awards ceremony First Academy Awards ceremony Warsaw Ghetto uprising ends As Brits launch Operation Chastise, Germans launch Operation Gypsy Baron GM dedicates new technical center U.S.-Soviet summit meeting collapses Mary Wells gives Motown Records its first #1 hit with "My Guy" Accident at Bien Hoa kills 27 U.S. servicemen Navy Corpsman receives Medal of Honor for action Protests mount in France U.S. bombing destroys main fuel line Japanese woman scales Everest A nurse steals another woman's unborn baby Magic plays center as a rookie, wins championship
