May 16
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Events
- 1836 - Edgar Allan Poe marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia.
- 1920 – In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc as a saint.
- 1929 – In Hollywood, California, the first Academy Awards are handed out.
- 1960 - Peeping Tom gets its cinematic release.
Births
- 1898 - Tamara de Lempicka, Polish Art Deco painter
- 1944 - Billy Cobham, American virtuoso drummer
- 1946 - Robert Fripp, English guitarist King Crimson
- 1962 - Lisa Yuskavage, American figurative painter
Deaths
- 1703 - Charles Perrault, French fairy tale writer
- 1953 - Django Reinhardt, Belgian musician
- 1984 - Andy Kaufman, American comedian and actor
- 1992 - Marisa Mell, Austrian actress
Births
- 1898 – Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-born painter (d. 1980)
- 1898 – Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese film director (d. 1956)
- 1905 – Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982)
- 1906 – Alfred Pellan, French Canadian painter (d. 1988)
- 1906 – Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer (d. 2001)
- 1912 – Studs Terkel, American writer (d. 2008)
- 1919 – Liberace, American pianist (d. 1987)
- 1920 – Martine Carol, French actress (d. 1967)
- 1925 – Bobbejaan Schoepen, Belgian entertainer
- 1929 – Adrienne Rich, American writer
- 1944 – Billy Cobham, American virtuoso drummer
- 1946 – Robert Fripp, English guitarist (King Crimson)
- 1951 – Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer
- 1951 – Jonathan Richman, American proto-punk icon
- 1966 – Janet Jackson, American singer
Deaths
- 1703 – Charles Perrault, French author (b. 1628)
- 1778 – Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (b. 1718)
- 1782 – Daniel Solander, Swedish botanist (b. 1736)
- 1790 – Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (b. 1720)
- 1830 – Joseph Fourier, French scientist (b. 1768)
- 1891 – Ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821)
- 1913 – Louis Perrier, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1849)
- 1920 – Levi P. Morton, United States Vice President under Benjamin Harrision (b. 1824)
- 1926 – Mehmed VI, last Ottoman Sultan (b. 1861)
- 1943 – Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist (b. 1865)
- 1944 – George Ade, American author (b. 1866)
- 1947 – Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1861)
- 1953 – Django Reinhardt, Belgian musician (b. 1910)
- 1954 – Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (b. 1893)
- 1955 – James Agee, American writer (b. 1909)
- 1956 – H. B. Reese, American confectioner (b. 1876)
- 1957 – Eliot Ness, American federal agent (b. 1903)
- 1959 – Elisha Scott, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1894)
- 1961 – George A. Malcolm, American jurist & educator (b. 1881)
- 1969 – Robert R., American AIDS victim (b. 1954)
- 1975 – Al Helfer, American radio sportscaster (b. 1911)
- 1979 – A. Philip Randolph, American civil rights activist (b. 1889)
- 1981 – Ernie Freeman, American pianist and arranger (b. 1922)
- 1984 – Andy Kaufman, American comedian (b. 1949)
- 1984 – Irwin Shaw, American author (b. 1913)
- 1985 – Margaret Hamilton, American actress (b. 1902)
- 1988 – Charles Keeping, English illustrator (b. 1924)
- 1990 – Sammy Davis, Jr., American entertainer (b. 1925)
- 1990 – Jim Henson, American puppeteer (b. 1936)
- 1992 – Chalino Sanchez, Mexican musician (b. 1960)
- 1993 – Marv Johnson, American R&B and soul singer (b. 1938)
- 1996 – Jeremy Michael Boorda, American admiral (b. 1939)
- 1997 – Elbridge Durbrow, American diplomat (b. 1903)
- 2000 – Bodacious the Bull Famous rodeo bull (b. 1988)
- 2001 – Brian Pendleton, English musician (The Pretty Things) (b. 1944)
- 2002 – Alec Campbell, the last surviving ANZAC (b. 1899)
- 2002 – Big Dick Dudley, American professional wrestler (b. 1968)
- 2003 – Mark McCormack, American businessman (b. 1930)
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