What Happened on my Birthday May 16

Today is May 16, the 136th day. There are 229 days left in the year. Did you ever wonder
"What happened on my birthday May 16?" "What famous person was born on my birthday May 16", "What historical event took place on the day I was born, May 16?", " What does my birthday reveal about my personality ?" or "What special celebrations took place during my birth month, May?" This blog offers information about historical happenings, famous birthdays and Numerology

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May 16 Events




Today's Highlight in History: On May 16, 1929, the first Academy Awards were presented during a banquet at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The movie "Wings" won "best production," while Emil Jannings and Janet Gaynor were named best actor and best actress.

What Happened on my Birthday May 16 in US


1866, Congress authorized minting of the first five-cent piece, also known as the "Shield nickel." In 1868, the Senate failed by one vote to convict President Andrew Johnson as it took its first ballot on the eleven articles of impeachment against him.
1939, the government began its first food stamp program in Rochester, N.Y.
1948, CBS News correspondent George Polk, who'd been covering the Greek civil war between Communist and nationalist forces, was found slain in Solonica Harbor.
1984, comedian Andy Kaufman died in Los Angeles at age 35.
1999 The Justice Department said preliminary figures from the FBI indicated a decline in serious crime in 1998 for the seventh consecutive year.
2004 The United States announced a new initiative to speed up the approval process for new combination drugs for AIDS that was designed to bring cheap, easy-to-use treatment to millions of people in Africa and the Caribbean. Pope John Paul II named six new saints, including Gianna Beretta Molla, revered by foes of abortion because she'd refused to end her pregnancy despite warnings it could kill her. (Beretta Molla, an Italian pediatrician, died in 1962 at age 39, a week after giving birth to her fourth child.)
2008 President George W. Bush visited Saudi Arabia, where he failed to win help from Saudi leaders to relieve skyrocketing American gas prices. Osama bin Laden said in an audio statement that al-Qaida would continue its holy war against Israel and its allies until the liberation of Palestine. U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Tyrone L. Hadnott, accused of raping a 14-year-old Japanese girl in Okinawa, Japan, was found guilty of abusive sexual conduct by a U.S. military court and sentenced to four years in prison.
Robert Mondavi, the patriarch of wine country California, died in Yountville at age 94

What Happened on my Birthday May 16 in UK and Other History

1770, Marie Antoinette, age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15.
1920, Joan of Arc was canonized by Pope Benedict XV.
1960, a Big Four summit conference in Paris collapsed on its opening day as the Soviet Union leveled spy charges against the U.S. in the wake of the U-2 incident.
1975, climber Junko Tabei from Japan became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
1989, during his visit to Beijing, Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev met with Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, formally ending a 30-year rift between the two Communist powers.

Famous Birthdays

1904 Henry Fonda
1948 UK TV Presenter Judy Finnigan
1953 Actor Pierce Brosnan
1955 Soviet-born gymnast Olga Korbut
1966 Singer Janet Jackson
1970 Tennis player Gabriela Sabatini

What does my birthday reveal about my personality

Numerology was an accepted part of ancient mathematics and revolves around the study of numbers, with each number from 0 to 9 representing a different personality trait based on its association with planets and/or moons in our solar system.

May 16
16 ie 1+6=7

7 is your primary birth path. You are A Seeker, one with a peaceful and affectionate soul.

To get your secondary birth path you need to work out your year
Example: if you were born in 1991 that is 1+9+9+1=20 which is 2+0=2
so add month 5 to day 7 to your year calculation. In this example 5+7+2=14 which is 1+4=5 so you are also An Opportunist, one of those people who is always striving to find answers to the many questions that life poses

Note 11 is 11 not 1+1=2 and 22 is 22 not 2+2=4

Number 1 = One who has a need for personal attainment or an Achiever. Number 2 = One who clearly sees the full spectrum of viewpoints in any argument or situation, Idealist. Number 3 = Artist, one that emphasizes expression, sociability, and creativity. Number 4 = The most trustworthy, practical, and down-to-earth of individuals, a Pragmatist. Number 5 = An Opportunist, one of those people who is always striving to find answers to the many questions that life poses. Number 6 = A Caregiver, you feel a strong sense of responsibility, are idealistic and need to feel useful to be happy. Number 7 = A Seeker, one with a peaceful and affectionate soul. Number 8 = Affluent, one who is very independent, forceful and competitive. Number 9 = A Philosopher, a person with compassion, generosity, and a very humanitarian attitude. Number 11 = A Visionary, one with spiritual awareness, understanding and knowledge beyond the grasp of others. Number 22 = A Global Thinker, the most powerful of all the Life Path numbers. This individual can achieve enormous success, prestige, and fame if they have the desire and willingness to achieve it.

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What Happened on my Birthday May 16


This ‘What Happened on my Birthday May 16’ blog entry is copyright of Jon Bratton 2009

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Today is Saturday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2009. There are 222 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On May 23, 1934, bank robbers Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot to death in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.

On this date:

In 1430, Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians, who sold her to the English.

In 1533, the marriage of England's King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon was declared null and void.

In 1701, William Kidd was hanged in London after he was convicted of piracy and murder.

In 1788, South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

In 1939, the Navy submarine USS Squalus sank during a test dive off the New England coast. Thirty-two crew members and one civilian were rescued, but 26 others died; the sub was salvaged and recommissioned the USS Sailfish.

In 1944, during World War II, Allied forces bogged down in Anzio began a major breakout offensive.

In 1945, Nazi official Heinrich Himmler committed suicide while imprisoned in Luneburg, Germany.

In 1949, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) was established.

In 1960, Israel announced it had captured former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann in Argentina. (Eichmann was tried in Israel, found guilty of crimes against humanity, and hanged in 1962.)

In 1984, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop issued a report saying there was "very solid" evidence linking cigarette smoke to lung disease in nonsmokers.

Ten years ago: Social Democrat Johannes Rau won election to Germany's largely ceremonial presidency. Pro wrestler Owen Hart, also known as "The Blue Blazer," died when he fell 78 feet from a cable as he was being lowered into the ring at a World Wrestling Federation show in Kansas City, Mo. "Rosetta," a Belgian film, won top honors at the 52nd annual Cannes Film Festival.

Five years ago: A large section of roof of a new passenger terminal at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport collapsed, killing four people. A river ferry capsized in eastern Bangladesh during a storm, leaving as many as 200 dead.

One year ago: Hillary Rodham Clinton quickly apologized after citing the June 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy as a reason to remain in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination despite increasingly long odds. Televangelist John Hagee parted ways with John McCain following a storm over his endorsement of the Republican presidential candidate. (McCain rejected Hagee's endorsement after an audio recording surfaced in which the preacher said God had sent Adolf Hitler to help Jews reach the promised land.) Myanmar's rulers lifted a ban on foreign aid workers and commercial ships, but refused cyclone aid from U.S., French and British military ships.

Today's Birthdays: Actress Betty Garrett is 90. Pianist Alicia de Larrocha is 86. Bluegrass singer Mac Wiseman is 84. Actor Nigel Davenport is 81. Actress Barbara Barrie is 78. Actress Joan Collins is 76. Actor Charles Kimbrough is 73. R&B singer General Johnson (Chairmen of the Board) is 66. Actress Lauren Chapin is 64. Country singer Misty Morgan is 64. Country singer Judy Rodman is 58. Singer Luka Bloom is 54. Actor-comedian Drew Carey is 51. Country singer Shelly West is 51. Actor Linden Ashby is 49. Actress-model Karen Duffy is 48. Rock musician Phil Selway (Radiohead) is 42. Actress Laurel Holloman is 41. Rock musician Matt Flynn (Maroon 5) is 39. Singer Lorenzo is 37. Country singer Brian McComas is 37. Singer Maxwell is 36. Singer Jewel is 35. Actor Lane Garrison is 29. Actor Adam Wylie is 25.

Thought for Today: "He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward." - Henry Emerson Fosdick, American clergyman (1878-1969).