16th May anniversaries

• Birth
• event
  • 1643
  • Great Britain
  • Battle of Stratton where Hopton for the Royalist defeated the Parliamentarians under the Earl of Stamford. more
  • 1915
  • Great Britain
  • The first branch of the Women's Institute (WI) to hold a meeting in Britain was in Llanfair PG (Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch).
  • 1918
  • United States
  • "US Congress passed the Sedition Act, which restricted freedom of speech – especially criticism of the government – during wartime."
  • 1929
  • United States
  • The first Academy Awards were presented at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
  • 1943
  • Great Britain
  • Dam Buster' raids on Ruhr dams by RAF
• Death
  • 1984
  • United States
  • "Death of Andy Kaufman, American actor and entertainer. (Played Latka Gravas in Taxi and appeared in numerous US comedy shows)"
  • 1984
  • United States
  • "Death of Irwin Shaw, award-winning American writer"