Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of May 16:
1558 Andreas of Austria Bohemia cardinal/Governor of Netherlands (1598-1600)
1609 Ferdinand Austria, cardinal of Spain/Governor of Netherlands
1641 Dudley North financier/economist
1659 Campegius Vitringa Dutch theologist
1718 Maria G Agnesi Italy mathematician curves= x²y=a²(a-y)
1748 Antonius van Alphen apostolic vicar of De Bosch
1761 John Opie artist
1763 Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium)
1782 John Sell Cotman water color artist
1788 Friedrich Rückert poet
1801 William Henry Seward Secretary of State (1861-69, buys Alaska at 2¢/acre)
1804 Elizabeth Palmer Peabody educator/founder (1st US kindergarten)
1806 George C Cadwalader Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879
1816 Henry Hopkins Sibley Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1886
1819 Daniel Ammen Captain (Union Navy), died in 1898
1822 Eduard Hille Dutch composer/conductor
1824 Edmund Kirby-Smith Florida, West Point graduate/educator/General (Confederate Army)
1824 Levi Parsons Morton (R) 22nd US Vice President (1889-93)
1827 Petrus J H Cuypers architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station)
1831 David Edward Hughes inventor (microphone, teleprinter)
1832 Philip Danforth Armour founder (Armour Foods)
1845 Dietrich Schäfer German historian (Deutsche Hanse)
1850 Arthur Henry Mann organist/composer
1857 Juan Morel Campos composer
1858 Frank Lynes composer
1858 Hanus Trnecek composer
1866 Ernest Watson Burgess US sociologist (ecological school)
1878 Taylor Holmes Newark NJ, actor (Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely)
1880 Julius Tannen NY, comedian (Great Moment, House of Frankenstein)
1887 Bull Montana Vogliera Italy, actor (Brass Buttons, Victory)
1887 J van Hoddis writer
1889 Joan Collette Dutch (male) painter (New Church, Delft)
1892 Coenraad B van Haeringen linguist/etymologist (Dutch Dictionary)
1892 Richard Tauber [Ernst Seiffert], Austria/British, tenor/conductor
1893 José Calvo Sotelo Spanish minister of Finance (1925-30)
1893 Paul Amadeus Pisk composer
1897 Walther Geiser composer
1898 August de Schrijver Belgian politician/founder (CVP)
19-- Carolyn Conwell Chicago IL, actress (Mary-Young & Restless)
1902 Jan Kiepura Sosnowiec Poland, vocalist/actor (Her Wonderful Lie)
1904 Hugh Plaxton Canada, ice hockey player (Olympics-gold-1928)
1904 Lily Pons opera singer/actress (That Girl From Paris)
1905 H[erbert] E[rnest] Bates novelist (Feast for July, Love for Lydia)
1905 Henry Fonda Grand Island NE, actor (Mr Roberts, On Golden Pond)
1906 Arturo Uslar Pietri Venezuela, writer/minister (Lanzas Coloradas)
1906 Ernie McCormick cricketer (Australian quickie of late 30's)
1906 Nicholas Beriozoff ballet master
1907 Robert Tisdall Ireland, 400 meter hurdles (Olympics-gold-1932)
1908 Hilary Preston editor
1908 Mohammed Roem Indonesian foreign minister (Linggadjati)
1909 Charles Wislon principal (Glasgow University)
1911 Margaret Sullavan Norfolk VA, actress (Back Street)
1911 Olaff J de Landell [JB Wemmerslager van Sparwoude], writer
1912 Studs Terkel New York NY, author/host (Stud's Place, Working)
1913 Woody Herman jazz clarinetist/bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds)
1916 Adriana Caselotti cartoon voice
1916 Bernard Braden broadcaster/actor (All Night Lone, Full Treatment)
1916 Ephraim Katzir biophysicist/President (Israel)
1916 Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro doctor/social reformer
1917 George Gaynes Helsinki Finland, actor (Henry-Punky Brewster)
1917 Geraint Jones conductor/organist
1918 Edward Thomas historian/intelligence expert
1918 Juan Rulfo Mexican writer (Pedro Páramo)
1918 Kevin Skelton Bishop (Lichfield)
1919 [Wladziu Valentino] Liberace West Allis WI, pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman)
1919 Richard Mason author
1920 Martine Carol [Maryse Mopurer] Saint-Mande France, actress (Nana)
1921 Harry Carey Jr Saugus CA, actor (She Wore a Yellow Ribbon)
1921 Robert Croften Brown politician
1922 Colin Cole Principal King of Arms
1922 Russell Wood treasurer (Queen Elizabeth)
1924 Dawda Kairaba Jawara President (Gambia, 1970-94)
1924 Frank F Mankiewicz New York NY, columnist (Perfectly Clear)
1926 Jan Zimmer composer
1927 John Walford solicitor
1928 Billy Martin baseball 2nd baseman/manager (New York Yankees, Oakland A's)
1928 Reginald Askew dean (King's College London)
1929 Adrienne Cecile Rich Baltimore MD, feminist writer (Diamond Cutters)
1929 John Conyers Jr (Representative-D-MI, 1965- )
1929 Osmo Uolevi Lindeman composer
1930 Desmond Langley Governor (Bermuda)
1930 Don Conicannon government minister
1930 Friedrich Gulda Austrian pianist/composer (Hangman's Songs)
1931 Donald James Martino Plainfield NJ, composer (Noturnno-Pulitzer 1974)
1931 Donald Martino Plainfield NJ, composer (Noturnno-Pulitzer 1974)
1931 Jack Dodson Pittsburgh PA, actor (Howard Sprage-Andy Griffith Show)
1931 Lowell P Weicker (Senator-R-CT, 1971-88/Governor-D-CT)
1931 Peter Levi poet/writer
1932 Isaac "Redd" Holt US drummer (Young-Holt Unlimited-In Crowd)
1934 Anthony Walker commandant (Royal College of Defense Studies)
1934 Nicholas Goodison CEO (TSB Group)
1936 Philippe de Montebello Paris France, art exhibitionist (Treasures of Tut)
1936 Roy Hudd comedian (Blood Beast Terror, Vampire Beast Craves Blood)
1937 James Hunt Jr (Governor-NC)
1937 Yvonne Craig Taylorville IL, actress (Batgirl-Batman, Kissin Cousin)
1938 Anthony Walker commandant (Royal College of Defense Studies)
1938 Stuart Bell MP
1940 Bernardo Bertolucci Parma Italy, director (1900, Last Emperor)
1940 Gareth Roberts chancellor (Sheffield University)
1941 John McWilliams MP
1941 Maurice Henry Weddington composer
1943 Dan Coats (Representative-R-IN, 1981- )
1943 Jon Jost director (All the Vermeers in New York)
1944 Billy Cobham Panamá, jazz artist (Same Ole Love)
1945 Brewster H Shaw Jr Cass City MI, Colonel USAF/astronaut (STS-9, STS 61B, STS-28)
1945 James Moran (Representative-D-VA)
1945 Nicky Chinn English songwriter/producer (Chinn & Chapman)
1946 Jessi B Wilson Mississippi, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1946 Roger Earl rocker (Foghat)
1947 Barbara Lee US singer (Chiffons, He's So Fine)
1947 Bill Smitrovich actor (Crime Story, Miami Vice)
1947 Rosie Barnes MP
1949 Jimmy Hood MP
1949 Rick Reuschel pitcher (New York Yankees)
1949 William Sputnik Spooner rock guitarist (Grateful Dead, Tubes)
1950 Jock Bartley rocker (Firefall)
1950 Johannes Bednorz German superconductivity physicist (Nobel 1987)
1951 Jonathan Richman rocker (Modern Lovers-New England, Egyptian Reggae)
1952 Pierce Brosnan Navan County Meath Ireland, actor (Remington Steele, James Bond-Golden Eye)
1953 David Maclean British minister of state
1953 Richard Page Los Angeles CA, rocker (Mr Mister)
1953 Rick Rhoden pitcher (New York Yankees)
1954 [Dafydd] Rhys Williams Saskatoon Canada, MD/astronaut (STS 90)
1954 Janet Maw actress (Sparrow, King John, Mayor of Casterbridge)
1955 Debra Winger Columbus OH, actress (Officer & Gentleman)
1955 Hazel O'Connor Coventry England, singer/actress (Breaking Glass)
1955 Jack Morris St Paul MN, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
1955 Olga Korbut Grodno Belorussia, gymnast (Olympics-2 gold-1972)
1957 Joan Benoit Samuelson Cape Elizabeth ME, marathoner (Olympics-gold-1984)
1958 Glenn Gregory rock vocalist (Heeaven 17-Electric Dreams)
1959 Bob Patterson Jacksonville FL, pitcher (Chicago Cubs)
1959 Mare Winningham Phoenix AZ, actress (St Elmo's Fire, Turner & Hooch)
1959 Ty Armstrong Waxahachie TX, Nike golfer (1993 Anheuser-Busch-19th)
1960 Anne Parillaud Paris France, actress (Subway, Nikita, Innocent Blood)
1961 Nina Arvesen White Plains NY, actress (Cassandra-Young & Restless)
1962 Gary Crocker cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman)
1963 Jimmy Osmond rocker (Osmond Brothers)
1964 John Salley NBA star (Detroit Pistons)
1965 Brent Jasmer Portland OR, actor (Sly-Bold & Beautiful)
1965 Lori Sippel Stratford Ontario, softball pitcher (Olympics-96)
1966 Janet Jackson Gary IN, singer, Michael's sister (Control)
1966 Scott Reeves Santa Monica CA, actor (Ryan-Young & Restless)
1966 Sean Quilty Australian marathoner (Olympics-96)
1966 Thurman Thomas NFL running back (Buffalo Bills)
1968 Ralph Tresvant Boston MA, singer (New Editon)
1969 Marcel Schewe cricketer (Holland wicket-keeper 1996 World Cup)
1969 Steven Earl Lewis Los Angeles CA, 4X100/400 meter runner (Olympics-gold-1988)
1969 Tracey Gold New York NY, actress (Carol-Growing Pains, Incredible Sunday)
1969 Tricia Cast actress (Nina-The Young and Restless)
1970 Eric Lynch NFL running back (Detroit Lions)
1970 Gabriela Sabatini Argentina, tennis player (Olympics-silver-1988)
1971 Khari Jones CFL/WLAF quarterback (British Columbia Lions, Scottish Claymores)
1972 Keith Burns NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1972 Matthew Hart cricketer (New Zealand lefty spinner 1994- )
1974 Conal Groom Northford CT, rower (Olympics-1996)
1974 Keith Thibodeaux cornerback (Washington Redskins)
1978 Vincent Larusso Livingston NJ, actor (Adam-Mighty Ducks, D2, D3)
1979 Evan Ferrante actor (Owen-Swan's Crossing)
1981 Jessica Ponzo Miss New Jersey Teen USA (1996)
Deaths which occurred on May 16:
0942 Saadiah Gaon head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies
1434 Pieter Appelmans Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60
1669 Pietro da Cortona [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies
1669 Reyer Anslo writer/poet, dies at about 42
1691 Jacob Leisler becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason
1703 Charles Perrault author/fairy tale writer, dies
1754 Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari composer, dies at 76
1762 Ernst Chreistian Hesse composer, dies at 86
1768 Cornelis Writer fleet supervisor, dies at about 81
1777 Button Gwinnet US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds
1782 Daniuel Charles Solander botanist, dies
1805 Christian Brunings hydraulic engineer, dies at 68
1819 Alexander van Bylandt military, dies at 75
1829 William Congreve English officer, dies at 56
1830 Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier mathematician, dies
1835 Felicia Dorothea Hemans poet/hymn writer, dies
1847 Kaspar Ett German organist/composer, dies at 59
1862 Lev A Ms Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40
1863 Lloyd Tilghman Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 47
1864 Lean Bear Cheyenne chief, murdered
1880 Karl August Krebs composer, dies at 76
1892 John Banvard painted world's largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies
1892 Theodoor J Canneel Flemish painter, dies at 74
1903 Eduard Rappoldi composer, dies at 72
1904 N I Bobrikov Russian Governor-General in Finland, dies
1910 Henri E Cross [Delacroix] French painter, dies at 53
1918 Eusapia Palladino Napolitan, dies at 64
1926 Mehmed VI Vahideddin (Mohammed Osman) last sultan of Turkey, dies
1928 Edmund William Grosse poet/author, dies
1929 Lilli Lehmann soprano, dies
1932 Ki Imukai premier of Japan (1931-32), murdered
1932 William Pember Reeves politician/poet, dies
1938 Stephen Fairbairn oarsman/coach, dies
1942 Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski anthropologist, dies
1944 George Ade US novelist/playwright (Counsel Widow), dies at 78
1944 Leone Sinigaglia composer, dies at 75
1944 Max Brand [Frederick Schiller Faust] western author, dies
1949 William Newzam Prior Nicholson painter/engraver, dies
1952 Alec Hearne cricketer (scored 9 in Test for England vs South Africa 1892), dies
1954 Clemens Krauss Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61
1954 Werner Bischof Swiss photographer, dies accidentally at 38
1955 James Agee US critic/writer (Death in Family), dies in New York
1958 Jeroom Verten [Jozef F Vermetten] Flemish playwright, dies at 49
1959 Joe Cook Stage comedian, dies at 69
1966 Randolph Turpin boxer, shot dead in his home
1969 Johnny Jordan cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at 44
1972 Maxime Dumoulin composer, dies at 79
1973 A P Gütersloh writer, dies at 86
1975 Michael X [Abdul Malik] hanged in Trinidad, for murder
1979 Asa Philip Randolph labor leader & civil rights pioneer, dies at 90
1983 Carel Brons composer, dies at 52
1984 Andy Kaufman comedian (Latka-Taxi), dies of cancer at 35
1984 Irwin Shaw US writer (Rich Man, Poor Man), dies at 71
1985 Margaret Hamilton actress (Wicked Witch-Wizard of Oz), dies from a heart attack at 82
1988 Kay Baxter Best Bodybuilder in the World (1983-85), dies in car crash at 42
1988 Louise Wood director of Girl Scouts of USA (1961-72), dies at 78
1989 Hassan Khaled sheik of Lebanon, murdered
1990 Dag Drollet Cheyenne Brando's boyfriend killed by brother Christian
1990 Jim Henson muppeteer (Sesame Street, Muppet Show), dies of pneumonia at 53
1990 Sammy Davis Jr entertainer (Golden Boy), dies from throat cancer at 64
1991 Prudence Nesbitt British actress/TV producer, dies
1992 Marisa Mell actress (Hostages), dies of cancer at 53
1993 Marv Johnson US soul singer (You Got What it Takes), dies at 54
1994 Alain Cuny actor (Lovers, Emanuelle, Camille Claudel), dies
1994 Barbara Jean Jones fictional character on General Hospital, dies at 7
1994 Phani Majumdar film director, dies at 82
1994 Vasek Simek Czechoslovakia/US, actor (Green Card, Mistress), dies at 66
1995 Lola Flores singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona), dies at 70
1995 Ragnhild Marie Hatton historian, dies at 82
1996 Edward McInnes German scholar, dies at 60
1996 Mike Jeremy Boorda Chief of Naval Operations (US Navy), commits suicide at 57
1996 Pierre Debizet resistance fighter/special agent, dies at 72
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
( Expanded with full Bios, history, & MIA report )
1968 CROSSON GERALD J. NEW YORK NY
1968 RICKEL DAVID J. FORT LAUDERDALE FL NO CHUTE OR BEEPER
1968 ROARK ANUND C. SAN DIEGO CA REMAINS RETURNED 5/31/68 ID 11/79
1968 ROMINE ALBERT W. BURLINGAME KS REMAINS RETURNED 5/31/68 ID 11/79
1970 CONNER EDWIN RAY HILLSBORO TX
1970 SKEEN RICHARD ROBERT RIVERSIDE CA
1971 CROOK ELLIOTT PHOENIX AZ
1971 FARLOW CRAIG L. CLEVELAND OH
1971 JACOBSON TIMOTHY J. OAKLAND CA
1971 NOLAN JOSEPH P. JR. OAK PARK IL
