May 16

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May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). There are 229 days until the end of the year.

2006 Calendar
January
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31        
February
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
      1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28        
March
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
      1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31  
April
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
            1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30            
May
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
  1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31      
June
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
        1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30  
July
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
            1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31          
August
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
    1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31    
September
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
          1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
October
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31        
November
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
      1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30    
December
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
          1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31            


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[edit] Events

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

  • 1620 - William Adams, English navigator and Japanese samurai (born 1564)
  • 1703 - Charles Perrault, French author (born 1628)
  • 1782 - Daniel Solander, Swedish botanist (born 1736)
  • 1891 - Ion C. Bratianu, Romanian statesman (born 1821)
  • 1926 - Mehmed VI, last Ottoman sultan (born 1861)
  • 1944 - George Ade, author (born 1866)
  • 1953 - Django Reinhardt, jazz musician (born 1910)
  • 1955 - James Agee, American writer (born 1909)
  • 1957 - Eliot Ness, federal agent (born 1903)
  • 1984 - Andy Kaufman, comedian (born 1949)
  • 1984 - Irwin Shaw, author (born 1913)
  • 1985 - Margaret Hamilton, actress (born 1902)
  • 1988 - Charles Keeping, illustrator (born 1924)
  • 1990 - Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets (born 1936)
  • 1990 - Sammy Davis, Jr., singer, actor, comedian (born 1925)
  • 2003 - Mark McCormack, sports business pioneer, founder of IMG (born 1930)

[edit] Holidays and observances

  • In the Irish Calendar - Feast of Saint Brendan the Navigator
  • The feast day of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church:
    • Ubaldus
    • Saint Honoré
    • John of Ponuk or John Nepomucene (1330 - 1393)
    • Adrew Bobola
    • Simon Stock
  • Pentecost (also known as Whit Monday) in Western Christianity (2005)
  • Adelaide Cup day - South Australia (2005)