May 16th, 1995

Born on May 16th, 1995

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What happened on May 16th?

May 16th, 1977

The first Chuck E. Cheese location, the first family restaurant to integrate food, animated entertainment (example pictured), and an indoor arcade, opened in San Jose, California.

May 16th, 1975

Japanese climber Junko Tabei (pictured) became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

May 16th, 1961

Led by Park Chung Hee, the Military Revolution Committee carried out a bloodless coup against the government of Yun Po-sun in Seoul, ending the Second Republic of Korea.

May 16th, 1960

American physicist Theodore Maiman operated the first working laser at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu.

May 16th, 1959

The Tritons' Fountain in Valletta, one of Malta's most important Modernist landmarks, was turned on for the first time.

May 16th, 1958

The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, a supersonic interceptor aircraft, set a world flight airspeed record of 1,404.012 mph (2,259.538 km/h).

May 16th, 1943

Second World War: The Royal Air Force's "Dambusters" squadron embarked on an attack on German dams using bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis.

May 16th, 1929

The first Academy Awards ceremony was held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

May 16th, 1925

The first modern performance of Claudio Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria occurred in Paris.

May 16th, 1918

The Sedition Act was passed in the United States, forbidding Americans from using "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the government, flag, or armed forces during the ongoing World War I.

May 16th, 1866

The United States Congress authorized the minting of the Shield nickel (example pictured), the country's first five-cent piece to be made of a copper–nickel alloy.

May 16th, 1832

Prospector Juan Godoy discovered a silver outcrop in Chañarcillo, sparking the Chilean silver rush.

May 16th, 1811

Peninsular War: Allied British, Spanish, and Portuguese forces clashed with French troops at the Battle of Albuera (depicted) fought south of Badajoz, Spain.

May 16th, 1605

After a scuffle in which one cardinal had several bones broken, a papal conclave convened in Rome elected Camillo Borghese as Pope Paul V.

May 16th, 1777

Button Gwinnett, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, is wounded in a duel with Continental Army officer Lachlan McIntosh, dying of his injuries several days later.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 16th

Born on May 16th, 1995

31

Giorgia Campana

Italian artistic gymnast

*May 16th, 1995, Rome

31

Mark Delgado

American soccer player

*May 16th, 1995, Glendora

31

Leevi Mutru

Finnish nordic combined skier

*May 16th, 1995, Asikkala

Same year
Born in 1995

31

Danna

Mexican singer, actress, composer and model

*June 23rd, 1995, Mexico City

30

Doja Cat

American rapper and singer

*October 21st, 1995, Tarzana

31

Melanie Martinez

American singer-songwriter

*April 28th, 1995, Astoria

30

Dominic Fike

American musician

*December 30th, 1995, Naples

30

Setyana Mapasa

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1995, Kawangkoan

30

Sofía Reyes

Mexican singer-songwriter

*September 25th, 1995, Monterrey

31

Shirin David

German rapper, singer and former YouTuber

*April 11th, 1995, Hamburg

26

Marília Mendonça

Brazilian singer, songwriter and instrumentalist (1995–2021)

*July 22nd, 1995, Cristianópolis †November 5th, 2021, Piedade de Caratinga

31

Nozomi Okuhara

Japanese badminton player

*March 13th, 1995, Ōmachi

31

Wang Chi-Lin

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 18th, 1995, Taipei

30

Irama

Italian singer-songwriter (1995-)

*December 20th, 1995, Carrara

30

Lee Yang

Taiwanese badminton player

*August 12th, 1995, Taipei

30

Cheryl Seinen

Badminton player

*August 4th, 1995, Roermond

31

Delphine Lansac

Badminton player

*July 18th, 1995, Lyon

31

Mark Caljouw

Badminton player

*January 25th, 1995, Rijswijk

31

Tems

Nigerian singer-songwriter

*June 11th, 1995, Lagos

31

Sasha Alex Sloan

American singer-songwriter

*March 11th, 1995, Boston

31

Fireboy DML

Nigerian singer

*February 5th, 1995, Ogun State

31

Tom Misch

English musician and producer

*June 25th, 1995, London

31

Felipe Araújo

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 2nd, 1995, Goiânia

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Public holidays on May 16th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 16th.

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Born on May 16th, 1995
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1995 is a normal year and no leap year.

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