CAD - May 16 Traditional Cache
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Cache A Day – May 16th
May 16th is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 229 days remaining until the end of the year.
The entire month of May is National Hamburger Month.
This second week of the month of May is National Dog Bite Prevention Week.
Today is National Chocolate Chip Day, Nylon Stockings Day, Straw Hat Day, and Armed Forces Day!
Historical events occurring on May 16th include:
1770 - Marie Antoinette, at age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15.
1866 - The U.S. Congress authorized the first 5-cent piece to be minted.
1868 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson was acquitted during the Senate impeachment, by one vote.
1879 - The Treaty of Gandamak between Russia and England set up the Afghan state.
1881 - In Germany the first electric tram for the public started service.
1888 - The first demonstration of recording on a flat disc was demonstrated by Emile Berliner.
1888 - The capitol of Texas was dedicated in Austin.
1910 - The U.S. Bureau of Mines was authorized by the U.S. Congress.
1914 - The American Horseshoe Pitchers Association (AHPA) was formed in Kansas City, Kansas.
1920 - Joan of Arc was canonized in Rome.
1929 - The first Academy Awards were held in Hollywood.
1939 - The Philadelphia Athletics and the Cleveland Indians met at Shibe Park in Philadelphia for the first baseball game to be played under the lights in the American League.
1946 - "Annie Get Your Gun" opened on Broadway.
1946 - Jack Mullin showed the world the first magnetic tape recorder.
1948 - The body of CBS News correspondent George Polk was found in Solonika Bay in Greece. It had been a week after he'd disappeared.
1960 - A Big Four summit in Paris collapsed due to the American U-2 spy plane incident.
1960 - Theodore Maiman, at Hughes Research Laboratory in California, demonstrated the first working laser.
1963 - After 22 Earth orbits Gordon Cooper returned to Earth, ending Project Mercury.
1965 - Spaghetti-O's went on sale.
1969 - Venus 5, a Russian spacecraft, landed on the planet Venus.
1971 - U.S. postage for a one-ounce first class stamp was increased from 6 to 8 cents.
1975 - Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
1977 - Five people were killed when a New York Airways helicopter, idling on top of the Pan Am Building in Manhattan, toppled over, sending a huge rotor blade flying.
1985 - Michael Jordan was named Rookie of the Year in the NBA.
1987 - The Bobro 400 set sail from New York Harbor with 3,200 tons of garbage. The barge travelled 6,000 miles in search of a place to dump its load. It returned to New York Harbor after 8 weeks with the same load.
1988 - A report released by Surgeon General C. Everett Koop declared that nicotine was addictive in similar was as heroin and cocaine.
1988 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police do not have to have a search warrant to search discarded garbage.
1991 - Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.
1992 - The Endeavour space shuttle landed safely after its maiden voyage.
1996 - Admiral Jeremy "Mike" Boorda, the nation's top Navy officer, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after some of his military awards were called into question.
1997 - In Zaire, President Mobutu Sese Seko gave control of the country to rebel forces ending 32 years of autocratic rule.
2000 - U.S. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was nominated to run for U.S. Senator in New York. She was the first U.S. first lady to run for public office.
2003 - Adam Rich was placed on three years probation after he pled no contest to misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence and being under the influence of a controlled substance. He was also ordered to take part ina 60-day treatment program and pay about $1,200 in fines.
2005 - Sony Corp. unveiled three styles of its new PlayStation 3 video game machine.
Born on May 16th
William Seward (William Henry Seward, Sr.) 1801 - Governor of New York, U.S. Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody 1804 - Educator, opened the first English-language kindergarten
Henry Fonda 1905 - Actor, father of Jane Fonda and Peter Fonda
Margret Rey 1906 - Co-author and illustrator of children's books (Curious George)
Studs Terkel (Louis "Studs" Terkel) 1912 - Author, historian, actor, broadcaster
Woody Herman (Woodrow Charles Herman) 1913 - Musician, singer
George Gaynes 1917 - Actor
Liberace (Wladziu Valentino Liberace) 1919 - Musician
Harry Carey Jr. 1921 - Actor
Eddie Bert 1922 - Musician
Robert Perpoint 1925 - Broadcast journalist, White House correspondent
Billy Martin (Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin, Jr.) 1928 - Baseball player and manager
Betty Carter (Lillie Mae Jones) 1930 - Singer
Yvonne Craig 1940 - Actress ("Batman" tv series)
Billy Cobham (William C. Cobham) 1944 - Musician
Robert Fripp 1946 - Musician
Bill Smitrovich (William Stanley "Bill" Smitrowicz) 1947 - Actor
Darrel Sweet 1947 - Musician (Nazareth)
Barbara Lee 1947 - Musician (The Chiffons)
Jim Langer (James John Langer) 1948 - Football player
Rick Reuschel 1949 - Baseball player
Jonathan Richman 1951 - Musician
Pierce Brosnan 1952 - Actor ("Remington Steel," "Dante's Peak," "Golden Eye")
Olga Korbut (Olga Valentinovna Korbut) 1955 - Gymnast, known as the Sparrow from Minsk
Debra Winger 1955 - Actress
Glenn Gregory 1958 - Musician (Heaven 17)
Mare Winningham 1959 - Actor
Krist Novoselic 1965 - Musician (Nirvana)
Janet Jackson 1966 - Singer, Official Janet Jackson Store
Ralph Tresvant 1968 - Singer (New Edition)
Tracey Gold 1969 - Actress ("Growing Pains")
Gabriela Sabatini 1970 - Tennis player
Rick Trevino (Ricardo Treviño, Jr.) 1971 - Country musician
David Boreanaz 1971 - Actor
Simon Katz 1971 - Musician (Jamiroquai)
Tori Spelling 1973 - Actress ("Beverly Hills 90210")
This Cache a Day Series will run all year for 2010. Caches will remain active for one year from date of placement (unless the site becomes otherwise unsuitable for a cache prior to that time).
Bonus points for finding the cache on the day it is released.
Double bonus points if it is your birthday! (Send me a note with your date of birth and I will include it in the cache listing.)
Triple bonus points for finding the entire series. (Ok, so that should be worth a lot more. We’ll figure out some suitable award for any survivors left at the end of the year)
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