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What happened in history on this day: May 16?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On May 16 in ...
- 1999 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A cyber-cafe shows several color-cased computers, a reference to the Apple Computer iMac computers.
- 2000 - In Canada, Corel announces that the proposed merger with Inprise has been cancelled.
- 2001 - Microsoft officially releases Windows 2000 Service Pack 2. The update fixes over 500 software bugs.
- 2005 - Apple computer releases Mac OS X 10.4.1.
- 2006 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core processor, models 4200+ energy efficient, 4400+ energy efficient, 4600+ energy efficient, and 4800+ energy efficient. Prices are US$417, US$514, US$601, and US$671 respectively, in 1000-unit quantities.
- 1927 - Film Booking Offices releases the Alice Comedy film Alice's Three Bad Eggs to theaters.
- 1928 - Walt Disney applies for a trademark for "Mickey Mouse", for use in motion pictures.
- 1931 - Disney completes the Silly Symphony film The China Plate.
- 1952 - The Goofy film Two Gun Goofy is released.
- 1955 - 28 children sign contracts with Disney to perform on the TV show The Mickey Mouse Club.
- 1984 - Executives of Disney, Bass Brothers Enterprises, and Arvida negotiate a US$200 million purchase of Arvida for new Disney stock.
- 1986 - The film Magic Carpet 'Round the World is last shown in Tokyo Disneyland.
- 1987 - ABC airs the last episode of The Wuzzles.
- 1989 - Christie's East auction house in New York City sells a black-and-white celluloid from Disney's film Orphan's Benefit for US$286,000. The cel depicts Donald Duck being punched by an orphan.
- 1991 - The Jim Henson's MuppetVision 3-D film opens at the Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World.
- 1995 - Walt Disney Home Video releases the film Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book on videocassette for US$22.99, nd laserdisc for US$39.99.
- 2008 - Disney releases the film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian to theaters in the US.
- 2016 - The ABC TV network airs the final Castle episode.
- 1993 - Marv Silverman donates his red 1981 Greenwood Daytona Turbo Coupe Corvette, serial number 1 of four built, to the National Corvette Museum. Value of the car is estimated at US$200,000.
- 2003 - At the Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama, the Barber 250 at the Park race is held, round four of the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series.
- Finishing 4th in GT class and 10th overall is the Silverstone Racing Services #39 Corvette, driven by Larry Huang and Chris Hall.
- Finishing 4th in GTS and 11th overall is the ICY / SL Motorsports #06 Corvette, driven by Paul Alderman, Steve Lisa, and David Rosenblum.
- Finishing 13th in GT class and 22nd overall is the Powell Motorsport #02 Corvette, driven by Devon Powell and Mike Weinberg.
- 1935 - Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union sign a five-year Treaty of Mutual Assistance.
- 1939 - In Halifax harbor, Nova Scotia, Canada, gold from two British warships is transferred to trains for delivery to Ottawa.
- 1940 - (about 0000 hours) Greece rushes troop reinforcements to the frontier with Italian-occupied Albania.
- 1940 - British forces launch three counterattacks on a railroad station on the eastern edge of Louvain, successfully retaking the position.
- 1940 - Allies forces attempt a landing near Narvik, Norway, but are repulsed by German defenders.
- 1940 - United States President Franklin Roosevelt asks Congress to approve a program of US$1.2 billion in defense spending, including 50,000 warplanes. The program is approved.
- 1940 - German troops enter The Hague and Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- 1940 - The United States State Department announces a warning to Americans in the British Isles to move to Ireland.
- 1940 - French Premier Paul Reynaud tells the Chamber of Deputies: "Chancellor Hitler must win in two months; if not he is beaten, and knows it."
- 1940 - A Swiss fighter plane shoots down a German bomber over Swiss territory, which lands north-east of Zurich. Three crewmen surrender.
- 1940 - British King George designates May 26 as a day of prayer for peace throughout the United Kingdom.
- 1940 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill provides an extra ten fighter squadrons to help France, with six operating out of Kent.
- 1940 - By nightfall, German panzers in France reach Marle and Dercy, 55 miles from Sedan.
- 1940 - (evening/night) British forces in Belgium retreat to west of Brussels.
- 1940 - (night) German artillery batteries shell the library of the University of Louvain in Belgium until it is set afire and burned out.
- 1941 - Convoy HX-127 departs Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, destined for England.
- 1943 - Nine British Lancaster bombers fitted with dam-busting mines take off from Scampton, England, headed for the Möhne and Eder dams in Germany. After four unsuccessful tries, the fifth plane succeeds in breaching the Möhne dam. Six planes with three bombs head over to the Eder dam. The third hit breaches the dam 30 feet below the top. Five planes return to home base. Two more waves of bombers attack other dams, causing a small breach in the Sorpe dam. In total, 19 aircraft take off, and 11 return. 34 awards are given out. Extensive damage is done by the flooding and loss of hydroelectric power. 1000 houses are destroyed or damaged, 125 factories destroyed/damaged, 1294 people killed, 2822 hectares of farmland ruined, 6316 animals killed, 35 road bridges destroyed/damaged, etc. Germans add more defenses to other dams. Manpower is diverted from the West Wall to repair the dams.
- 1943 - Jewish resistance in Warsaw ghetto crushed.
- 1943 - German submarine U-182 under commander Asmus Nicolai Clausen is lost with all hands (61 dead).
- 1943 - German submarine U-463 under commander Leo Wolfbauer is lost with all hands (57 dead).
- 1944 - In Germany, Adolf Eichmann gives Joel Brand of the Zionist Relief and Rescue Committee a ransom demand to convey to British and American governments: 1 million European Jews would be released in exchange for food and 10,000 trucks for use on the Eastern Front against the Soviet Union.
- 1944 - Adolf Hitler issues a Führer Order for the employment of long-range weapons against England to commence mid-June. The weapons include Fzg. 76 (later known as the V-1 bomb) directed at London, long-range artillery directed at British towns, and bomber planes.
- 1944 - In Italy, the 1st Canadian Corps receives orders to advance on the Hitler Line.
- 2005 - Nevis issues ten postage stamps marking the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.
- 1996 - In Los Angeles, California, the Electronic Entertainment Expo is held, over three days. Total attendance is 55,000.
- 1999 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A handheld video game resembling the original Nintendo Game Boy is used on an airplane, interfering with the plane's controls.
- 2001 - Microsoft announces the launch date of November 8 for the Xbox in the US, with a price of US$299.
- 2001 - Nintendo shows off the GameCube system in Los Angeles, California, and announces the launch dates of September 14 in Japan and November 5 in North America.
- 2001 - Sony CEA announces plans to bring Internet functions to the PlayStation 2, such as Web browsing, email, streaming media, and instant messaging. Sony also announces add-on accessories to be available in November: Ethernet/modem PlayStation 2 Network Adapter, 40 GB Hard Disk Drive, LCD monitor, USB keyboard, and mouse.
- 2002 - Square releases the Final Fantasy XI video game for the PlayStation 2 in Japan. Price is 7800 yen (about US$61).
- 2005 - At Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, Sony unveils a prototype PlayStation 3 video game system. It features 3.2 GHz Cell processor delivering up to 218 gigaflops of performance, 550 MHz Nvidia RSX graphics processor, wireless Bluetooth 2.0 for up to seven controllers, Blu-Ray disc player, Internet browser, detachable hard drive, Wi-Fi connectivity to the PlayStation Portable, 512 KB Level 2 cache, 3.2 GHz 256 MB XDR main RAM, 700 MHz 256 MB GDDR3 video RAM,six USB 2.0 ports, Memory Stick port, SecureDigital port, Compact Flash Type I, II port, Ethernet port, screen size up to 1080 lines, two HDMI video out ports for 32:9 aspect on two HD monitors. Total system floating-point performance peak: 2 teraflops. Estimated release date is in Spring 2006.
- 2006 - Nintendo releases the New Super Mario Bros. video game for the Nintendo DS in the USA.
- 2006 - Activision releases the X III video game for the GameCube, Xbox 360, Xbox, PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2006 - Activision releases the X-Men: The Official Game video game for the Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS in the US.
- 2007 - Sony reports its games division lost US$1.9 billion during the fiscal year.
- 2017 - Sony Interactive Entertainment releases the Farpoint video game for the Sony PSVR in the USA.
- 2017 - Focus Home Interactive releases The Surge video game for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in the USA.
- 1808 - Swedish troops force Russian Admiral Bodisko on Gotland to capitulate without a fight.
- 1976 - At the Ontario Numismatic Association convention in Toronto, the 1911 silver pattern dollar is sold at auction to Douglas Robins of Oregon, for $110,000. The piece is from the John McKay-Clements collection. This price is tied for 8th highest paid for a coin in the world. Douglas Robins also buys a choice uncirculated 1921 5c for $5,200, and a choice uncirculated 1921 50c for $21,000.
- 2002 - In Toronto, Ontario, the Royal Canadian Mint launches the new circulating 2002 50c coin commemorating the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
- 1866 - US Congress authorizes copper-nickel 5-cent piece, legal tender up to $1, with redemption level set at $100 in lawful money.
- 2008 - Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano ceremonially strikes the first 2008-D Arizona state quarter at the Denver Mint in Colorado.
- 1869 - Cincinnati Reds play their first baseball game, win 41-7.
- 1882 - 8th Kentucky Derby: Babe Hurd aboard Apollo wins in 2:40.25.
- 1884 - 10th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Buchanan wins in 2:40.25.
- 1894 - Fire in Boston, Massachusetts, USA destroys baseball stadium and spreads to 170 other buildings.
- 1902 - Two deaf-mutes face each other for first time as Dummy Hoy leads off for the Cincinnati Reds against Dummy Taylor of the New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds win 5-3.
- 1916 - 41st Preakness: Linus McAtee aboard Damrosch wins in 1:54.8.
- 1921 - 47th Preakness: F Coltiletti aboard Broomspun wins in 1:54.2.
- 1925 - First network radiocast (WHAS) of Kentucky Derby.
- 1925 - 51st Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Flying Ebony wins in 2:07.6.
- 1927 - New York Yankees' player Bob Meusel steals second, third and home.
- 1931 - 57th Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on Twenty Grand wins in 2:01.8.
- 1932 - New York Yankees' fourth straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland Indians and Boston Braves.
- 1933 - Cecil Travis becomes first player to get five hits in his first game.
- 1936 - 62nd Preakness: George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1:59.
- 1938 - In cricket, Donald Bradman scores 278 Australia versus MCC, 349 minutes, 35 fours 1 six.
- 1939 - First American League night game, Philadelphia Shribe Park (Cleveland Indians 8, Philadelphia Athletics 3 in 10 innings).
- 1941 - First US/radio performance of Bennett's "Symphony in D for the Dodgers".
- 1953 - Philadelphia Phillies' pitcher Curt Simmons gives up a single, then retires next 27 in a row.
- 1954 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA National Capital Golf Open.
- 1955 - Heavyweight Rocky Marciano knocks out Don Cockell in 9 rounds (San Francisco) for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1955 - Ray Lindwall scores his second Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown.
- 1956 - Laker takes 10-88 for Surrey versus Australia at the Oval.
- 1957 - New York Yankees involved in Copacabana Incident, leads to Billy Martin trade.
- 1959 - 85th Preakness: William Harmatz aboard Royal Orbit wins in 1:57.
- 1964 - 90th Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 1:56.8.
- 1965 - Baltimore Orioles' player Jim Palmer's pitching debut, beats New York Yankees 7-5 and homers.
- 1965 - Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open.
- 1967 - Philadelphia voters approve a US$13 million bond issue to build a new stadium.
- 1970 - 96th Preakness: Eddie Belmonte aboard Personality wins in 1:56.2.
- 1972 - Greg Luzinski's 500-foot homerun hits the Liberty Bell monument in Philadelphia's Veteran Stadium.
- 1972 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationale.
- 1973 - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Dave Soutar.
- 1973 - AC Milan wins 13th Europe Cup II in Saloniki.
- 1975 - Muhammad Ali TKOs Ron Lyle in 11 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1976 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Philadelphia Flyers in four games.
- 1976 - Sue Roberts wins LPGA American Defender Golf Classic.
- 1977 - Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelist in 15 round for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1979 - FC Barcelona wins 19th Europe Cup II in Basel, Switzerland.
- 1979 - National League approves Houston Astros sale from Ford Motors to John J McMullen for US$19 million.
- 1980 - 34th NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers, 4 games to 2.
- 1981 - Houston Astros' Craig Reynolds hits three triples beating Chicago Cubs 6-1.
- 1981 - 107th Preakness: Jorge Velasquez aboard Pleasant Colony wins in 1:54.6.
- 1982 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament.
- 1984 - Juventus wins 24th Europe Cup II in Basel, Switzerland.
- 1984 - Mackay pays US$218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Minnesota Twins in Minnesota; Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game.
- 1984 - Philadelphia Phillies' pitcher Steve Carlton hits a grand slam homer.
- 1985 - Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year.
- 1987 - 113th Preakness: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 1:55.8.
- 1990 - Juventus wins 19th UEFA Cup in Avellino.
- 1992 - 118th Preakness: Chris McCarron aboard Pine Bluff wins in 1:55.6.
- 1993 - Laura Davies wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship.
- 1994 - Tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana.
- 1996 - Sammy Sosa is first Chicago Cubs player to hit two homeruns in one inning.
- 1997 - Atlanta Braves beat Saint Louis Cardinals, 1-0 in 13 innings.
- 1997 - Montreal Expos trailing San Francisco Giants by nine runs comeback to win 14-13.
- 1997 - Saint Louis Cardinals' player Gary Gaetti records his 2,000th hit.
- 1998 - 124th Preakness: Kent Desormeaux on Real Quiet wins in 1:54.8.
- 2006 - Houston Astros pitcher Russ Springer strikes the San Francisco Giants player Barry Bonds on the shoulder with his fifth pitch. He is suspended for four games for his action. Bonds needs just one home run to equal Babe Ruth's career home run mark.
- 2006 - For the fourth time New York Yankees history, the team overcomes a nine-run deficit defeating the Texas Rangers at the Stadium, 14-13.
- 2008 - In Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, the semifinals of the men's world hockey tournament is held. Russia defeats Finland 4-0, advancing to the final on May 18.
- 2008 - In Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, the semifinals of the men's world hockey tournament is held. Canada beats Sweden 5-4 to advance to the final against Russia.
- 2009 - In Baltimore, Maryland, USA, the 134th running of the Preakness Stakes is held. The philly Rachel Alexandra wins, ridden by Calvin Borel, the first win for a philly since 1924.
- 2010 - England wins the World Twenty20 cricket World Cup championships, beating Australia by seven wickets in the final in Barbados.
- 2010 - Rafael Nadal of Spain wins a record 18th men's Masters tennis title by beating Roger Federer 6-4, 7-6 (5) in the Madrid Open final.
- 2010 - Aravane Rezai of France upsets American Venus Williams 6-2, 7-5 to win her 3rd women's Masters tennis title in the Madrid Open final.
- 2010 - American brothers Bob and Mike Bryan defeat Toronto's Daniel Nestor and partner Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia fell 6-3, 6-4 to win their 61st career doubles title at the Madrid Open final.
- 2020 - Bundesliga becomes the first major sports league to resume its season since March 11.
- 2021 - At the Mid0-Ohio Sports Car Course in Ohio, USA, the Acura Sports Car Challenge race is held, round 3 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in DPi class and 1st overall is the Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 #10 Acura DPi driven by Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque.
- Finishing 1st in LMP3 class and 7th overall is the Riley Motorsports #74 Ligier JS P320 driven by Felipe Fraga and Gar Robinson.
- Finishing 1st in GT Daytona class and 12th overall is the Turner Motorsport #96 BMW M6 GT3 driven by Bill Auberlen and Robby Foley.
- 2022 - At Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Dodgers beats Arizona Diamondbacks by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At RingCentral Coliseum, Oakland, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Minnesota Twins beats Oakland Athletics by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Francisco Giants beats Colorado Rockies by score 7-6.
- 2022 - At Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago White Sox beats Kansas City Royals by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Texas Rangers beats Los Angeles Angels by score 7-4.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago Cubs beats Pittsburgh Pirates by score 9-0.
- 2022 - At American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Milwaukee Brewers beats Atlanta Braves by score 1-0.
- 2022 - At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Boston Red Sox beats Houston Astros by score 6-3.
- 2022 - At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Major League Baseball regular season game: Toronto Blue Jays beats Seattle Mariners by score 6-2.
- 2022 - At Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Yankees beats Baltimore Orioles by score 6-2.
- 2022 - At LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, USA , Major League Baseball regular season game: Miami Marlins beats Washington Nationals by score 8-2.
- 2022 - At Tropicana Field in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Detroit Tigers beats Tampa Bay Rays by score 3-2.
- 1963 - Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends US Project Mercury.
- 1969 - Soviet spaceprobe Venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere.
- 1992 - US space shuttle STS-49 lands (maiden voyage of Endeavour).
- 1791 - In Near Moodus, Connecticut, an earthquake occurs, the largest historical earthquake in Connecticut. Reported felt at Boston, Massachusetts, and New York City, New York.
- 1817 - Mississippi River steamboat service begins.
- 1863 - Lloyd Tilghman, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 47.
- 1863 - Battle of Champion's Hill, Mississippi - bloodiest action of Vicksburg Campaign.
- 1864 - Atlanta Campaign - battle of Resaca, ends.
- 1864 - Battle of Bermuda Hundred, Virginia.
- 1864 - Last battles at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (6,666 casualties).
- 1866 - Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer.
- 1866 - US Congress authorizes copper-nickel 5-cent piece (to replace silver half-dime).
- 1868 - US President Andrew Johnson acquitted during Senate impeachment, by one vote.
- 1874 - First recorded dam disaster in US (Williamsburg, Massachusetts).
- 1894 - Fire in Boston, Massachusetts, USA destroys baseball stadium and spreads to 170 other buildings.
- 1903 - First transcontinental motorcycle trip begins at San Francisco (George Wymann).
- 1910 - US Bureau of Mines forms.
- 1914 - American Horseshoe Pitchers Association organizes in Kansas City.
- 1916 - American forces occupy the capital of the Dominican Republic.
- 1918 - White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire and Maine is established as a national forest.
- 1919 - The US Navy aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first trans-Atlantic flight.
- 1927 - US Supreme Court rules bootleggers must pay income tax.
- 1938 - First animal breeding society forms (New Jersey).
- 1938 - 38 die in Terminal Hotel fire (Atlanta, Georgia, USA).
- 1939 - Food stamps are first issued.
- 1946 - Musical Annie Get Your Gun starring Ethel Merman premieres in New York City.
- 1951 - El Al Israel Airlines begins the first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights between New York and London.
- 1957 - Major Irwin, US Air Force flies a Lockheed Starfighter to a record 1,404.18 MPH.
- 1957 - US launches its third atomic submarine, USS Skate, at Groton, Connecticut.
- 1960 - Big four summit in Paris, France collapses as USSR levels spy charges against USA.
- 1960 - Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser in Malibu, California, USA.
- 1963 - Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends US Project Mercury.
- 1965 - Bomb destroys US Air Force base Bien Hoa, South Vietnam.
- 1965 - Campbell Soup Company introduces Spaghetti-Os under its Franco-American brand.
- 1966 - American National Welfare Rights Organization begins.
- 1967 - Philadelphia voters approve a US$13 million bond issue to build a new stadium.
- 1969 - US submarine Guitarro sinks at the pier at San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California.
- 1971 - US first class domestic letter postage now costs 8 cents per ounce (was 6 cents).
- 1977 - Five die as New York Airway helicopter topples on the Pan Am Building in New York City.
- 1984 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1987 - The Old San Francisco Mint museum opens to the public.
- 1987 - Bobro 400, a barge carrying 3,200 tons of garbage, sets sail from New York, beginning an unsuccesful eight-week search for a dumping site.
- 1988 - US Surgeon General C Everett Koop reports nicotine as addictive as heroin.
- 1988 - US Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrant.
- 1991 - Queen Elizabeth II becomes first British monarch to address US congress.
- 1992 - US polls show presidential candidates Ross Perot, George Bush, and Bill Clinton could be in a deadlock.
- 1992 - US space shuttle STS-49 lands (maiden voyage of Endeavour).
- 1997 - Brook Mehealani Lee, 26, of US crowned 46th Miss Universe.
- 1997 - Brandi Sherwood, (Idaho) replaces Brook Lee (Miss Universe) as Miss USA.
- 1997 - U.S. President Bill Clinton issues a formal apology to the surviving victims of the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male and their families, 25 years after the 40-year "study" was exposed by reporter Jean Heller.
- 1998 - First Global Street Party, with events in Czech Republic, Netherlands, Finland, Germany, USA, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, England. Total of 30 Reclaim The Streets events are held in 20 countries, on sections of public roads, by hundreds or thousands of people.
- 2005 - George Galloway appears before a U.S. Senate committee, to answer allegations of making money from the Iraqi Oil-for-Food Programme.
- 2009 - In Baltimore, Maryland, USA, the 134th running of the Preakness Stakes is held. The philly Rachel Alexandra wins, ridden by Calvin Borel, the first win for a philly since 1924.
Other history:
- 1866 - Charles Elmer Hires of the USA invents root beer.
- 1875 - Earthquake in Venezuela and Colombia kills 16,000.
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