May 16

People born on this day are Taurus.

On this day in history01

1969
Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
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1972
An Antonov An-24 crashes into a kindergarten building in Svetlogorsk, killing 35.
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1974
Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of Yugoslavia.
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1975
Junko Tabei from Japan becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
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1988
A report by the Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
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1991
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.
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1997
Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
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2003
In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
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2005
Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35–23 National Assembly vote.
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2011
STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for Space Shuttle Endeavour.
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2025
A catastrophic EF3 tornado kills five people and causes over $1 billion in damages in St. Louis, MO.
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2025
A devastating EF4 tornado kills nineteen people in Southeast Kentucky, hitting the towns of Somerset and London.
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