Important Historical events - May 16

1899 : Execution of Indian revolutionary Balkrishna Chafekar.

1929 : The Hollywood Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences held its first film commemoration ceremony. These awards were later named Oscars.

1969 : Soviet Russia’s Venera-5 unmanned spacecraft landed on Venus.

1975 : Sikkim merged with India.

1975 : Junko Tabei of Japan became the first woman to climb Mount Everest.

1991 : Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addressed a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.

1993 : The first female Indian expedition led by Bachendri Pal honored 18 climbers, including seven girls, to climb Everest, setting a new world record.

1996 :  Atal Bihari Vajpayee took over as the 10th Prime Minister of India. However, due to a lack of support, his government lasted only 13 days.

2000 : To make badminton more popular and to facilitate television broadcasting of the game, it decided to increase the game by 7 points instead of 15 at the meeting of the International Badminton Federation in Kuala Lumpur. However, this rule was changed again in 2006.

2005 : Women gained the right to vote for the first time in Kuwait.

Famous Birthdays  - May 16

1825: Kerunana Laxman Chhatre, an Indian mathematician. 

1831: David Edward Hughes, a British-American inventor, practical experimenter, and professor.

1926: Manik Varma, an Indian classical singer.

1931: Natwar Singh, an Indian politician.

1988: Vicky Kaushal, an Indian actor.

Death Anniversaries  -  May 16

1830: Joseph Fourier, a French mathematician, and physicist.

1990: James Henson, an American puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor, inventor, filmmaker, and screenwriter.

1994: Phani Majumdar, an Indian film director.

2004: Kamala Markandaya, an Indian novelist and journalist. 

2014: Russi Mody, a chairman and managing director of Tata Steel.