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Anniversary on the 16th of May 0411

Anniversary
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100 years anniversary
16 May 1925   51st Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Flying Ebony wins in 2:07.6
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16 May 1925   Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)
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16 May 1925   Ola Vincent, Nigerian banker and economist (d. 2012)
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16 May 1925   Bobbejaan Schoepen, Belgian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2010)
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16 May 1925   Nancy Roman, American astronomer
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16 May 1925   1st network radiocast (WHAS) of Kentucky Derby
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16 May 1925   51st Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Flying Ebony wins in 2:07.6
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75 years anniversary
16 May 1950   Jock Bartley: Rocker (Firefall)
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16 May 1950   Johannes Bednorz: German superconductivity physicist (Nobel 1987)
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16 May 1950   Bruce Coville, American author
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16 May 1950   Ray Condo, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2004)
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16 May 1950   Georg Bednorz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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16 May 1950   Jock Bartley rocker (Firefall)
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16 May 1950   Johannes Bednorz German superconductivity physicist (Nobel 1987)
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16 May 1950 Georg Bednorz
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Georg Bednorz, German physicist, Nobel Prize in physics 1987.
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50 years anniversary
16 May 1975   Michael X: (Abdul Malik), hanged in Trinidad, for murder
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16 May 1975   India annexes Principality of Sikkim
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16 May 1975   Muhammad Ali TKOs Ron Lyle in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
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16 May 1975   Wings release "Listen to What the Man Said" in the UK
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16 May 1975   Tony Kakko, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sonata Arctica and Northern Kings)
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16 May 1975   B.Slade, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
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16 May 1975   India annexes Sikkim after the mountain state holds a referendum in which the popular vote is in favor of merging with India.
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16 May 1975   Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
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16 May 1975   Michael X [Abdul Malik] hanged in Trinidad, for murder
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16 May 1975   India annexes Principality of Sikkim
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16 May 1975   Japanese Junko Tabei became 1st woman to reach Mount Everest's summit
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16 May 1975   Muhammad Ali TKOs Ron Lyle in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
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16 May 1975   Wings release "Listen to What the Man Said" in UK
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25 years anniversary
16 May 2000   Bodacious, American bull (b. 1988)
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20 years anniversary
16 May 2005   Andrew Goodpaster, American general (b. 1915)
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16 May 2005   Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35–23 National Assembly vote.
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15 years anniversary
16 May 2010   Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1918)
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16 May 2010   Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, Heaven & Hell, and Elf) (b. 1942)
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16 May 2010   Ronnie James Dio, singer with Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, and his own band Dio died after a six-month battle with stomach cancer. He was 67 years old. Dio’s career began in 1957 with The Vegas Kings, which later changed to Ronnie and the Rumblers, then Ronnie and the Redcaps, then in 1961, Ronnie Dio and the Prophets. In 1967, Dio and Prophets guitarist Nick Pantas formed the Electric Elves, which shortened its name to Elf. The band’s success eventually landed them an opening slot for Deep Purple, which exposed Dio’s voice to Deep Purple’s guitarist, Ritchie Blackmore, who later recruited Dio and other members of Elf for his new band Rainbow.
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10 years anniversary
16 May 2015   Flora MacNeil, Irish singer (b. 1928)
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16 May 2015   Prashant Bhargava, American director and producer (b. 1973)
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16 May 2015   Charlotte Klamroth, German super-centenarian (b. 1903)
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16 May 2015   Moshe Levinger, Israeli rabbi and author (b. 1935)
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16 May 2015   Dean Potter, American rock climber and BASE jumper (b. 1972)
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16 May 2015   Adrian Robinson, American football player (b. 1989)
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16 May 2015   A passenger train collides with a tractor and trailer on a level crossing at Ibbenbüren, Germany. Two people are killed and 40 are injured.
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