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| Date | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 16th of May 0218 | EVENT | Julia Maesa, aunt of the assassinated Caracalla, is banished to her home in Syria by the self-proclaimed emperor Macrinus and declares her 14-year old grandson Elagabalus, emperor of Rome. |
| 16th of May 1204 | EVENT | Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. |
| 16th of May 1527 | EVENT | The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic. |
| 16th of May 1532 | EVENT | Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England. |
| 16th of May 1568 | EVENT | Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England. |
| 16th of May 1770 | EVENT | 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France. |
| 16th of May 1771 | EVENT | The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina. |
| 16th of May 1811 | EVENT | Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera. |
| 16th of May 1822 | EVENT | Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli. |
| 16th of May 1843 | EVENT | The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri. |
| 16th of May 1866 | EVENT | The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel. |
| 16th of May 1868 | EVENT | President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate. |
| 16th of May 1874 | EVENT | A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people. |
| 16th of May 1877 | EVENT | May 16, 1877 political crisis in France. |
| 16th of May 1914 | EVENT | The first ever Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final is played. Brooklyn Field Club defeats Brooklyn Celtic 2-1. |
| 16th of May 1918 | EVENT | The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government an imprisonable offense. |
| 16th of May 1919 | EVENT | A naval Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight. |
| 16th of May 1920 | EVENT | In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc. |
| 16th of May 1929 | EVENT | In Hollywood, California, the first Academy Awards are handed out. |
| 16th of May 1943 | EVENT | Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends. |
| 16th of May 1948 | EVENT | Chaim Weizmann is elected the first President of Israel. |
| 16th of May 1951 | EVENT | The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines. |
| 16th of May 1960 | EVENT | Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California. |
| 16th of May 1961 | EVENT | Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'etat to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea. |
| 16th of May 1966 | EVENT | The Communist Party of China issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. |
| 16th of May 1969 | EVENT | Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet spaceprobe, lands on Venus. |
| 16th of May 1974 | EVENT | Josip Broz Tito is re-elected president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This time he is elected for life. |
| 16th of May 1975 | EVENT | India annexes Sikkim after the mountain state holds a referendum in which the popular vote is in favor of merging with India. |
| 16th of May 1975 | EVENT | Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. |
| 16th of May 1983 | EVENT | Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement rebels against the Sudanese government. |
| 16th of May 1986 | EVENT | The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain. |
| 16th of May 1988 | EVENT | A report by United States' Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine. |
| 16th of May 1991 | EVENT | 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. |
| 16th of May 2003 | EVENT | In Casablanca, Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks. |
| 16th of May 2005 | EVENT | Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote. |
| 16th of May 1490 | BIRTHDAY | Duke Albert of Prussia (d. 1568) |
| 16th of May 1578 | BIRTHDAY | Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) |
| 16th of May 1611 | BIRTHDAY | Pope Innocent XI (d. 1689) |
| 16th of May 1710 | BIRTHDAY | William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) |
| 16th of May 1718 | BIRTHDAY | Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) |
| 16th of May 1763 | BIRTHDAY | Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist (d. 1829) |
| 16th of May 1788 | BIRTHDAY | Friedrich Ruckert, German Poet, Translator and Orientalist (d. 1866) |
| 16th of May 1801 | BIRTHDAY | William H. Seward, American politician and diplomat (d. 1872) |
| 16th of May 1821 | BIRTHDAY | Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894) |
| 16th of May 1824 | BIRTHDAY | Levi P. Morton, 22nd United States Vice President (d. 1920) |
| 16th of May 1827 | BIRTHDAY | Pierre Cuypers, Dutch architect (d. 1921) |
| 16th of May 1831 | BIRTHDAY | David E. Hughes, British inventor and musician (d. 1900) |
| 16th of May 1845 | BIRTHDAY | Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1916) |
| 16th of May 1861 | BIRTHDAY | Herman Webster Mudgett, American serial killer (d. 1896) |
| 16th of May 1891 | BIRTHDAY | Richard Tauber, Austrian tenor (d. 1948) |
| 16th of May 1897 | BIRTHDAY | Zvi Sliternik, Israeli entomologist (d. 1994) |
| 16th of May 1898 | BIRTHDAY | Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-born painter (d. 1980) |
| 16th of May 1898 | BIRTHDAY | Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese film director (d. 1956) |
| 16th of May 1905 | BIRTHDAY | Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982) |
| 16th of May 1906 | BIRTHDAY | Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer (d. 2001) |
| 16th of May 1906 | BIRTHDAY | Margret Rey, author and illustrator (d. 1996) |
| 16th of May 1906 | BIRTHDAY | Alfred Pellan, French Canadian painter (d. 1988) |
| 16th of May 1909 | BIRTHDAY | Margaret Sullavan, American actress (d. 1960) |
| 16th of May 1910 | BIRTHDAY | Olga Berggolts, Russian poet (d. 1975) |
| 16th of May 1910 | BIRTHDAY | Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter (d. 1972) |
| 16th of May 1912 | BIRTHDAY | Studs Terkel, American writer (d. 2008) |
| 16th of May 1913 | BIRTHDAY | Woody Herman, American musician and band leader (d. 1987) |
| 16th of May 1914 | BIRTHDAY | Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author (d. 2009) |
| 16th of May 1916 | BIRTHDAY | Adriana Caselotti, American actress (d. 1997) |
| 16th of May 1916 | BIRTHDAY | Fred Hargesheimer, American World War II pilot (d. 2010) |
| 16th of May 1916 | BIRTHDAY | Ephraim Katzir, Israeli politician (d. 2009) |
| 16th of May 1917 | BIRTHDAY | Juan Rulfo, Mexican novelist (d. 1986) |
| 16th of May 1917 | BIRTHDAY | James C. Murray, American politician (d. 1999) |
| 16th of May 1917 | BIRTHDAY | George Gaynes, American actor |
| 16th of May 1918 | BIRTHDAY | Wilf Mannion, English former footballer (d. 2000) |
| 16th of May 1919 | BIRTHDAY | Liberace, American pianist (d. 1987) |
| 16th of May 1919 | BIRTHDAY | Ramon Margalef, Spanish scientist (d. 2004) |
| 16th of May 1920 | BIRTHDAY | Martine Carol, French actress (d. 1967) |
| 16th of May 1921 | BIRTHDAY | Harry Carey, Jr., American actor |
| 16th of May 1921 | BIRTHDAY | S. Neil Fujita, American graphic designer (d. 2010) |
| 16th of May 1923 | BIRTHDAY | Victoria Fromkin, American linguist (d. 2000) |
| 16th of May 1923 | BIRTHDAY | Merton Miller, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2000) |
| 16th of May 1923 | BIRTHDAY | Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist |
| 16th of May 1925 | BIRTHDAY | Bobbejaan Schoepen, Belgian entertainer (d. 2010) |
| 16th of May 1926 | BIRTHDAY | Ronald Podrow, British peace activist (d. 2004) |
| 16th of May 1927 | BIRTHDAY | Nilton Santos, Brazilian footballer |
| 16th of May 1928 | BIRTHDAY | Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach (d. 1989) |
| 16th of May 1929 | BIRTHDAY | John Conyers, American politician |
| 16th of May 1929 | BIRTHDAY | Claude Morin, French Canadian politician |
| 16th of May 1929 | BIRTHDAY | Adrienne Rich, American writer |
| 16th of May 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist (d. 2000) |
| 16th of May 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Betty Carter, American jazz singer (d. 1998) |
| 16th of May 1931 | BIRTHDAY | Denise Filiatrault, French Canadian actress and director |
| 16th of May 1931 | BIRTHDAY | Hana Brady, Polish Holocaust victim (d. 1944) |
| 16th of May 1931 | BIRTHDAY | Natwar Singh, Indian politician |
| 16th of May 1931 | BIRTHDAY | Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., American politician |
| 16th of May 1931 | BIRTHDAY | Jack Dodson, American actor (d. 1994) |
| 16th of May 1936 | BIRTHDAY | Roy Hudd, English radio and television actor |
| 16th of May 1936 | BIRTHDAY | Karl Lehmann, German Catholic cardinal |
| 16th of May 1937 | BIRTHDAY | Yvonne Craig, American actress |
| 16th of May 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Marko Kravos, Slovenian poet |
| 16th of May 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Dan Coats, American politician, junior senator of Indiana |
| 16th of May 1944 | BIRTHDAY | Billy Cobham, American drummer |
| 16th of May 1944 | BIRTHDAY | Danny Trejo, American actor |
| 16th of May 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Nicky Chinn, English songwriter (Sweet, Suzi Quatro) |
| 16th of May 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Alan Flusser, American clothing designer |
| 16th of May 1946 | BIRTHDAY | Roger Earl, English rock drummer (Savoy Brown, Foghat) |
| 16th of May 1946 | BIRTHDAY | Robert Fripp, English guitarist (King Crimson) |
| 16th of May 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Bob Edwards, American newscaster |
| 16th of May 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Bill Smitrovich, American actor |
| 16th of May 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress |
| 16th of May 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Judy Finnegan, English TV presenter (Richard & Judy) |
| 16th of May 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Adrian Legg, English guitarist |
| 16th of May 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Jesper Christensen, Danish actor |
| 16th of May 1950 | BIRTHDAY | J. Georg Bednorz, German physicist, Nobel laureate |
| 16th of May 1950 | BIRTHDAY | Ray Condo, Canadian rockabilly musician (d. 2004) |
| 16th of May 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer |
| 16th of May 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Jonathan Richman, American Protopunk singer and musician (The Modern Lovers) |
| 16th of May 1952 | BIRTHDAY | James Herndon, American media psychologist |
| 16th of May 1953 | BIRTHDAY | Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor |
| 16th of May 1953 | BIRTHDAY | Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th Yokozuna |
| 16th of May 1954 | BIRTHDAY | Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and astronaut |
| 16th of May 1955 | BIRTHDAY | Olga Korbut, Belarussian gymnast |
| 16th of May 1955 | BIRTHDAY | Jack Morris, American baseball player |
| 16th of May 1955 | BIRTHDAY | Hazel O'Connor, English singer |
| 16th of May 1955 | BIRTHDAY | Debra Winger, American actress |
| 16th of May 1957 | BIRTHDAY | Yuri Shevchuk, Russian singer and head of Russian band DDT |
| 16th of May 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Gitane Demone, American Goth singer |
| 16th of May 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Glenn Gregory, British musician (Heaven 17) |
| 16th of May 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Mare Winningham, American actress |
| 16th of May 1960 | BIRTHDAY | Landon Deireragea, Nauruan politician |
| 16th of May 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Kevin McDonald, Canadian comedian and actor |
| 16th of May 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Charles Wright, American professional wrestler |
| 16th of May 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Mercedes Echerer, Austrian actress and politician |
| 16th of May 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Jon Coffelt, American artist |
| 16th of May 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Edit Berces, Hungarian marathon runner |
| 16th of May 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Boyd Tinsley, American musician (Dave Matthews Band) |
| 16th of May 1964 | BIRTHDAY | John Salley, American basketball player |
| 16th of May 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Krist Novoselic, American musician and author |
| 16th of May 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Janet Jackson, American singer |
| 16th of May 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Scott Reeves, American actor and singer |
| 16th of May 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Thurman Thomas, American football player |
| 16th of May 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Ralph Tresvant, American singer (New Edition) |
| 16th of May 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Chingmy Yau, Hong Kong actress |
| 16th of May 1969 | BIRTHDAY | David Boreanaz, American actor |
| 16th of May 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Tracey Gold, American actress |
| 16th of May 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Tucker Carlson, American television commentator |
| 16th of May 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Steve Lewis, American athlete |
| 16th of May 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Danielle Spencer, Australian singer and actress |
| 16th of May 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player |
| 16th of May 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Rachel Goswell, English singer and songwriter (Slowdive, Mojave 3) |
| 16th of May 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Derek Mears, American actor |
| 16th of May 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Christian Califano, French rugby player |
| 16th of May 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Khary Payton, American actor |
| 16th of May 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Special Ed, American rapper |
| 16th of May 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Tori Spelling, American actress |
| 16th of May 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Jason Acuna, American television personality |
| 16th of May 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Laura Pausini, Italian pop singer |
| 16th of May 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Sonny Sandoval, American singer (P.O.D.) |
| 16th of May 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Adam Richman, American actor and television personality |
| 16th of May 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Tony Kakko, Finnish singer (Sonata Arctica) |
| 16th of May 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Tonex, American singer |
| 16th of May 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Dirk Nannes, Dutch-born Australian cricketer |
| 16th of May 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Brian Langtry, American lacrosse player |
| 16th of May 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Emiliana Torrini Icelandic singer and songwriter |
| 16th of May 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 16th of May 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Dolcenera, Italian singer |
| 16th of May 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress |
| 16th of May 1978 | BIRTHDAY | David Ford, English singer and songwriter |
| 16th of May 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Lionel Scaloni, Argentine footballer |
| 16th of May 1979 | BIRTHDAY | McKenzie Lee, English pornographic actress |
| 16th of May 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Mikel Alonso, Spanish footballer |
| 16th of May 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Michael Ryan, American ice hockey player |
| 16th of May 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Melanie Lofton, American journalist |
| 16th of May 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Jim Sturgess, English actor |
| 16th of May 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Taavi Rahn, Estonian footballer |
| 16th of May 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Billy Crawford, Filipino singer and musician |
| 16th of May 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Joo Ji Hoon, Korean actor and model |
| 16th of May 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Hanna Marien, Belgian athlete |
| 16th of May 1982 | BIRTHDAY | ?ukasz Kubot, Polish tennis player |
| 16th of May 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Nancy Ajram, Lebanese singer |
| 16th of May 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Daniel Kerr, Australian football player (AFL) |
| 16th of May 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Kyle Wellwood, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 16th of May 1984 | BIRTHDAY | Mickie Knuckles, American professional wrestler |
| 16th of May 1984 | BIRTHDAY | Dario Cvitanich, Argentinian footballer |
| 16th of May 1984 | BIRTHDAY | Jensen Lewis, American baseball player |
| 16th of May 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Cafe, Brazilian footballer |
| 16th of May 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor |
| 16th of May 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Corey Perry, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 16th of May 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Anja Mittag, German footballer |
| 16th of May 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Okura Tadayoshi, Japanese singer (Kanjani Eight) |
| 16th of May 1986 | BIRTHDAY | Andy Keogh, Irish footballer |
| 16th of May 1986 | BIRTHDAY | Megan Fox, American actress |
| 16th of May 1987 | BIRTHDAY | Tom Onslow-Cole, British racing driver |
| 16th of May 1990 | BIRTHDAY | Thomas Sangster, English actor |
| 16th of May 1991 | BIRTHDAY | Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgarian tennis player |
| 16th of May 1992 | BIRTHDAY | Jeff Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 16th of May 1993 | BIRTHDAY | Lee Ji-eun, Korean singer also known as IU |
| 16th of May 1994 | BIRTHDAY | Miles Heizer, American actor |
| 16th of May 1998 | BIRTHDAY | Ariel Waller, Canadian actress |
| 16th of May 0583 | DEATH | Saint Brendan, Irish navigator (Born 484) |
| 16th of May 1265 | DEATH | Saint Simon Stock, English saint (Born 1165) |
| 16th of May 1569 | DEATH | Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr |
| 16th of May 1620 | DEATH | William Adams, English navigator (Born 1564) |
| 16th of May 1657 | DEATH | Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (Born 1591) |
| 16th of May 1667 | DEATH | Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (Born 1607) |
| 16th of May 1669 | DEATH | Pietro da Cortona, Italian architect (Born 1596) |
| 16th of May 1691 | DEATH | Jacob Leisler, American colonist (Born 1640) |
| 16th of May 1703 | DEATH | Charles Perrault, French author (Born 1628) |
| 16th of May 1778 | DEATH | Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (Born 1718) |
| 16th of May 1782 | DEATH | Daniel Solander, Swedish botanist (Born 1736) |
| 16th of May 1790 | DEATH | Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (Born 1720) |
| 16th of May 1830 | DEATH | Joseph Fourier, French scientist (Born 1768) |
| 16th of May 1882 | DEATH | Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician (Born 1799) |
| 16th of May 1891 | DEATH | Ion Bratianu, Romanian statesman (Born 1821) |
| 16th of May 1913 | DEATH | Louis Perrier, member of the Swiss Federal Council (Born 1849) |
| 16th of May 1920 | DEATH | Levi P. Morton, 22nd United States Vice President (Born 1824) |
| 16th of May 1926 | DEATH | Mehmed VI, last Ottoman Sultan (Born 1861) |
| 16th of May 1943 | DEATH | Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist (Born 1865) |
| 16th of May 1944 | DEATH | George Ade, American author (Born 1866) |
| 16th of May 1947 | DEATH | Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, Nobel laureate (Born 1861) |
| 16th of May 1953 | DEATH | Django Reinhardt, Belgian musician (Born 1910) |
| 16th of May 1954 | DEATH | Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Born 1893) |
| 16th of May 1955 | DEATH | James Agee, American writer (Born 1909) |
| 16th of May 1956 | DEATH | H. B. Reese, American confectioner, founder of Reese's (Born 1876) |
| 16th of May 1957 | DEATH | Eliot Ness, American federal agent (Born 1903) |
| 16th of May 1959 | DEATH | Elisha Scott, Northern Irish footballer (Born 1894) |
| 16th of May 1961 | DEATH | George A. Malcolm, American jurist & educator (Born 1881) |
| 16th of May 1969 | DEATH | Robert R., American teenager, first confirmed death from AIDS in North America (Born 1954) |
| 16th of May 1975 | DEATH | Al Helfer, American radio sportscaster (Born 1911) |
| 16th of May 1979 | DEATH | A. Philip Randolph, American civil rights activist and labor union leader (Born 1889) |
| 16th of May 1981 | DEATH | Ernie Freeman, American pianist and arranger (Born 1922) |
| 16th of May 1984 | DEATH | Irwin Shaw, American author (Born 1913) |
| 16th of May 1984 | DEATH | Andy Kaufman, American comedian (Born 1949) |
| 16th of May 1985 | DEATH | Margaret Hamilton, American actress (Born 1902) |
| 16th of May 1988 | DEATH | Charles Keeping, English illustrator (Born 1924) |
| 16th of May 1988 | DEATH | George Pyrounakis, Greek Orthodox theologian and priest (Born 1910) |
| 16th of May 1990 | DEATH | Sammy Davis, Jr., American entertainer (Born 1925) |
| 16th of May 1990 | DEATH | Jim Henson, American puppeteer (Born 1936) |
| 16th of May 1992 | DEATH | Chalino Sanchez, Mexican musician (Born 1960) |
| 16th of May 1993 | DEATH | Marv Johnson, American R&B and soul singer (Born 1938) |
| 16th of May 1996 | DEATH | Jeremy Michael Boorda, American admiral (Born 1939) |
| 16th of May 1997 | DEATH | Elbridge Durbrow, American diplomat (Born 1903) |
| 16th of May 2000 | DEATH | Bodacious the Bull, rodeo bull (Born 1988) |
| 16th of May 2001 | DEATH | Brian Pendleton, English musician (The Pretty Things) (Born 1944) |
| 16th of May 2002 | DEATH | Alec Campbell, the last surviving ANZAC (Born 1899) |
| 16th of May 2002 | DEATH | Big Dick Dudley, American professional wrestler (Born 1968) |
| 16th of May 2003 | DEATH | Mark McCormack, American businessman (Born 1930) |
| 16th of May 2008 | DEATH | David Mitton, British television director (Born 1939) |
| 16th of May 2008 | DEATH | Robert Mondavi, American winemaker (Born 1913) |
| 16th of May 2010 | DEATH | Ronnie James Dio, American heavy metal vocalist (Born 1942) |
| 16th of May 2010 | DEATH | Hank Jones, American jazz pianist (Born 1918) |