On This Day: May 16 On May 16, 1960, a harsh exchange between Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and President Dwight D. Eisenhower doomed a much heralded summit conference between the two nations, following the Soviet downing of an American U-2 reconnaissance plane. On May 16, 1882, Anne OHare McCormick, the American journalist who became the first woman on the editorial board of The New York Times, was born. Following her death on May 29, 1954, her obituary appeared in The Times. 1770 Marie Antoinette, age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15. 1868 The U.S. Senate failed by one vote to convict President Andrew Johnson as it took its first ballot on one of 11 articles of impeachment against him. (He was acquitted of all charges.) 1920 Joan of Arc was canonized. 1929 The first Academy Awards were presented during a banquet at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. 1966 The album Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan was released. 1966 The album Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys was released. 1975 Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. 1990 Entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. died at age 64. 1990 Muppets creator Jim Henson died at age 53. 1991 Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress. 1997 Zaires president, Mobutu Sese Seko, ended 32 years of autocratic rule, giving control of the country to rebel forces. 2002 The remains of kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl were unearthed in Pakistan. 2003 Five simultaneous suicide attacks claimed the lives of 33 victims and a dozen suicide bombers in Casablanca, Morocco. 2005 Newsweek magazine retracted a story that claimed investigators had found evidence the Quran was desecrated by interrogators at the U.S. naval prison at Guantanamo Bay. The story had sparked deadly protests in Afghanistan. 2007 Nicolas Sarkozy took over from Jacques Chirac as Frances president. Current Birthdays Singer Janet Jackson turns 48 years old today. Actor David Boreanaz (Bones, Angel) turns 45 years old today. 1929 John Conyers, U.S. representative, D-Mich., turns 85 1931 Lowell Weicker, Former Connecticut governor and U.S. senator, turns 83 1943 Dan Coats, U.S. senator, R-Ind., turns 71 1944 Danny Trejo, Actor, turns 70 1953 Pierce Brosnan, Actor, turns 61 1955 Olga Korbut, Gymnast, turns 59 1955 Debra Winger, Actress, turns 59 1959 Mare Winningham, Actress, turns 55 1964 Boyd Tinsley, Rock musician (The Dave Matthews Band), turns 50 1967 Brian F. OByrne, Actor, turns 47 1969 Tucker Carlson, Political correspondent, turns 45 1969 Tracey Gold, Actress (Growing Pains), turns 45 1970 Gabriela Sabatini, Tennis Hall of Famer, turns 44 1973 Tori Spelling, Actress (Beverly Hills 90210), turns 41 1986 Megan Fox, Actress, turns 28 1977 Melanie Lynskey, Actress (Two and a Half Men), turns 37
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