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On This Day: May 16, 2016 by BISolutionsng: 10:27am On May 16, 2016
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Birthdays:
1905 Henry Fonda, American oscar winning film actor
1919 Liberace. American piano playing entertainer
1936 Roy Hudd, English comedian
1952 Pierce Brosnan, Actor; chosen to be the new 'James Bond'
1955 Debra Winger, American film actress
1966 Janet Jackson, American singer

Events:
1770 The Dauphin of France and Marie Antoinette were married
1804 Napoleon was declared Emperor of France
1920 Switzerland joined the League of Nations
1929 The first ever Academy Awards (Oscars) were held
1943 The famous RAF 'dambusters' raid took place
1963 The US astronaut Gordon Cooper made 22 orbits of the Earth
1966 British seamen went on strike
1979 LEA's no longer had to run schools along Comprehensive lines
1983 The London police began using wheel clamps on illegally parked cars
1985 Sinn Fein won its first seats in the Northern Ireland local elections
1996 Academic Staff Union of Universities banned by Government.


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