Junko Tabei from Japan becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Date: May 16, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)
A report by the Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine. Date: May 16, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress. Date: May 16, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country. Date: May 16, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks. Date: May 16, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)
Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35–23 National Assembly vote. Date: May 16, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today)
STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for Space Shuttle Endeavour. Date: May 16, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 2011 📅 On This Day (Today)
Twelve people are killed in two explosions in the Gikomba market area of Nairobi, Kenya. Date: May 16, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)
A devastating EF4 tornado kills nineteen people in Southeast Kentucky, hitting the towns of Somerset and London. Date: May 16, 2025 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 2025 📅 On This Day (Today)
More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales. Date: May 15, 1911 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 1911 📅 On This…