Junko Tabei Becomes First Female Mountaineer to Climb Everest — Junko Tabei Becomes First Female Climber to Climb Everest

May 16 is the 136nd day of the year (137rd in leap years) according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 229 days left until the end of the year.

Events

1204 – During the Fourth Crusade, Baudouin I is crowned as the first Latin Emperor, taking Constantinople and establishing the Latin Empire.
1717 - Writer François-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, is imprisoned in the Bastille Prison for his anti-religious and anti-royal writings.
1770 – In the Palace of Versailles, XVI. Louis and Marie Antoinette got married.
1836 - Poet and author Edgar Allan Poe married his 13-year-old cousin, Virginia.
1888 – Emile Berliner, the inventor of the gramophone, introduced this instrument he had developed in Philadelphia.
1919 – Mustafa Kemal Pasha set off from Istanbul to Samsun to start the Turkish War of Independence.
1926 – Vahidettin (Mehmet VI) died in San Remo, Italy due to heart failure.
1929 - The Academy Awards are first given in Hollywood, California. US silent film at the 1st Academy Awards ceremony Wings (Wings), won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
1943 – The resistance of the Jewish community in the Warsaw Ghetto against the Nazi occupation, called the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, was broken. The survivors began to be sent to the Treblinka concentration and extermination camp. According to German records, 56 thousand people were killed.
1952 – Equal pay for women is enacted in the UK.
1957 – IBM's newly developed computer weighed 21 tons.
1960 – Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev asks US President Dwight D. Eisenhower to apologize for the American U-2 spy planes flown over Soviet Union territory.
1961 – Theater artist Cüneyt Gökçer, King Lear'He went to Moscow to play.
1969 - The Soviet spacecraft "Venera 5" landed on the planet Venus.
1974 – Josip Broz Tito is re-elected President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Tito was elected President for life this time.
1975 - Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to summit Everest.
1975 – Sikkim became the 22nd state of India as a result of a referendum.
1979 – The Process Leading to the September 12, 1980 Coup in Turkey (1979 - September 12, 1980), Piyangotepe Massacre: A coffeehouse in Ankara Piyangotepe, where leftists generally go, was raided by right-wing Ali Bülent Orkan and other militants. 7 people were killed, 2 people were injured.
1983 – After the 12 September period, the Nationalist Democracy Party, the first political party in the transition to democracy, was established.
1984 – The 10 years and 8 months sentence of convicted non-commissioned officer Şükrü Bağ for the murder of publisher İlhan Erdost by beating in Mamak Prison became final.
1988 - The US Federal health authority reports that the addictive properties of nicotine are very similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
1992 – The historical Galata Bridge collapsed as a result of a fire in a restaurant under the bridge and became unusable. The bridge was built by the British in 1875 for 105 gold coins.
1993 – DYP Chairman and Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel became the ninth President of Turkey with 244 votes.
1996 – DYP Chairman Tansu Çiller said that she could not make a statement about the hidden appropriation and that it was a state secret.
2000 – The end of the Presidency of Süleyman Demirel and the start of the Presidency of Ahmet Necdet Sezer.
2001 – The plane belonging to the Bordeaux beret crashed in Malatya, 34 soldiers lost their lives.
2010 – envisaging uranium swap between Iran and Western countries; An agreement on the joint formula of Turkey, Brazil and Iran was reached after 18 hours of negotiations. As a result of the agreement, Prime Minister Erdogan went to Tehran.
2010 – Bursaspor became the first team to become the champion after the big 4 in the Turkcell Super League.

Births

1611 – XI. Innocentius, religious leader of the Catholic Church (d. 1689)
1821 – Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshov, Russian mathematician (d. 1894)
1861 – VI. Mehmed, last sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1926)
1883 – Celal Bayar, Turkish politician and 3rd president of Turkey (d. 1986)
1893 – Álvaro Melián Lafinur, poet and critic (d. 1958)
1894 – Walter Yust, American journalist and publisher (d. 1960)
1898 Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director (d. 1956)
1905 – Henry Fonda, American actor and winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor (d. 1982)
1906 – Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer, intellectual, journalist, diplomat, politician, and statesman (d. 2001)
1909 Margaret Sullavan, American stage and film actor (d. 1960)
1910 – Olga Berggolts, Soviet poet (d. 1975)
1915 – Illa Meery, Russian-French singer and actress (d. 2010)
1915 – Mario Monicelli, Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor (d. 2010)
1916 – Ephraim Katzir, 4th President of the State of Israel (d. 2009)
1917 – Juan Rulfo, Mexican writer (d. 1986)
1919 – Liberace, American musician (d. 1987)
1920 – André Salvat, French soldier (d. 2017)
1923 – Merton Miller, American economist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
1924 – Dawda Jawara, Gambian veterinarian and politician (d. 2019)
1925 – Nancy Roman, American astronomer and scientist (d. 2018)
1925 - Nilton Santos, Former Brazilian football player (d. 2013)
1929 – John Conyers, American politician (d. 2019)
1929 – Adrienne Rich, American poet (d. 2012)
1931 – Vujadin Boškov, Yugoslav former international football player and manager (d. 2014)
1937 – Yvonne Craig, American actress (d. 2015)
1938 – Ivan Sutherland, American computer scientist
1938 – Marco Aurelio Denegri, Peruvian intellectual, literary critic, author, producer, and sexologist (d. 2018)
1940 – Ole Ernst, Danish actor (d. 2013)
1944 – Antal Nagy, Hungarian national football player
1944 – Danny Trejo, American actor
1946 – Robert Fripp, English guitarist and composer
1950 – J. Georg Bednorz, German physicist and Nobel Prize laureate in Physics
1953 – Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor
1953 Richard Page, American musician
1955 – Olga Korbut, a Belarusian former gymnast
1955 – Debra Winger, an American actress
1957 – Joan Benoit, He is a retired American marathon runner.
1959 - Mare Winningham is an American actress.
1961 – The Godfather, American semi-retired professional wrestler
1965 – Krist Novoselic, American rock musician
1965 – Vincent Regan, Welsh actor
1966 Janet Jackson, American singer
1966 – Metin Şentürk, Turkish singer
1969 – David Boreanaz, American actor
1969 - Tracey Claire Fisher, known as: Tracy Gold, American actress
1970 – Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player
1971 – İlknur Bozkurt, Turkish actress, singer and presenter
1973 Tori Spelling, American actress and writer
1974 – Laura Pausini, popular Italian singer
1975 – Tony Kakko, Sonata Arctica vocalist, Finnish musician and songwriter
1977 Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress
1977 Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer
1978 – Lionel Scaloni, Argentine former football player
1978 – James Sturgess, English actor and musician
1978 – Okan Yılmaz, Turkish former national football player and coach
1981 – Ricardo Costa, Portuguese former defender
1981 Joseph Morgan, English actor and director
1981 – Sergei Novitski, Russian figure skater
1981 – Ali Özen, Turkish taekwondo player
1981 – Jim Sturgess, English actor
1982 – Joo Ji Hoon, South Korean model and actor
1982 – Łukasz Kubot, Polish professional tennis player
1982 – Tiya Sircar, Indian-American actress
1983 – Nancy Ajram, Lebanese singer and businessperson
1985 – Ricardo Jesus, Brazilian football player
1985 – Henrique Pacheco Lima, Brazilian football player
1985 – Minoru Suganuma, Japanese former football player
1985 – Elias Mendes Trindade, Brazilian national football player
1985 – Stanislav Yanevski, Bulgarian actor
1986 – Eleni Artimata, Greek Cypriot sprinter
1986 – Matías Cabrera, Uruguayan football player
1986 - Megan Fox, American actress
1987 – Can Bonomo, Turkish singer, composer and lyricist
1987 – Olena Homrova, Ukrainian fencer
1989 – Behati Prinsloo, Namibian model
1989 – Felipe Augusto de Almeida Monteiro, Brazilian football player
1990 – Deniz Akdeniz, Australian actor
1990 – Ognjen Kuzmic, Serbian professional basketball player
1990 – Gizem Memic, Turkish model and Beauty Queen title holder
1990 – Thomas Brodie-Sangster, English actor
1991 – Amido Baldé, Portuguese football player
1991 – Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgarian professional tennis player
1991 – Gueïda Fofana, French former football player
1991 – Gina Gerson, Russian pornographic film actress
1991 – Guzmán Pereira, Uruguayan football player
1991 – Eglė Šikšniūtė, Lithuanian professional basketball player
1991 – Ashley Wagner, American figure skater
1992 – Kervens Belfort, Haitian footballer
1992 - Hayato Nakama, Japanese football player
1993 – Ricardo Esgaio, Portuguese football player
1993 – Lee Ji-eun better known by her stage name IU South Korean singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress
1993 – Atticus Mitchell, Canadian actor
1994 – Selim Gündüz, Turkish-German football player
1994 – Miles Heizer, American actor
1994 – Bryan Rabello, Chilean football player
1996 – José Mauri, Italian football player

Deaths

290 – Sima Yan, first emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 236)
1182 – John Komnenos Vatacis, Byzantine military and political character (b. 1132)
1669 – Pietro da Cortona, Italian Baroque painter and architect (b. 1596)
1703 – Charles Perrault, French writer (b. 1628)
1798 – Joseph Hilarius Eckhel, Austrian Jesuit priest and numismatist (b. 1737)
1818 – Matthew Gregory Lewis, English novelist and playwright (b. 1775)
1830 – Joseph Fourier, French scientist (b. 1768)
1857 – Vasily Tropinin, Russian romantic painter (b. 1776)
1861 – John Stevens Henslow, English botanist and geologist (b. 1796)
1862 – Jan Baptist van der Hulst, Flemish painter and lithographer (b. 1790)
1891 – Ion C. Brătianu, prime minister of Romania from 1876-1888 (b. 1821)
1910 – Henri-Edmond Cross, French painter (b. 1856)
1920 – Maria Bochkaryova, was a Russian soldier (b. 1889)
1920 – Levi P. Morton, American politician (b. 1824)
1926 – VI. Mehmet (Vahidettin), 36th and last sultan of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1861)
1936 – Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek senior military officer and politician (b. 1860)
1942 – Bronisław Malinowski, Polish anthropologist and scientist (b. 1884)
1943 – James Ewing, American pathologist, discoverer of Ewing sarcoma (b. 1885)
1947 – Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist (b. 1861)
1952 – Memduh Şevket Esendal, Turkish writer (b. 1883)
1953 – Django Reinhardt, Belgian jazz guitarist and composer (b. 1910)
1957 – Eliot Ness, American federal agent (b. 1903)
1961 – Ralf Törngren, Finnish politician (b. 1899)
1984 – Andy Kaufman, American comedian and actor (b. 1949)
1984 – Ercüment Behzat Lav, Turkish poet, actor and radio broadcaster (b. 1903)
1984 – Irwin Shaw, American author (b. 1913)
1985 – Margaret Hamilton, American film and stage actress (b. 1902)
1989 – Seyyan Hanım (Seyyan Oskay), Turkish tango singer (b. 1913)
1990 – Sammy Davis, Jr., American black dancer, singer, musician, comedian, and actor (b. 1925)
1997 – Önder Somer, Turkish film actor (b. 1937)
1998 – Sevim Tanürek, Turkish music artist (b. 1934)
2007 – Gohar Gasparyan, Armenian-Egyptian opera singer (b. 1924)
2008 – Robert Mondavi, American winemaker (b. 1913)
2010 – Ronnie James Dio, American heavy metal vocalist (b. 1942)
2010 – Hank Jones, American jazz pianist (b. 1918)
2013 – Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss scientist and Nobel Prize laureate in Physics (b. 1933)
2014 – Ferit Mevlüt Aslanoğlu, Turkish politician (b. 1952)
2015 – Moshe Levinger, Israeli Zionist and orthodox cleric (b. 1935)
2015 – Dean Potter, American free climber (b. 1972)
2016 – Romaldo Giurgola, Italian-born architect, lecturer and writer (b. 1920) who worked first in the USA and later in Australia
2017 – Alain Casabona, French novelist and short story writer (b. 1950)
2017 – Outi Ojala, Finnish Left Alliance politician (b. 1946)
2017 – Doug Somers, American professional wrestler (b. 1951)
2017 – Rosa Nell Speer, American Gospel singer and pianist (b. 1922)
2018 – Ferenc Bréda, Romanian essayist, poet, literary critic, historian, translator and theatrical (b. 1956)
2018 – Joseph Campanella, American actor (b. 1924)
2018 – Yuriko Hoshi, Japanese actress (b. 1943)
2018 – Gérard Jouanest, French pianist and composer (b. 1933)
2018 – Eloísa Mafalda, Brazilian actress (b. 1924)
2018 – Salih Mirzabeyoğlu, Kurdish-born Turkish poet and writer (leader of the Islamic Great Eastern Raiders Front (IBDA/C) organization) (b. 1950)
2018 – Lucian Pintilie, Romanian film director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
2019 – Piet Blauw, Dutch politician and entrepreneur (b. 1937)
2019 – David Cervinski, former Australian football player (b. 1970)
2019 – Bob Hawke, former Australian politician, Prime Minister of Australia from 1983-1991 (b.
2019 – Peer Mascini, Dutch actor (b. 1941)
2019 – Ashley Massaro, American former professional wrestler and model (b. 1979)
2019 – Ieoh Ming Pei, Chinese-American architect and Pritzker Architecture Prize winner (b. 1917)
2020 – Mário Chermont, Brazilian politician and lawyer (b. 1937)
2020 – Wilson Roosevelt Jerman, American butler who served 11 different US presidents in the White House (b. 1929)
2020 – Pilar Pellicer, Mexican actress (b. 1938)
2020 – Lynn Shelton, American film director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1965)
2020 – Arthur Summons, retired Australian rugby union player and coach (b. 1935)
2021 – Nadia Al-Iraqia, Iraqi actress (b. 1963)
2021 – Bruno Covas, Brazilian lawyer, economist and politician (b. 1980)
2021 – Chetan Karki, Nepali lyricist, screenwriter, and film director (b. 1938)
2022 – John Aylward, American actor (b. 1946)
2022 – Sayyid Abdullah Fateminia, Iranian Shiite cleric, professor of Islamic ethics, orator, Islamic historian and archivist (b. 1946)
2022 – Fevzi Mansuri, Algerian national football player (b. 1956)
2022 – Albin Molnár, Hungarian sailor (b. 1935)