May 16 - This Day in History

May 16 : General Interest 1929: First Academy Awards ceremony On this day in 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hands out its first awards, at a dinner party for around 250 people held in the Blossom Room of the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California... read more American Revolution 1777 : Georgia Patriot Button Gwinnett receives fatal wound in duel http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/georgia-patriot-button-gwinnett-receives-fatal-wound-in-duel Automotive 1956 : GM dedicates new technical center http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gm-dedicates-new-technical-center Civil War 1863 : Union wins the Battle of Champion Hill http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-champions-hill-mississippi Cold War 1960 : U.S.-Soviet summit meeting collapses http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-soviet-summit-meeting-collapses Crime 1975 : A nurse steals another woman's unborn baby http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-nurse-steals-another-womans-unborn-baby Disaster 1849 : New York City establishes hospital for cholera victims http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-york-city-establishes-hospital-for-cholera-victims General Interest 1770 : Louis marries Marie Antoinette http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/louis-marries-marie-antoinette 1943 : Warsaw Ghetto uprising ends http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/warsaw-ghetto-uprising-ends 1968 : Protests mount in France http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/protests-mount-in-france 1975 : Japanese woman scales Everest http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japanese-woman-scales-everest Hollywood 1929 : First Academy Awards ceremony http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-academy-awards Literary 1717 : Voltaire is imprisoned in the Bastille http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/voltaire-is-imprisoned-in-the-bastille Music 1964 : Mary Wells gives Motown Records its first #1 hit with "My Guy" http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mary-wells-gives-motown-records-its-first-1-hit-with-quotmy-guyquot Old West 1881 : Outlaw Dick Fellows is released http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/outlaw-dick-fellows-is-released Presidential 1868 : Senate acquits Johnson of high crimes and misdemeanors http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/senate-acquits-johnson-of-high-crimes-and-misdemeanors Sports 1980 : Magic plays center as a rookie, wins championship http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/magic-plays-center-as-a-rookie-wins-championship Vietnam War 1965 : Accident at Bien Hoa kills 27 U.S. servicemen http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/accident-at-bien-hoa-kills-27-us-servicemen 1968 : Navy Corpsman receives Medal of Honor for action http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/navy-corpsman-receives-medal-of-honor-for-action 1972 : U.S. bombing destroys main fuel line http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-bombing-destroys-main-fuel-line World War I 1918 : U.S. Congress passes Sedition Act http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-congress-passes-sedition-act World War II 1943 : As Brits launch Operation Chastise, Germans launch Operation Gypsy Baron http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/as-brits-launch-operation-chastise-germans-launch-operation-gypsy-baron