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| May 16th, 2005 (May 16 2005) | Event | Kuwait permits women s suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote. | |
| May 16th, 1985 (May 16 1985) | Birth | Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor | |
| May 16th, 1985 (May 16 1985) | Birth | Anja Mittag, German footballer | |
| May 16th, 1985 (May 16 1985) | Birth | Corey Perry, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| May 16th, 1985 (May 16 1985) | Death | Margaret Hamilton, American actress (born in 1902) | |
| May 16th, 1975 (May 16 1975) | Event | India annexes Sikkim after the mountain state holds a referendum in which the popular vote was in favour of merging with India. | |
| May 16th, 1975 (May 16 1975) | Event | Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. | |
| May 16th, 1975 (May 16 1975) | Birth | Tony Kakko, Finnish singer (Sonata Arctica) | |
| May 16th, 1975 (May 16 1975) | Birth | Tonex, American singer | |
| May 16th, 1965 (May 16 1965) | Event | The Campbell Soup Company introduces SpaghettiOs under its Franco-American brand. | |
| May 16th, 1965 (May 16 1965) | Birth | Krist Novoselic, American bassist (Nirvana) | |
| May 16th, 1955 (May 16 1955) | Birth | Olga Korbut, Russian gymnast | |
| May 16th, 1955 (May 16 1955) | Birth | Jack Morris, American baseball player | |
| May 16th, 1955 (May 16 1955) | Birth | Hazel O Connor, English singer | |
| May 16th, 1955 (May 16 1955) | Birth | Debra Winger, American actress | |
| May 16th, 1955 (May 16 1955) | Death | James Agee, American writer (born in 1909) | |
| May 16th, 1945 (May 16 1945) | Birth | Nicky Chinn, English songwriter (Sweet, Suzi Quatro) | |
| May 16th, 1935 (May 16 1935) | Birth | James Bolam, English actor | |
| May 16th, 1925 (May 16 1925) | Birth | Bobbejaan Schoepen, Belgian entertainer | |
| May 16th, 1905 (May 16 1905) | Birth | Henry Fonda, American actor (died in 1982) | |
| May 16th, 1845 (May 16 1845) | Birth | Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, Nobel laureate (died in 1916) | |
| May 16th, 1815 (May 16 1815) | Event | The Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, officially names the town of Blackheath in the upper Blue Mountains. | |
| May 16th, 1265 (May 16 1265) | Death | Saint Simon Stock, English saint (born in 1165) | |
