In the present day is Friday, Might 16, the 136th day of 2025. There are 229 days left within the yr.

In the present day in historical past:

On Might 16, 1966, the Chinese language Communist Occasion issued the Might 16 Notification, a doc that criticized “counterrevolutionary revisionists” inside the occasion and marked the start of the Cultural Revolution.

Additionally on this date:

In 1770, Marie Antoinette, age 14, married the longer term King Louis XVI of France, who was 15.

In 1868, having already been impeached by the Home of Representatives, President Andrew Johnson narrowly averted impeachment by the Senate, which voted 35-19 in favor of impeachment—one vote shy of the required two-thirds majority.

In 1929, the primary Academy Awards had been introduced. “Wings” received the award for Excellent Image, whereas Emil Jannings and Janet Gaynor had been named Greatest Actor and Greatest Actress.

In 1943, the almost monthlong Warsaw Ghetto Rebellion got here to an finish as German forces crushed the Jewish resistance and blew up the town’s Nice Synagogue.

In 1960, the primary working laser was demonstrated at Hughes Analysis Laboratories in Malibu, California, by physicist Theodore Maiman.

In 1975, Japanese climber Junko Tabei grew to become the primary lady to achieve the summit of Mount Everest.

In 1997, President Invoice Clinton publicly apologized for the infamous 40-year Tuskegee Experiment, through which authorities scientists intentionally allowed Black males to weaken and die of treatable syphilis.

In 2018, officers at Michigan State College mentioned they’d agreed to pay $500 million to settle claims from greater than 300 girls and ladies who mentioned they had been assaulted by sports activities physician Larry Nassar.

In 2022, the U.S. demise toll from COVID-19 reached 1 million.

In the present day’s Birthdays:

Actor Danny Trejo is 81.
Actor Pierce Brosnan is 72.
Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Olga Korbut is 70.
Baseball Corridor of Famer Jack Morris is 70.
Actor Debra Winger is 70.
Olympic marathon gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson is 68.
Actor Mare Winningham is 66.
Rock musician Krist Novoselic (Nirvana) is 60.
Singer Janet Jackson is 59.
Soccer Corridor of Famer Thurman Thomas is 59.
Singer Ralph Tresvant (New Version) is 57.
Actor David Boreanaz is 56.
Political commentator Tucker Carlson is 56.
Tennis Corridor of Famer Gabriela Sabatini is 55.
Actor Tori Spelling is 52.
Actor Melanie Lynskey is 48.
Actor Megan Fox is 39.
Actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster is 35.