This Day in History: May 16, 2024
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1770
Marie Antoinette married the future King Louis XVI of France.
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1868
The first ballot on one of 11 articles of impeachment in the U.S. Senate failed to convict President Andrew Johnson.
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1929
The first Academy Awards were given on this night. The term, Oscars, was not used to describe the statuettes given to actors and actresses until 1931.
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1946
The Irving Berlin musical, Annie Get Your Gun, opened on Broadway.
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1975
Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to summit Mount Everest.
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1991
Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address the United States Congress.
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1997
President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire ended 32 years of autocratic rule when rebel forces led by Laurent Kabila expelled him from the country.
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