A DAY IN HISTORY...... MAY 16TH

Here on the Moon, we recognize that Today has been a very important day in history.......May 16th

Here are a few examples of some of the events that were found:

1717...Voltaire, the French political writer, was imprisoned in the Bastille.
1770...Marie Antoinette marries future King Louis XVI of France.
1817...Mississippi River steamboat service begins.
1836...Edgar Allen Poe marries his 13-year-old cousin.
1860...Republican convention selects Abraham Lincoln candidate.
1862...Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir builds first automobile.
1866...Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer.
1891...George A Hormel and Co introduce SPAM.
1911...Remains of a neanderthal man found in Jersey UK.
1920...Joan of Arc canonized a saint in Rome.
1927...Supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax.
1929...First Academy Awards were given out.
1938...First animal breeding society forms in New Jersey.
1939...U.S. Food Stamps are first issued.
1946...Musical "Annie Get Your Gun" premieres in New York City.
1948...Israel issues its first postage stamps.
1956...Great Britain performs nuclear test at Monte Bello, in Australia.
1963...Gordan Cooper completes 22 orbits of Earth in Faith 7.
1965...Spaghetti-O's first sold.
1971...First class postage now costs 8 cents.
1975...Junko Tabei became first woman to reach Mt. Everest's summit.
1980...Brian May of rock group Queen, collapses on stage with hepatitis.
1981..."Betty Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes hits #1 on the charts.
1983...Lebanese parliament accept peace accord with Israel.
1984...U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1986...The movie "Top Gun" premieres.
1988...U.S. Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrent.
1988...Surgeon General, C. Everett Koop, reports nicotine as addictive as heroin or cocaine.
1992...U.S. space shuttle STS-49 lands. (maiden voyage of Endeavour).
1992...Polls show Perot, Bush, and Clinton could be in a deadlock.
1994...Tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana.
1997...Brook Mehealani Lee of U.S. crowned 46th Miss Universe.

But, the most important history fact for this day of May 16th is..........that JILL was born! Happy Birthday Jill! We love you very much and are so glad that you are a part of history.......especially ours!!!!!

We celebrate YOU......Jill!!

Until we meet again.....Greetings and Salutations from the Moon..............Lj