On This Day
May 16
Simon Stock Day
Sea Monkey Day
1929 The first Academy Awards take place Wings wins Best Picture
1956 The film The Searchers premiers Director by John Ford starring John Wayne & Jeffrey Hunter
1966 The Beach Boys release Pet Sounds
1977 The Montreal Canadians sweep the Boston Burins to win there 20th Stanley Cup
1982 New York Islanders win the Stanley Cup sweeping the Vancouver Canucks
1990 ICE-CUBE releases the album AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
1991 Jungle Fever premieres at the Cannes Film Festival directed by Spike Lee Starring Wesley Snipes, & Samuel L. Jackson
Happy Birthday
1905 Henry Fonda actor The Grapes of Wrath, On Golden Pond
1919 Liberace pianist
1944 Danny Trejo actor in Desperado, From Dusk Till Dawn, & Spy Kids.
1953 Pierce Brosnan actor James Bond 007
1961 Charles Wright aka The Godfather WWE Superstar
1965 Krist Novoselic bassist in the Band Nirvana
1966 Janet Jackson Pop star
1973 Special ED Rapper
1986 Megan Fox actress Transformers
1992 Kirstin Maldonado Pop Star
