History Hop Tags - 16th

326-11-18

Old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated. Stood 4th - 16th century. Replaced by current St Peter's Basilica in Rome.

663-08-27

Remnants of the Korean Baekje Kingdom and their Yamato Japanese allies engage naval forces of the Tang Chinese and Silla Koreans on the Geum River in Korea; - a significant Tang-Silla victory. Japanese won't attempt another Korean invasion until late 16th century.

1414-11-05

Council of Constance (16th ecumenical council) opens

1469-07-26

Wars of the Roses: Battle of Edgecote Moor - Pitting the forces of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick against those of King Edward IV.

1680-12-04

Hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with comet not seen until Dec 16th

1796-06-01

Tennessee admitted as 16th US state

1860-11-06

Abraham Lincoln (Rep-R-Ill) elected 16th American President

1861-03-04

Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as 16th US President

1862-02-13

-Feb 16th) Siege of Ft Donelson TN

1882-06-08

16th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Forester wins in 2:43

1887-10-08

Phillies set club record 16th straight victory

1888-05-11

16th Preakness: F Littlefield aboard Refund wins in 2:49

1890-05-14

16th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Riley wins in 2:45

1892-07-07

16th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Wilfred Baddeley beats Joshua Pim (4-6 6-3 6-3 6-2)

1899-06-27

16th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Blanche Hillyard beats C Sterry (6-2 6-3)

1901-03-15

Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th

1909-07-12

16th Amendment approved (power to tax incomes)

1910-06-18

16th US Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 298 at Phila Cricket Club PA

1912-04-19

16th Boston Marathon won by Mike Ryan of NY in 2:21:18.2

1913-02-03

16th Amendment, federal income tax, ratified

1913-02-25

The 16th Amendment to the Constitution becomes law, providing the legal basis for the institution of a graduated income tax

1913-03-01

Federal income tax takes effect (16th amendment)

1916-10-02

Grover Cleveland Alexander records his 16th shutout of year

1919-10-19

Reds beat White Sox, 5 games to 3 in 16th World Series. This series is known as black sox scandal as 8 White Sox throw series

1921-09-03

16th Davis Cup: USA beats Japan in New York (5-0)

1931-08-19

Lefty Grove wins AL record tying 16th consecutive game

1933-08-13

16th PGA Championship: Gene Sarazen at Blue Mound CC Milwaukee

1934-09-25

Rainbow (US) beats Endeavour (England) in 16th America's Cup

1936-09-23

Giants Carl Hubbell notches his 16th en route to 24 consecutive wins

1941-12-08

Russian 16th army recaptures Krijukovo

1944-03-02

16th Academy Awards - "Casablanca," Jennifer Jones & Paul Lukas win

1948-06-13

Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies Aug 16th

1949-07-12

16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn

1949-08-12

16th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Philadelphia 38, All-Stars 0 (93,780)

1949-09-30

Pirates Ralph Kiner hits his 54th HR & NL record 16th in September

1950-12-12

16th Heisman Trophy Award: Vic Janowicz, Ohio State (HB)

1951-08-25

Cleveland Indians win 16th straight home game

1952-04-06

16th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 286

1954-03-20

16th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: La Salle beats Bradley 92-76

1956-06-10

16th modern Olympiad equestrian events open in Stockholm

1956-11-22

16th modern Olympic games opens in Melbourne

1956-12-08

16th Olympic games close at Melbourne, Australia

1961-07-01

16th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright

1962-04-18

16th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3

1962-04-29

16th Tony Awards: Man For All Seasons & How to Succeed win

1962-10-06

16th NHL All-Star Game: Toronto beat All4-Stars -1 at Toronto

1963-07-02

Giant Willie Mays' HR in 16th inning gives them a 1-0 win over Braves

1964-05-25

16th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick Van Dyke & Mary Tyler Moore win

1965-10-09

16th Ryder Cup: US wins 19½-12½ at Royal Birkdale, England

1966-11-01

NFL awards New Orleans its 16th franchise (All Saints Day)

1968-10-20

Mamo Wolde wins 16th Olympic marathon (2:20:26.4)

1970-06-15

16th LPGA Championship won by Shirley Englehorn

1971-06-02

Ajax wins 16th Europe Cup 1

1974-03-02

16th Grammy Awards: Killing Me Softly, Bette Midler wins

1976-05-05

Anderlecht wins 16th soccer Europe Cup II

1979-05-22

Canadians elect conservatives, Joseph Clark replaces Pierre Trudeau as the 16th Prime Minister of Canada

1981-04-30

16th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell & George Jones

1981-05-05

16th & final Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 4-1, hold 8-7-1 edge

1981-09-07

Jerry Lewis' 16th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $31,500,000

1982-05-30

Spain becomes 16th member of NATO

1982-06-07

16th Music City News Country Awards: Barbara Mandrell

1982-10-11

16th Country Music Association Award: Willie Nelson & Ricky Skagg

1983-07-24

Sonya Robinson, (Milwaukee), 23, crowned 16th Miss Black America

1983-09-23

Phillies Steve Carlton is 16th to wins 300 game (beating Cards)

1984-05-23

Detroit Tigers win AL record tying 16th straight road game

1985-04-12

16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn

1985-04-19

16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth

1985-08-04

Rod Carew is 16th to get 3,000 hits

1985-10-27

16th NYC Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato in 2:11:34

1986-01-08

Willie McCovey is 16th elected to Hall of Fame in his 1st year

1986-03-09

16th Easter Seal Telethon raises $30,100,000

1986-09-17

US Senate confirms William Rehnquist as 16th chief justice

1986-11-02

16th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:06

1987-04-05

16th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King

1987-04-20

16th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:21

1987-05-20

Gutenborg wins 16th UEFA Cup at Dundee

1988-07-03

16th du Maurier Golf Classic: Sally Little

1989-01-30

16th American Music Award: Randy Travis & George Michael wins

1989-06-29

Emmy 16th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 10th time

1989-07-14

16th James Bond movies "Licence to Kill" premieres

1990-03-11

16th People's Choice Awards: Dustin Hoffman & Meryl Streep win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Bill Cosby & Phylicia Rashad win (TV)

1992-02-08

16th Winter Olympic games opens in Albertville, France

1992-02-23

16th Winter Olympic games closes in Albertville, France

1993-02-05

R James Woolsey, becomes 16th director of CIA

1993-07-03

Boon completes 16th Test Cricket century, 101 at Trent Bridge

1994-07-20

Major parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter (July 16th-22nd)

1994-07-22

23rd & last part of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter (since July 16th)

1995-01-14

16th ACE Cable Awards: John Malone wins the Golden CableACE for outstanding achievements in advancing the development of cable programming

1995-04-25

16th Emmy Sports Award presentation

1995-07-02

16th US Seniors Golf Open: Tom Weiskopf

1995-08-08

Jeff King of Pirates is 16th NL player to HR twice in one inning

1996-01-07

16th United Negro College Fund raises $12,600,000

1996-03-24

16th Golden Raspberry Awards: Showgirls wins

1996-05-22

Emmy 23rd Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 16th time

1996-07-13

Cigar wins record 16th straight win, (ties Citation in 1940)

1997-03-30

16th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tenn beats Old Dominion 68-59

1998-07-12

16th Seniors Players Golf Championship:

1998-07-12

France beats Brazil 3-0 for soccer's 16th World Cup (1st title)

1999-09-09

16th MTV Awards: Lauryn Hill & Will Smith wins

2000-03-10

16th Soap Opera Digest Awards - General Hospital wins

2002-03-20

16th Soul Train Music Awards: The O'Jays, Dr. Dre & Alicia Keys wins

2002-05-22

American civil rights movement: a jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church.

2002-11-04

Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress

2008-07-20

16th ESPY Awards: Tiger Woods, Candace Parker win

2012-06-07

16th century archaeology remains of the Curtain Theatre, where some of Shakespeare's plays were first performed, were found under a pub in London

1417-11-23

William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)

1611-02-06

Chongzhen Emperor, 16th and last Ming Emperor of China (d. 1644)

1784-12-19

Marcus Morton, 16th and 18th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1864)

1809-02-12

Abraham Lincoln, Kentucky, (R) 16th US President (1861-65)

1914-06-30

Francisco da Costa Gomes, 16th President of Portugal (d. 2001)

1924-9-13

Kyveli Theohari, The Policeman of the 16th Precinct

1927-08-21

Thomas S. Monson, 16th president of the (Mormon) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

1932-07-04

Ron Cadee, The 16th Annual TV Week Logie Awards

1939-06-05

Joe Clark [Charles Joseph], High River Alberta, (P-C) 16th Canadian PM (1979-80)

1941-03-02

David Satcher, 16th United States Surgeon General

1962-04-02

Alex Tripolski, Israel, Men's Shooting 50M air pistol (Oly-16th-1996)

1962-04-16

Jeanne Golay, Coral Gables Fla, cyclist (Olympics-16th-92, 96)

1962-11-18

Jill Briles-Hinton, Elmhurst IL, LPGA golfer (1995 Women's Open-16th)

1963-02-21

Michael Gostigian, Newtown Sq PA, pentathelete (Oly-16th-88, 92, 96)

1963-12-03

Steve Hegg, Dana Point California, road cyclist (Olympics-16th-84, 96)

1965-07-03

Bobby Gage, Winsted CA, Nike golfer (1993 NIKE Wichita Open-16th)

1974-03-11

Jon Dalton, the infamous "Jonny Fairplay" from the 7th and 16th season of Survivor

1865-04-15

Abraham Lincoln, 16th American president, dies from gunshot wound at 56

2001-07-31

Francisco da Costa Gomes, 16th President of Portugal (b. 1914)

2004-02-22

Ron Cadee, The 16th Annual TV Week Logie Awards

2009-05-23

Roh Moo-hyun, 16th President of the Republic of Korea (b. 1946)