History for May 16

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Studs Terkel (Louis "Studs" Terkel) 1912 - Author, historian, actor, broadcaster

• 1770 - Marie Antoinette, at age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15.
• 1868 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson was acquitted during the Senate impeachment, by one vote.
• 1888 - The first demonstration of recording on a flat disc was demonstrated by Emile Berliner.
• 1960 - Theodore Maiman, at Hughes Research Laboratory in California, demonstrated the first working laser.
• 1963 - After 22 Earth orbits Gordon Cooper returned to Earth, ending Project Mercury.
• 1965 - Spaghetti-O's were sold for the first time.
• 1985 - Michael Jordan was named Rookie of the Year in the NBA.
• 1987 - The Bobro 400 set sail from New York Harbor with 3,200 tons of garbage. The barge travelled 6,000 miles in search of a place to dump its load. It returned to New York Harbor after 8 weeks with the same load.