Check out below about Today in History India 16 May in Indian history or May 16 special day in India. Looking for information about today special day in India? If yes, check out below. On this Special day today 16 May in Indian history, falls the birthdays and death anniversaries of various well-known people of India. You would also find out about events that happened that make it to the list of today special day in India.
Today’s Historical Events on May 16
1899, 16th May: Execution of Indian revolutionary Balkrishna Chafekar
1929, 16th May: The Hollywood Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences held its first film commemoration ceremony These awards were later named Oscars
1969, 16th May: Soviet Russia’s Venera-5 unmanned spacecraft landed on Venus
1975, 16th May: Sikkim merged with India
1975, 16th May: Junko Tabei of Japan became the first woman to climb Mount Everest
1991, 16th May: Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addressed a joint session of theUnited States Congress She is the first British monarch to address the US Congress
1993, 16th May: The first female Indian expedition led by Bachendri Pal honored 18 climbers, including seven girls, to climb Everest, setting a new world record
1996, 16th May: Atal Bihari Vajpayee took over as the 10th Prime Minister of India However, due to a lack of support, his government lasted only 13 days
2000, 16th May: To make badminton more popular and to facilitate television broadcasting of the game, it decided to increase the game by 7 points instead of 15 at the meeting of the International Badminton Federation in Kuala Lumpur However, this rule was changed again in 2006
2005, 16th May: Women gained the right to vote for the first time in Kuwait
Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on May 16
1825: Kerunana Laxman Chhatre, an Indian mathematician
1831: David Edward Hughes, a British-American inventor, practical experimenter, and professor
1926: Manik Varma, an Indian classical singer
1931: Natwar Singh, an Indian politician
1988: Vicky Kaushal, an Indian actor
Death Anniversaries of famous people on May 16
1830: Joseph Fourier, a French mathematician, and physicist
1990: James Henson, an American puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor, inventor, filmmaker, and screenwriter
1994: Phani Majumdar, an Indian film director
2004: Kamala Markandaya, an Indian novelist and journalist
2014: Russi Mody, a chairman and managing director of Tata Steel