Historical Events for 16th May 2024

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1763 - Samuel Johnson 1st meets his future biographer James Boswell in London
1914 - American Horseshoe Pitchers Association organizes in Kansas City
1941 - Nazis forbid Dutch Organization of Actors (NOT)
1946 - Irving Berlin, Dorothy and Herbert Fields' musical "Annie Get Your Gun" starring Ethel Merman and featuring "There's No Business Like Show Business" opens at Imperial Theater, NYC
1963 - "Beast in Me" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 4 performances
1969 - US nuclear sub Guitarro sinks off San Francisco
1977 - 5 die as NY Airway helicopter topples on Pan Am building in NYC
1986 - Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) comes back from the dead on TV show "Dallas"
1988 - US Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrant
2019 - South African Saray Khumalo is the first black African woman to climb Mt Evervest

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