CoM Moderators Posted May 16 Posted May 16 Historical Events 1984 - Guinea-Bissau adopts constitution 1990 - Dominican Republic President Joaquín Ricardo Balaguer re-elected 1997 - MLB Montreal Expos trailing San Francisco Giants by 9 runs comeback to win 14-13 1997 - Brandi Sherwood (Miss Idaho) replaces Brook Lee as Miss USA when Brook is crowned Miss Universe 2007 - Alex Salmond is elected First Minister of Scotland. He is first Scottish National Party leader to be elected First Minister after winning a historic victory at the Scottish general election on the 3rd May. More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1710 - William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English peer and Whig politician, born in Worcester, England (d. 1782) 1918 - Aubrey Bowman, British pianist, composer, and conductor (Workman's Music Association), born in Bournemouth, England (d. 2009) 1918 - Edward Thomas, British historian and intelligence expert (Bletchley Park), born in Portsmouth, England (d. 1996) 1937 - Yvonne Craig, actress (Batgirl-Batman, Kissin Cousin), born in Taylorville, Illinois (d. 2015) 1945 - Nicky Chinn, British-American pop songwriter and producer (with Mike Chapman: Sweet - "The Ballroom Blitz"; Suzi Quatro; Toni Basel - "Mickey"; Tina Turner - "You Better Be Good To Me"), born in London, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1657 - Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) 1762 - Ernst Christian Hesse, German composer, dies at 86 1924 - William "Candy" Cummings, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (credited with creating the curveball), dies at 75 1990 - Dag Drollet, Cheyenne Brando's boyfriend killed by her brother Christian 1996 - Jeremy Boorda, U.S. Navy admiral (25th Chief of Naval Operations), commits suicide at 56 More Famous Deaths »
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