May 16

What happened on May 16 in history

3 events fall on May 16, from 1770 to 1943. Read them below, then try to place a historical scene yourself — guess where in the world it happened and in what year.

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Events on May 16

  1. 1770

    Marie Antoinette marries the dauphin

    The fourteen-year-old Austrian archduchess weds the future Louis XVI.

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  2. 1929

    The first Academy Awards

    A dinner at the Hollywood Roosevelt hands out fifteen statuettes in fifteen minutes.

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  3. 1943

    The Dambusters raid

    RAF bombers breach two dams in the Ruhr with bouncing bombs.

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