May 16th (2013) was a Thursday. It's the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 229 days left to the end of the year.
May 16th Famous Deaths for 2013
» Angelo Errichetti, American politician (b. 1928)
» Bryan Illerbrun, Canadian football player (b. 1957)
» Frankie Librán, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1948)
» Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1933)
» Paul Shane, English actor and singer (b. 1940)
» Dick Trickle, American race car driver (b. 1941)
» Bernard Waber, American author and illustrator (b. 1921)
May 16th Holidays in History
» Christian feast day:
» Aaron (Copt) e.g Aaron (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria called Coptic Church)
» Abda and Abdjesus, and companions:
» Abdas of Susa
» Andrew Bobola
» Brendan named Brendan the Navigator (Roman Catholic Church)
» Caroline Chisholm (Church of England)
» Saint Germerius known as Germerius
» Honoratus of Amiens
» John of Nepomuk
» Margaret of Cortona
» Peregrine of Auxerre
» Simon Stock
» Ubald (see Saint Ubaldo Day)
» Christianity in Sudan known as Martyrs of Sudan (Episcopal Church (USA))
» Mass graves in Iraq named Mass Graves Day (Iraq)
» National Day, declared by Salva Kiir Mayardit (South Sudan)