Today in History - History - May 16th

1985Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year

1947Billie Holiday is arrested in her New York apartment for possession of narcotics

1996Sammy Sosa is 1st Chicago Cub to hit 2 HRS in 1 inning

1982Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament

1940British Premier Winston Churchill returns to London from Paris

1981"Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes hits #1 for next 9 weeks

1989Soviet president Mikhail S Gorbachev & Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ended a 30-year rift when they formally met in Beijing

1980Paul McCartney releases "McCartney II" album

1993Laura Davies wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship

2007Nicolas Sarkozy becomes the 23rd President of France

1966Janet Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer, Michael's sister (Control)

1861H. H. Holmes [Herman Webster Mudgett], Gilmanton, New Hampshire, American serial killer

1986Megan Fox, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, American actress (Transformers) and model

1953Pierce Brosnan, County Meath Ireland, actor (Remington Steele, Golden Eye)

1770Marie Antoinette (14) marries future King Louis XVI (15) of France

1989MLB player Moises Alou (22) weds Austria Melo

1703Charles Perrault, French author/fairy tale writer, dies at 75

1985Margaret Hamilton, actress (Wicked Witch-Wizard of Oz), dies at 82