On This Day for May 16 - Warsaw Ghetto Uprising suppressed, Henry Fonda is featured, and more

Created: 2020-05-16 10:04 Updated: 2020-05-16 10:04 Notebook: On this Day in History

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May 16

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

Henry Fonda

FEATURED EVENT

1943

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising suppressed

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2019: Chinese-born American architect I.M. Pei, who was known for his large, elegantly designed urban buildings and complexes, died at age 102. [ Test your knowledge of architecture.]

2007: French politician Nicolas Sarkozy was sworn in as president of France; defeated at the polls in 2012, he became only the second French president to fail in a reelection bid since the foundation of the Fifth Republic in 1958. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about France.]

1975: Tabei Junko of Japan, accompanied by Ang Tsering of Nepal, became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. [Test your knowledge of Mount Everest.]

1966: American rock group the Beach Boys released their masterwork, Pet Sounds, a bittersweet pastiche of songs recalling the pangs of unrequited love and other coming-of-age trials. [How much do you know about rock music?]

1961: The military seized power in South Korea, overthrowing the Second Republic, as General Park Chung-Hee took over the government machinery, dissolved the National Assembly, and imposed a strict ban on political activity. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about Korea.]

Olga Korbut at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany

1955: Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut—who won three gold medals at the 1972 Olympics in Munich , West Germany, where she captivated audiences with her charm, youth, and diminutive size—was born in Belorussia (now Belarus). [Take our quiz about the Olympic Games.]

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