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dreams · 05-16-2011, 04:25 AM

May 16th

1770 - Marie Antoinette, at age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15.

1836 – Edgar Allan Poe marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia.

1866 - The U.S. Congress authorized the first 5-cent piece to be minted.

1881 - In Germany the first electric tram for the public started service.

1946 - Jack Mullin showed the world the first magnetic tape recorder.

1965 - Spaghetti-O's went on sale.

1969 - Venus 5, a Russian spacecraft, landed on the planet Venus.

1992 - The Endeavour space shuttle landed safely after its maiden voyage.

2005 - Sony Corp. unveiled three styles of its new PlayStation 3 video game machine.

2011 - The space shuttle Endeavour is launched into space for the last time.
*thanks pholy for this addition to the list.

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05-16-2011, 04:25 AM	#96
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	May 16th 1770 - Marie Antoinette, at age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15. 1836 – Edgar Allan Poe marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia. 1866 - The U.S. Congress authorized the first 5-cent piece to be minted. 1881 - In Germany the first electric tram for the public started service. 1946 - Jack Mullin showed the world the first magnetic tape recorder. 1965 - Spaghetti-O's went on sale. 1969 - Venus 5, a Russian spacecraft, landed on the planet Venus. 1992 - The Endeavour space shuttle landed safely after its maiden voyage. 2005 - Sony Corp. unveiled three styles of its new PlayStation 3 video game machine. 2011 - The space shuttle Endeavour is launched into space for the last time. thanks pholy for this addition to the list. Last edited by dreams; 05-16-2011 at 02:59 PM.