Saturday, May 16, 2026

History for May 16

History for May 16 - On-This-Day.com 
Studs Terkel (Louis "Studs" Terkel) 1912 - Author, historian, actor, broadcaster
  • 1770 - Marie Antoinette, at age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15.
  • 1888 - The first demonstration of recording on a flat disc was demonstrated by Emile Berliner.
  • 1946 - Jack Mullin showed the world the first magnetic tape recorder.
  • 1960 - Theodore Maiman, at Hughes Research Laboratory in California, demonstrated the first working laser.
  • 1963 - After 22 Earth orbits Gordon Cooper returned to Earth, ending Project Mercury.
  • 1965 - Spaghetti-O's were sold for the first time.

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