This Day in History: May 16, 2025

  • May
    2006
    A large earthquake (7.4 on the Richter magnitude scale) occurs near New Zealand.
  • May
    2005
    Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly of Kuwait vote.
  • May
    2004
    The Day of Mourning at Bykivnia forest, just outside of Kiev, Ukraine. Here during 1930s and early 1940s communist bolsh...
  • May
    2003
    In Casablanca, Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the 2003 Casablanca bombings.
  • May
    1992
    STS-49: Space Shuttle Endeavour lands safely after a successful maiden voyage.
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