Saturday, May 16, 2026
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1991 - Queen Elizabeth II becomes first British monarch to address US congress.
1992 - US polls show presidential candidates Ross Perot, George Bush, and Bill Clinton could be in a deadlock.
1992 - US space shuttle STS-49 lands (maiden voyage of Endeavour).
1997 - Brook Mehealani Lee, 26, of US crowned 46th Miss Universe.
1997 - Brandi Sherwood, (Idaho) replaces Brook Lee (Miss Universe) as Miss USA.
1997 - U.S. President Bill Clinton issues a formal apology to the surviving victims of the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male and their families, 25 years after the 40-year "study" was exposed by reporter Jean Heller.
1998 - First Global Street Party, with events in Czech Republic, Netherlands, Finland, Germany, USA, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, England. Total of 30 Reclaim The Streets events are held in 20 countries, on sections of public roads, by hundreds or thousands of people.
2005 - George Galloway appears before a U.S. Senate committee, to answer allegations of making money from the Iraqi Oil-for-Food Programme.
2009 - In Baltimore, Maryland, USA, the 134th running of the Preakness Stakes is held. The philly Rachel Alexandra wins, ridden by Calvin Borel, the first win for a philly since 1924.