What Happened On 16th May 1947 In History

Famous Birthdays on May 16 in 1947

• » Barbara Lee (singer) e.g Barbara Lee, American singer (The Chiffons) (d. 1992)
• » Bill Smitrovich, American actor
• » Darrell Sweet (musician) known as Darrell Sweet, English-Scottish drummer (Nazareth) (d. 1999)
• » Roch Thériault, Canadian religious leader (d. 2011)

May 16th Famous Deaths for 1947

• » Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• » Zhang Lingfu, Chinese general (b. 1903)

May 16th Holidays in History

• » Christian feast day:
• » Aaron (Copt) e.g Aaron (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria called Coptic Church)
• » Abda and Abdjesus, and companions:
• » Abdas of Susa
• » Andrew Bobola
• » Brendan named Brendan the Navigator (Roman Catholic Church)
• » Caroline Chisholm (Church of England)
• » Saint Germerius known as Germerius
• » Honoratus of Amiens
• » John of Nepomuk
• » Margaret of Cortona
• » Peregrine of Auxerre
• » Simon Stock
• » Ubald (see Saint Ubaldo Day)
• » Christianity in Sudan known as Martyrs of Sudan (Episcopal Church (USA))
• » Mass graves in Iraq named Mass Graves Day (Iraq)
• » National Day, declared by Salva Kiir Mayardit (South Sudan)

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