This Day in History

May 16th in History

The first wagon train sets out on the Oregon Trail! In other news, Marie Antoinette gets married, Joan of Arc is canonized, and the first woman reaches the summit of Mt. Everest. It's the birthday of Henry Fonda and Liberace; peanut butter confectioner H. B. Reese and G-man Eliot Ness die. Happy National Sea Monkey Day!

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Quote of the Day

"I like quoting Einstein. Know why? Because nobody dares contradict you."

Studs Terkel, writer born May 16, 1912