SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2009

Today is Saturday, May 16, the 136th day of 2009. There are 229 days left in the year.

1532 _ Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor

1770 _ Marie Antoinette (14) marries future King Louis XVI (15) of France

1860 _ Republican convention (Chicago) selects Abraham Lincoln candidate

1920 _ Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) canonized a saint in Rome

1939 _ Food stamps are first issued

1965 _ Spaghetti-O's first sold

1974 _ Helmut Schmidt becomes West German chancellor

1975 _ India annexes Principality of Sikkim

1975 _ Japanese Junko Tabei became first woman to reach Mount Everest's summit

1991 _ Queen Elizabeth becomes first British monarch to address US congress