FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014

Today is Friday, May 16, the 136th day of 2014. There are 229 days left in the year.

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

1792 ― Denmark abolishes slave trade

1862 ― Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir builds first automobile

1891 ― George A Hormel & Company introduce Spam

1911 ― Remains of a Neanderthal man found in Jersey U.K.

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

1974 ― Helmut Schmidt becomes West German chancellor

1975 ― Japanese Junko Tabei became first woman to reach Mt. Everest's summit

1985 ― Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year

1989 ― Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ended a 30-year rift when they formally met in Beijing