On This Day - What happened 16 May in United States of America
Check most memorable events 16 May in United States of America.
Washington D.C., U.S. Saturday May 16, 1868 Impeachment of Andrew JohnsonThe First Vote
Washington D.C., U.S. Saturday May 16, 1868 The first vote was taken on May 16 for the eleventh article. Prior to the vote, Samuel Pomeroy, the senior senator from Kansas, told the junior Kansas Senator Ross that if Ross voted for acquittal that Ross would become the subject of an investigation for bribery. Afterward, in hopes of persuading at least one senator who voted not guilty to change his vote, the Senate adjourned for 10 days before continuing voting on the other articles.
Washington D.C., U.S. Saturday May 16, 1868 U.S. Thursday May 16, 1957 Nuclear PowerUSS Skate (SSN-578)
U.S. Thursday May 16, 1957 USS Skate (SSN-578), the third submarine of the United States Navy named for the skate, a type of ray, was the lead ship of the Skate class of nuclear submarines. She was the third nuclear submarine commissioned, the first to make a completely submerged trans-Atlantic crossing, and the second submarine to reach the North Pole and the first to surface there.
U.S. Monday May 16, 2011 Washington D.C., U.S. Saturday May 16, 1868 Impeachment of Andrew JohnsonThe First Vote
Washington D.C., U.S. Saturday May 16, 1868 The first vote was taken on May 16 for the eleventh article. Prior to the vote, Samuel Pomeroy, the senior senator from Kansas, told the junior Kansas Senator Ross that if Ross voted for acquittal that Ross would become the subject of an investigation for bribery. Afterward, in hopes of persuading at least one senator who voted not guilty to change his vote, the Senate adjourned for 10 days before continuing voting on the other articles.
Washington D.C., U.S. Saturday May 16, 1868 U.S. Thursday May 16, 1957 Nuclear PowerUSS Skate (SSN-578)
U.S. Thursday May 16, 1957 USS Skate (SSN-578), the third submarine of the United States Navy named for the skate, a type of ray, was the lead ship of the Skate class of nuclear submarines. She was the third nuclear submarine commissioned, the first to make a completely submerged trans-Atlantic crossing, and the second submarine to reach the North Pole and the first to surface there.
U.S. Monday May 16, 2011
