Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 16
On May 16:
- 1527 - Florentines drove out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-established a republic.
- 1532 - Sir Thomas More resigned as Lord Chancellor of England.
- 1929 - In Hollywood, California the first Academy Awards were handed out.
- 1988 - A report by United States Surgeon General C. Everett Koop stated that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.