May 16

Doppelgängers (3) | Birthdays (3) | Events (2) | Passed (2)

May 16, 2002

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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
- often attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt.


3 Doppelgängers Today

I track 9,188 doppelgängers out of 21,283 people in my custom software, specializing in look alikes who were born in the same week in history. Similar looking public figures are always born within a few days of each other. This is a phenommenon seen across all of documented history.

Born on the same day in 1905


Born on May 16, 1905
(1905 - 1974)

H. E. Bates

English author

Born on May 16, 1905

Henry Fonda

American actor whose career spanned five decades on Broadway and in Hollywood

Born within 5 days in 1889


Born on May 11, 1889

Annie Góth


Born on May 16, 1889

Maria Garland

Danish stage and film actress

Born on the same day in 1969


Born on May 16, 1969

Robert Edward Grant


Born on May 16, 1969

Tucker Carlson

American conservative political commentator who hosted the nightly political talk show Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News from 2016 to 2023


3 Birthdays Today

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Liberace

Liberace

  (1919 — 1987)
highest-paid entertainer in the world with established concert residencies in Las Vegas and an international touring schedule

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Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brosnan

  born on May 16, 1953.
sixth actor to play the lead role in the James Bond films, and the fifth for Eon Productions, which produces the official Bond films

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H.H. Holmes

H.H. Holmes

  (1861 — 1896)
American con artist and serial killer, the subject of more than 50 lawsuits in Chicago alone.


2 Events
On This Day

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Mountaineers Peter Boardman, Doug Scott and Joe Tasker became the first people to ascend the steep North Ridge of the third-highest mountain in the world, to reach the summit of the 28,169 foot (8,586

Mountaineers Peter Boardman, Doug Scott and Joe Tasker became the first people to ascend the steep North Ridge of the third-highest mountain in the world, to reach the summit of the 28,169 foot (8,586

m) high Kangchenjunga
It happened on May 16, 1979


Featuring: Doug Scott, Joe Tasker, Peter Boardman.

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The Veteran, The Lion Cub, and The Princess Vilma Lwoff-Parlaghy

The Veteran, The Lion Cub, and The Princess Vilma Lwoff-Parlaghy

It happened on May 16, 1911

This article appeared on the front page of a dozen newspapers in 1911. The date of this article represents the principal deployment date of this propaganda. GENERAL DANIEL E. SICKLES, sole surviving corps commander of the two great armies that began an
Featuring: Daniel Sickles, Princess Vilma Lwoff-Parlaghy.
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2 People Who
Passed On This Day

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Jim Henson

Jim Henson

  (1936 — 1990)
American puppeteer, animator, creative producer, and director who achieved worldwide notability as the creator of the Muppets

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Sammy Davis Jr

Sammy Davis Jr

  (1925 — 1990)
American singer, dancer, and entertainer

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