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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_16" title="May 16">May 16</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Accessibility_Awareness_Day" title="Global Accessibility Awareness Day">Global Accessibility Awareness Day</a></b> (2024)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1426" title="1426">1426</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohnyin_Thado" title="Mohnyin Thado">Mohnyin Thado</a></b> captured <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagaing" title="Sagaing">Sagaing</a> to become the king of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ava" title="Kingdom of Ava">Ava</a>, in present-day Myanmar.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1605" title="1605">1605</a> – After a scuffle in which one <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">cardinal</a> received broken bones, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1605_papal_conclave" title="May 1605 papal conclave">a papal conclave</a></b> convened in Rome elected Camillo Borghese as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paul_V" title="Pope Paul V">Pope Paul V</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929" title="1929">1929</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Academy_Awards" title="1st Academy Awards">first Academy Awards ceremony</a></b> was held at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollywood_Roosevelt_Hotel" title="The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel">The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel</a> in Los Angeles, California.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975" title="1975">1975</a> – Japanese climber <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junko_Tabei" title="Junko Tabei">Junko Tabei</a></b> became the first woman to reach the summit of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest" title="Mount Everest">Mount Everest</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_da_Cortona" title="Pietro da Cortona">Pietro da Cortona</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1669); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Seward" title="William H. Seward">William H. Seward</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1801); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Asay" title="Amanda Asay">Amanda Asay</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1988)</p>
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