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May 16
1770Marie Antoinette married the future King Louis XVI of France. 1868The first ballot on one of 11 articles of impeachment in the U.S. Senate failed to convict President Andrew Johnson. 1929The first Academy Awards were given on this night. The term, Oscars, was not used to describe the statuettes given to actors and actresses until 1931. 1946The Irving Berlin musical, Annie Get Your Gun, opened on Broadway. 1975Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to summit Mount Everest. 1991Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address the United States Congress. 1997President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire ended 32 years of autocratic rule when rebel forces led by Laurent Kabila expelled him from the country. 
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