TUESDAY INHISTORY

By The Associated Press

Today is Tuesday, May 16, the 136th day of 2017. There are 229 days left in the year.

Highlight in History:

On May 16, 1868, the U.S. Senate failed by one vote to convict President Andrew Johnson as it took its first ballot on the eleven articles of impeachment against him.

On this date:

In 1770, Marie Antoinette, age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15.

In 1866, Congress authorized minting of the first fivecent piece, also known as the “Shield nickel.”

In 1920, Joan of Arc was canonized by Pope Benedict XV.

In 1939, the federal government began its first food stamp program in Rochester, N.Y.

In 1966, China launched the Cultural Revolution, a radical as well as deadly reform movement aimed at purging the country of “counter-revolutionaries.”

In 1975, Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

In 1988, the U.S. Supreme Court, in California v. Greenwood, ruled that police can search discarded garbage without a search warrant.

In 1992, the space shuttle Endeavour completed its maiden voyage with a safe landing in the California desert.

In 1997, President Bill Clinton publicly apologized for the notorious Tuskegee experiment, in which government scientists deliberately allowed black men to weaken and die of treatable syphilis.

Ten years ago: Anti-war Democrats in the Senate failed in an attempt to cut off funds for the Iraq war.

Five years ago: Gen. Ratko Mladic went on trial at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in the Netherlands, accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

One year ago: President Barack Obama called on the nation to support law enforcement officers as he bestowed the Medal of Valor on 13 who risked their lives.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Danny Trejo is 73. Actor Pierce Brosnan is 64. Actress Debra Winger is 62. Olympic gold medal gymnast Olga Korbut is 62. Olympic gold medal marathon runner Joan Benoit Samuelsonis 60. Singer Janet Jackson is 51. Actor David Boreanaz is 48. Political correspondent Tucker Carlson is 48. Actress Tori Spelling is 44. Actress Megan Fox is 31. Olympic bronze medal figure skater Ashley Wagner is 26.

Thought for Today: “Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” — Roald Dahl, British author (1916-1990).