TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Monday, May 16, the 136th day of 2022. There are 229 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history

On May 16, 1943, the nearly monthlong Warsaw Ghetto Uprising came to an end as German forces crushed the Jewish resistance and blew up the Great Synagogue.

On this date

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

In 1929, the first Academy Awards were presented. “Wings” won “best production,” while Emil Jannings and Janet Gaynor were named best actor and best actress.

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: Gen. Ratko Mladic went on trial at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in the Netherlands, accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. (Mladic would be convicted on 10 counts and sentenced to life in prison.)

Five years ago: The White House issued a furious denial after a report that President Donald Trump personally appealed to FBI Director James Comey to abandon the bureau’s investigation into National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

Today’s birthdays

Former Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats is 79. Actor Danny Trejo is 78. Actor Pierce Brosnan is 69. Actor Debra Winger is 67. Actor Mare Winningham is 63. Musician Boyd Tinsley (The Dave Matthews Band) is 58. Musician Krist Novoselic (Nirvana) is 57. Singer Janet Jackson is 56. Political commentator Tucker Carlson is 53. Actor Tracey Gold is 53. International Tennis Hall of Famer Gabriela Sabatini is 52. Actor Tori Spelling is 49. Actor Megan Fox is 36.