What happend on 16th May

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17.05
1910

The U.S. Congress authorizes the creation of the United States Bureau of Mines.

1868

President Andrew Johnson is acquitted during his impeachment trial, by one vote in the United States Senate.

1866

Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer.

1866

The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel.

1843

The first major wagon train heading for the Northwest sets out with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri on the Oregon Trail.

1836

Edgar Allan Poe marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia.

1777

Lachlan McIntosh and Button Gwinnett shoot each other during a duel near Savannah, Georgia. Gwinnett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies three days later.

1770

14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France.

1605

Paul V becomes Pope.

1568

Mary Queen of Scots flees to England.