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Birthdays occurring on May, 16
| 1912 |
Studs Terkel was born on May 16, 1912
One time, ... I was doing 'Studs Place,' my early TV show, and I'm supposed to be quitting cigars and I'm yearning for a smoke and I quote from the 'Odyssey.' I say, I am Ulysses passing the Isle of Circe. Meaning I got these temptations. Truck drivers called in and said they liked the classical reference. More quotations from Studs Terkel |
Deaths occurring on May, 16
| 1957 |
Eliot Ness died on May 16, 1957
Possibly it wasn't too important for the world to know that we couldn't be bought, but I did want Al Capone and every gangster in the city to realize that there were still a few law enforcement agents who couldn't be swerved from their duty. More quotations from Eliot Ness |
| 1979 |
A. Philip Randolph died on May 16, 1979
A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess. More quotations from A. Philip Randolph | 
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| 1984 |
Irwin Shaw died on May 16, 1984
There are too many books I haven't read, too many places I haven't seen, too many memories I haven't kept long enough. More quotations from Irwin Shaw |  |
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