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May 16: Global Accessibility Awareness Day (2024)

Junko Tabei

1426 – Mohnyin Thado captured Sagaing to become the king of Ava, in present-day Myanmar.
1605 – After a scuffle in which one cardinal received broken bones, a papal conclave convened in Rome elected Camillo Borghese as Pope Paul V.
1929 – The first Academy Awards ceremony was held at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
1975 – Japanese climber Junko Tabei (pictured) became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Pietro da Cortona (d. 1669)
William H. Seward (b. 1801)
Amanda Asay (b. 1988)

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