Almanac for May 16th

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for May 16th: https://ko-fi.com/post/May-16-Adrienne-Rich-T6T41FR31J

Today's Observance: St. Brendan the Navigator's Day, Armed Forces Day (U.S.)
Artist Birthday: Adrienne Rich
Author Julie S. Howlin post of the day: Liberace

Bummer May 16

May 16, 1940: During World War II, the library of the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, rebuilt after German troops burned it down in the First World War, is shelled by the Nazis. The rebuilt library catches fire again, and approximately one million books and other materials are lost.

May 16, 1953: Roma jazz guitarist and composer Django Reinhardt dies of a brain hemorrhage. He is 43 years old.

May 16, 1955: Writer/activist James Agee has a heart attack and dies in the back of a taxi cab in New York City. He’s 45 years old.

May 16, 1984: “Anti-comedian” Andy Kaufman dies of lung cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He is 35 years old.

May 16, 1990: Sammy Davis Jr. dies of complications of throat cancer.

May 16, 2005: Three-year-old Eliza Jane Scovill dies of AIDS-related pneumonia. Her HIV-positive mother Christine Maggiore questioned the link between HIV and AIDS, did not take anti-HIV medication during her pregnancy with Eliza Jane, and refused to have Eliza Jane treated for HIV. Maggiore was investigated by local child protective services, who declined to take action on the grounds that Maggiore had taken Eliza Jane to see several physicians. The Medical Board of California did place the medical license of one of these physicians on probation.