Today is Wednesday, May 16th, the 136th day of 2001. There are 229 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 16th, 1990, death claimed entertainer Sammy Davis Junior in Los Angeles at age 64 and "Muppets" creator Jim Henson in New York at age 53. On this date: In 1770, Marie Antoinette, age 14, married the future King Louis the 16th of France, who was 15. In 1866, Congress authorized minting of the five-cent piece. In 1868, the Senate failed by one vote to convict President Andrew Johnson as it took its first ballot on one of eleven articles of impeachment against him. In 1920, Joan of Arc was canonized in Rome. In 1929, the first Academy Awards were presented during a banquet at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The movie "Wings" won "best production" while Emil Jannings and Janet Gaynor were named best actor and best actress. In 1946, the musical "Annie Get Your Gun" opened on Broadway. In 1955, American author and critic James Agee died in New York. In 1960, a Big Four summit conference in Paris collapsed on its opening day as the Soviet Union leveled spy charges against the US in the wake of the U-Two incident. In 1975, Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. In 1977, five people were killed when a New York Airways helicopter, idling atop the Pan Am Building in midtown Manhattan, toppled over, sending a huge rotor blade flying. Ten years ago: Secretary of State James A. Baker the Third wrapped up his latest Mideast visit in Israel without an agreement for Arab-Israeli peace talks. Queen Elizabeth the Second became the first British monarch to address the US Congress. Five years ago: Admiral Jeremy "Mike" Boorda, the nation's top Navy officer, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after some of his military awards were called into question. One year ago: The Federal Reserve raised its federal funds rate by one-half point, the biggest increase in five years. The New York Democratic Party, meeting in Albany, nominated first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton for the US Senate. Veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas resigned from United Press International, a day after the wire service was sold to the parent firm of The Washington Times. Today's Birthdays: Author Studs Terkel is 89. Actor George Gaynes is 84. Actor Harry Carey Junior is 80. Jazz musician Billy Cobham is 57. Actor Pierce Brosnan is 48. Actress Debra Winger is 46. Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut is 46. (Whew! Are we getting old or what?) Actress Mare Winningham is 42. Singer Janet Jackson is 35. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ralph Tresvant (New Edition) is 33. Actress Tracey Gold is 32. Tennis player Gabriela Sabatini is 31. Country singer Rick Trevino is 30. Actor David Boreanaz is 30. Musician Simon Katz (Jamiroquai) is 30. Actress Tori Spelling is 28. "Nothing is done. Everything in the world remains to be done or done over." -- Lincoln Steffens, American investigative reporter (1866-1936). (Copyright 2001 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)