Event:
The black box is recovered from the Russian passenger jet that carried 44 passengers and crashed in the Indonesian province of West Java, leaving no survivors
More Notable Events on May 16:
1992 Polls show Perot, Bush and Clinton could be in a deadlock
1988 Surgeon General C. Everett Koop reports nicotine as addictive as heroin
1985 Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year
1965 Spaghetti-O's 1st sold
1948 Chaim Weizmann elected 1st president of Israel
