Carrollton, KY bus crash | Enquirer historic front pages from May 16

Take a look back at history through the front pages of The Cincinnati Enquirer. Every day we look at 10 pages that show the local, national and international headlines.

Today’s pages cover news reported in The Enquirer on May 16 in years ranging from 1960 to 1998. Headlines included the tragic bus crash in Carrollton, Kentucky, in 1988 that resulted in the deaths of 27 people and a rare photograph of naturalist painter John James Audubon discovered in a Cincinnati closet in 1980.

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May 16, 1960

16 May 1960, Mon The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

May 16, 1967

16 May 1967, Tue The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

May 16, 1972

16 May 1972, Tue The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

May 16, 1975

16 May 1975, Fri The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

May 16, 1976

16 May 1976, Sun The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

May 16, 1980

16 May 1980, Fri The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

May 16, 1988

16 May 1988, Mon The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

May 16, 1990

16 May 1990, Wed The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

May 16, 1993

16 May 1993, Sun The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

May 16, 1998

16 May 1998, Sat The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

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