The Punch and Judy tradition of puppet shows has its roots in the sixteenth century Italian Commedia dell'Arte theater.

VOA: special.2009.09.23

It is named for Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president who led the nation through the Civil War in the eighteen sixties.

VOA: special.2009.08.09

On a cold and cloudy day in March of eighteen sixty-one, Abraham Lincoln became the sixteenth president of the United States.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

GAC,a cable television network for country music, broadcast a program May sixteenth to raise money for relief efforts.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

Forty wall areas contain maps of the world as Italians believed it looked like in the sixteenth century.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

This becomes a sheet of paper. Large machines started to be used for making paper near the end of the sixteenth century.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

On October sixteenth, eighteen fifty-nine, John Brown led an armed group of twenty-one men into Harpers Ferry.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

Japan's parliament is expected to vote on September sixteenth to make Yukio Hatoyama the next prime minister.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

The first men's hockey game will be between the United States and Switzerland on February sixteenth.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

They were the first farmers. Since the sixteenth century, the word farm has meant agricultural land.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

In the sixteenth century, one astronomer suggested that navigators could observe the moon as it passed in front of different known stars to tell longitude.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

Ten years later, on April sixteenth,nineteen sixty-two, he became anchor of the "CBS Evening News."

VOA: special.2009.08.16

And why is the current president, Barack Obama,sometimes compared to the sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln?

VOA: special.2009.07.24

Silvio Sabenca wants to know more about the sixteenth president of the United States,Abraham Lincoln.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

Singer and songwriter Kesha announced a flood benefit concert to take place June sixteenth.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

For example, Pope Gregory the Sixteenth established the Vatican Egyptian Museum in eighteen thirty-nine.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

A group of sixteenth century warriors on horseback welcomes you in the Equestrian Court.

VOA: special.2010.08.04