Historical Events In July - 16

1921  Bernard Rogers, supreme Allied commander Europe on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history reginald Prentice, British government minister   

1923  Louis M A Couperus, poet/writer (Books of Small Soles), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1924  On July - 16 conference over German recovery payments begins in London   

1924  Bess Myerson, Bronx NY, 1st Jewish Miss America (1945) on July - 16.   

1925  On July - 16 phillip Pine, Hartford Ct, actor (Set-Up, Under the Ground)   

1926  On July - 16 the first underwater color photographs appeared in " National Geographic" magazine   

1926  On July - 16 jaspar govt asks authority to save Belgian franc   

1926  Brian Howard, deputy chairman (Marks & Spencer) on July - 16.   

1927  On July - 16 augusto Sandino begins 5«-year war against US occupation of Nicaragua   

1927  On July - 16 augusto Sandino begins 5½ year war against US occupation of Nicaragua   

1927  On July - 16 john Freeland, Legal advisor UK foreign office   

1928  On this day in history bella Davidovich, Baku Russia, pianist (Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel)   

1929  Michael Morland, High court judge on July - 16.   

1930  Anne Francis, Ossining NY, actress (Honey West, Forbidden Planet) on this day in history.   

1931  Caroline Blackwood, writer on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history charles Studd, cricketer (5 Tests for England 1882-83), dies   

1932  On July - 16 john Chilton, jazz trumpeter   

1934  On this day in history k Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1334 Lundmarka   

1934  Bradman scores 140 Aust v Yorkshire, 120 mins, 22 fours 2 sixes on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history the first automatic parking meter in US installed, Oklahoma City, Ok   

1935  On this day in history 1st automatic parking meter in US installed (Oklahoma City, Ok)   

1936  On July - 16 k Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1395 Aribeda & #1402 Eri   

1936  The first x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, NY on July - 16.   

1936  1st x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, NY on July - 16.   

1938  On this day in history 21st PGA Championship: Paul Runyan at Shawnee CC Shawnee-on-Del Pa   

1939  On July - 16 beatrice Erskine Lane Suzuki, Zen student, dies   

1940  On this day in history nSB'er Woudenberg appointed as NVV-trustee   

1941  100ø F (38ø C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash on this day in history.   

1941  100°F (38°C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash on July - 16.   

1942  French police arrest 13,152 Jews in Paris on this day in history.   

1944  On July - 16 dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 & break their 16-game losing streak, they will lose another 5 in a row   

1944  On this day in history john Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed   

1945  On this day in history " Fat Boy", the experimental, plutonium bomb, exploded at 5 30 a.m. in the first U.S. test of an atomic bomb. The mushroom-shaped cloud rose to a height of 41,000 feet above the New Mexico desert at Alamogordo Air Base. All life in a one-mile radius ceased to exist.   

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1194  On July - 16 birth of saint Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (d. 1253)   

1571  On July - 16 birth of theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized   

1611  Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1644) was born on July - 16.   

1704  On July - 16 birth of john Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle   

1714  Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer (d. 1800) was born on this day in history.   

1715  Charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France was born on this day in history.   

1722  On this day in history birth of joseph Wilton, sculptor   

1723  On this day in history birth of joshua Reynolds, England, portrait painter (Simplicity)   

0276  On July - 16 death of mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered   

0599  On this day in history monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St Servaaskerk), dies   

1099  El Cid, [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59 on July - 16.   

1139  Walram II, duke of Limburg/Neth-Lutherans, dies on this day in history.   

1216  On July - 16 innocent III, [Lotario di Segni], Italian Pope (1198-1216), dies   

1324  Death of Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267) on this day in history.   

1342  Death of King Charles I of Hungary on this day in history.   

1482  John van Schaffelaar, Gelders knight, dies on this day in history.