Page 5: Historical Events In July - 16

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

1923  Reginald Prentice, British government minister on this day in history.   

1923  On July - 16 louis M A Couperus, poet/writer (Books of Small Soles), dies at 60   

1924  On this day in history conference over German recovery payments begins in London   

1924  Bess Myerson, Bronx NY, 1st Jewish Miss America (1945) on this day in history.   

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

1926  The first underwater color photographs appeared in " National Geographic" magazine on this day in history.   

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

1926  On this day in history brian Howard, deputy chairman (Marks & Spencer)   

1927  On this day in history 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 this day in history john Freeland, Legal advisor UK foreign office   

1928  Bella Davidovich, Baku Russia, pianist (Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel) on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history michael Morland, High court judge   

1930  On July - 16 anne Francis, Ossining NY, actress (Honey West, Forbidden Planet)   

1931  On this day in history caroline Blackwood, writer   

1931  On July - 16 charles Studd, cricketer (5 Tests for England 1882-83), dies   

1932  John Chilton, jazz trumpeter on this day in history.   

1934  K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1334 Lundmarka on July - 16.   

1934  On this day in history bradman scores 140 Aust v Yorkshire, 120 mins, 22 fours 2 sixes   

1935  The first automatic parking meter in US installed, Oklahoma City, Ok on this day in history.   

1935  1st automatic parking meter in US installed (Oklahoma City, Ok) on July - 16.   

1936  On this day in history k Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1395 Aribeda & #1402 Eri   

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

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

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

1939  Beatrice Erskine Lane Suzuki, Zen student, dies on this day in history.   

1940  On July - 16 nSB'er Woudenberg appointed as NVV-trustee   

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

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

1942  On July - 16 french police arrest 13,152 Jews in Paris   

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  " 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 on July - 16.   

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

1571  Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized was born on July - 16.   

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

1704  John Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle was born on this day in history.   

1714  Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer (d. 1800) was born on July - 16.   

1715  On this day in history birth of charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France   

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

1723  On July - 16 birth of joshua Reynolds, England, portrait painter (Simplicity)   

0276  Death of Mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered on this day in history.   

0599  On July - 16 monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St Servaaskerk), dies   

1099  El Cid, [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1139  Walram II, duke of Limburg/Neth-Lutherans, dies on July - 16.   

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 July - 16.   

1342  On this day in history death of king Charles I of Hungary   

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