Page 5: Historical Events In July - 16

1921  Bernard Rogers, supreme Allied commander Europe on July - 16.   

1923  Reginald Prentice, British government minister on July - 16.   

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

1924  Conference over German recovery payments begins in London on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history bess Myerson, Bronx NY, 1st Jewish Miss America (1945)   

1925  On this day in history 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  Jaspar govt asks authority to save Belgian franc on this day in history.   

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

1927  On this day in history augusto Sandino begins 5«-year war against US occupation of Nicaragua   

1927  Augusto Sandino begins 5½ year war against US occupation of Nicaragua on this day in history.   

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

1928  Bella Davidovich, Baku Russia, pianist (Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel) on July - 16.   

1929  On July - 16 michael Morland, High court judge   

1930  On this day in history anne Francis, Ossining NY, actress (Honey West, Forbidden Planet)   

1931  Caroline Blackwood, writer on July - 16.   

1931  Charles Studd, cricketer (5 Tests for England 1882-83), dies on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history john Chilton, jazz trumpeter   

1934  On July - 16 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  The first automatic parking meter in US installed, Oklahoma City, Ok on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history the first x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, NY   

1936  On this day in history 1st x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, NY   

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  NSB'er Woudenberg appointed as NVV-trustee on July - 16.   

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

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

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

1944  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 on July - 16.   

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  Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1611  Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.   

1704  John Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle was born on July - 16.   

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  Joseph Wilton, sculptor was born on July - 16.   

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

0276  On this day in history death of mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered   

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 July - 16.   

1139  On this day in history walram II, duke of Limburg/Neth-Lutherans, dies   

1216  Innocent III, [Lotario di Segni], Italian Pope (1198-1216), dies on July - 16.   

1324  On July - 16 death of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267)   

1342  On July - 16 death of king Charles I of Hungary   

1482  On this day in history john van Schaffelaar, Gelders knight, dies