Page 5: Historical Events In July - 16

1921  On July - 16 bernard Rogers, supreme Allied commander Europe   

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

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 July - 16 bess Myerson, Bronx NY, 1st Jewish Miss America (1945)   

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 this day in history.   

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  John Freeland, Legal advisor UK foreign office on this day in history.   

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

1931  On this day in history caroline Blackwood, writer   

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

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  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  K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1395 Aribeda & #1402 Eri on this day in history.   

1936  On July - 16 the first x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, NY   

1936  On July - 16 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  Beatrice Erskine Lane Suzuki, Zen student, dies on this day in history.   

1940  NSB'er Woudenberg appointed as NVV-trustee on July - 16.   

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

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

1942  On this day in history 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  On July - 16 " 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  Saint Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (d. 1253) was born on this day in history.   

1571  On this day in history birth of theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized   

1611  On this day in history birth of archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1644)   

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

1714  On this day in history birth of marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer (d. 1800)   

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

1722  Joseph Wilton, sculptor was born on July - 16.   

1723  Joshua Reynolds, England, portrait painter (Simplicity) was born on July - 16.   

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

0599  Monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St Servaaskerk), dies on this day in history.   

1099  On this day in history el Cid, [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59   

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 this day in history.   

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