Historical Events In July - 16

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

1923  On July - 16 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 this day in history conference over German recovery payments begins in London   

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

1925  On this day in history phillip Pine, Hartford Ct, actor (Set-Up, Under the Ground)   

1926  The first underwater color photographs appeared in " National Geographic" magazine on July - 16.   

1926  Jaspar govt asks authority to save Belgian franc on July - 16.   

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 this day in history 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  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  On July - 16 caroline Blackwood, writer   

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

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

1934  On July - 16 k Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1334 Lundmarka   

1934  On July - 16 bradman scores 140 Aust v Yorkshire, 120 mins, 22 fours 2 sixes   

1935  On July - 16 the first automatic parking meter in US installed, Oklahoma City, Ok   

1935  On July - 16 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  The first x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, NY on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1942  On this day in history french police arrest 13,152 Jews in Paris   

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 this day in history.   

1944  John Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed on July - 16.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

0276  On this day in history 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  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  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 this day in history death of king Charles I of Hungary   

1482  On July - 16 john van Schaffelaar, Gelders knight, dies