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

1926  On July - 16 brian Howard, deputy chairman (Marks & Spencer)  

1927  Augusto Sandino begins 5«-year war against US occupation of Nicaragua on July - 16.  

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

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

1930  Anne Francis, Ossining NY, actress (Honey West, Forbidden Planet) on July - 16.  

1931  On July - 16 caroline Blackwood, writer  

1931  On July - 16 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 July - 16.  

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

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

1936  K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1395 Aribeda & #1402 Eri on July - 16.  

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

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

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

1939  On this day in history beatrice Erskine Lane Suzuki, Zen student, dies  

1940  On July - 16 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 this day in history.  

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

1944  On this day in history 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  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 July - 16.  

1704  On this day in history birth of john Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle  

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  On July - 16 birth of joseph Wilton, sculptor  

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

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

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  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  On July - 16 death of king Charles I of Hungary  

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