Page 5: 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  On this day in history louis M A Couperus, poet/writer (Books of Small Soles), dies at 60   

1924  On July - 16 conference over German recovery payments begins in London   

1924  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1927  On July - 16 augusto Sandino begins 5½ year war against US occupation of Nicaragua   

1927  John Freeland, Legal advisor UK foreign office on July - 16.   

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

1929  Michael Morland, High court judge on this day in history.   

1930  Anne Francis, Ossining NY, actress (Honey West, Forbidden Planet) on this day in history.   

1931  Caroline Blackwood, writer on July - 16.   

1931  Charles Studd, cricketer (5 Tests for England 1882-83), dies on July - 16.   

1932  On July - 16 john Chilton, jazz trumpeter   

1934  K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1334 Lundmarka on this day in history.   

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

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 July - 16.   

1940  On this day in history nSB'er Woudenberg appointed as NVV-trustee   

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  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 July - 16.   

1944  On July - 16 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  Saint Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (d. 1253) was born on July - 16.   

1571  On July - 16 birth of theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized   

1611  On July - 16 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  Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer (d. 1800) was born on this day in history.   

1715  Charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France was born on July - 16.   

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

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

0276  Death of Mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered on July - 16.   

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  Walram II, duke of Limburg/Neth-Lutherans, dies on this day in history.   

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