Historical Events In July - 16

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

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

1925  Phillip Pine, Hartford Ct, actor (Set-Up, Under the Ground) on July - 16.  

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 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 this day in history.  

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  On July - 16 charles Studd, cricketer (5 Tests for England 1882-83), dies  

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

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1936  On July - 16 1st x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, NY  

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

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

1942  On July - 16 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  On July - 16 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 this day in history.  

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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  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 July - 16.  

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

0599  Monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St Servaaskerk), dies on July - 16.  

1099  El Cid, [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267)  

1342  On this day in history death of king Charles I of Hungary  

1482  John van Schaffelaar, Gelders knight, dies on July - 16.