Historical Events In July - 16

1921  On this day in history bernard Rogers, supreme Allied commander Europe  

1923  On this day in history reginald Prentice, British government minister  

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 July - 16.  

1924  On this day in history bess Myerson, Bronx NY, 1st Jewish Miss America (1945)  

1925  Phillip Pine, Hartford Ct, actor (Set-Up, Under the Ground) on this day in history.  

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

1926  Jaspar govt asks authority to save Belgian franc on this day in history.  

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.  

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1927  Augusto Sandino begins 5½ year war against US occupation of Nicaragua on July - 16.  

1927  On this day in history john Freeland, Legal advisor UK foreign office  

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

1929  On July - 16 michael Morland, High court judge  

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

1931  On this day in history caroline Blackwood, writer  

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

1932  On this day in history john Chilton, jazz trumpeter  

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

1934  Bradman scores 140 Aust v Yorkshire, 120 mins, 22 fours 2 sixes on July - 16.  

1935  The first automatic parking meter in US installed, Oklahoma City, Ok on July - 16.  

1935  1st automatic parking meter in US installed (Oklahoma City, Ok) on July - 16.  

1936  On July - 16 k Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1395 Aribeda & #1402 Eri  

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  On July - 16 21st PGA Championship: Paul Runyan at Shawnee CC Shawnee-on-Del Pa  

1939  Beatrice Erskine Lane Suzuki, Zen student, dies on July - 16.  

1940  NSB'er Woudenberg appointed as NVV-trustee on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1942  French police arrest 13,152 Jews in Paris on July - 16.  

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

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  On July - 16 birth of archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1644)  

1704  On July - 16 birth of john Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle  

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  Joseph Wilton, sculptor was born on this day in history.  

1723  Joshua Reynolds, England, portrait painter (Simplicity) was born on this day in history.  

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 July - 16.  

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

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  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 July - 16.