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  Louis M A Couperus, poet/writer (Books of Small Soles), dies at 60 on July - 16.   

1924  On July - 16 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  On this day in history the first underwater color photographs appeared in " National Geographic" magazine   

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

1926  Brian Howard, deputy chairman (Marks & Spencer) on this day in history.   

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 July - 16.   

1928  Bella Davidovich, Baku Russia, pianist (Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel) on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history michael Morland, High court judge   

1930  On July - 16 anne Francis, Ossining NY, actress (Honey West, Forbidden Planet)   

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

1934  Bradman scores 140 Aust v Yorkshire, 120 mins, 22 fours 2 sixes on this day in history.   

1935  The first automatic parking meter in US installed, Oklahoma City, Ok on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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1194  On July - 16 birth of saint Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (d. 1253)   

1571  Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized was born on July - 16.   

1611  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France   

1722  Joseph Wilton, sculptor was born on this day in history.   

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  On July - 16 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  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  Death of King Charles I of Hungary on July - 16.   

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