Historical Events In July - 16

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

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  On this day in history conference over German recovery payments begins in London   

1924  Bess Myerson, Bronx NY, 1st Jewish Miss America (1945) on July - 16.   

1925  On July - 16 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 this day in history brian Howard, deputy chairman (Marks & Spencer)   

1927  On July - 16 augusto Sandino begins 5«-year war against US occupation of Nicaragua   

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 this day in history.   

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  On July - 16 caroline Blackwood, writer   

1931  Charles Studd, cricketer (5 Tests for England 1882-83), dies on this day in history.   

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

1934  On this day in history k Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1334 Lundmarka   

1934  On July - 16 bradman scores 140 Aust v Yorkshire, 120 mins, 22 fours 2 sixes   

1935  On this day in history the first automatic parking meter in US installed, Oklahoma City, Ok   

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

1936  On this day in history k Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1395 Aribeda & #1402 Eri   

1936  On July - 16 the first x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, NY   

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

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 July - 16.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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1194  Saint Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (d. 1253) was born on July - 16.   

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

1611  Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1644) was born on July - 16.   

1704  On July - 16 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  On this day in history birth of charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France   

1722  On July - 16 birth of joseph Wilton, sculptor   

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

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 July - 16.   

1099  On this day in history el Cid, [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59   

1139  On July - 16 walram II, duke of Limburg/Neth-Lutherans, dies   

1216  On this day in history innocent III, [Lotario di Segni], Italian Pope (1198-1216), dies   

1324  On July - 16 death of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267)   

1342  Death of King Charles I of Hungary on this day in history.   

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