Historical Events In July - 16
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1992 "Gorgeous" George, [Arena], wrestler, dies at 84 on July - 16.
1994 On July - 16 m Vink, surgeon (1st Dutch kidney transplant), dies at 78
1995 Charles Bruck, Hungarian/French/US conductor (Dutch Opera), dies at 83 on this day in history.
1996 John Panozzo, drummer, dies at 48 on July - 16.
2005 On July - 16 harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth book of the Harry Potter saga by the British writer J. K. Rowling, is released.
2007 On July - 16 britain expels four Russian diplomats in response to a refusal by the Russians to extradite Andrei Lugovoi, suspected to be behind the murder of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko in London.
2007 On July - 16 earthquake occurs in Japan, killing seven and causing a pipe at a nuclear power plant to break and release about 300 gallons of radioactive water.
2013 On July - 16 27 children are killed and 25 are hospitalized after eating lunch contaminated with insecticide in India
2014 On July - 16 israel intensify strikes on Gaza
2017 BBC announces first ever female Doctor Who will be played by Jodie Whittaker on July - 16.
2017 131st Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roger Federer beats Marin Cilic (6-3, 6-1, 6-4) for a record 8th title on this day in history.
2018 On this day in history uS President Donald Trump appears to accept the word of Russian President Vladimir Putin over US intelligence services about Russian meddling in the 2016 US election, in an interview after the two leader's Helsinki Summit
2018 12 new moons discovered orbiting Jupiter bringing planet's moon total to 79, by scientists at Carnegie Institution for Science on this day in history.
2018 Historic cemetery (1878-1911) announced discovered near Houston, Texas, containing 95 remains though to be African Americans forced into labour on July - 16.
2019 The European Parliament elects Ursula von der Leyen as the new President of the European Commission. Succeeding Jean-Claude Juncker, she will be sworn in on December 1, 2019. She is the first female to be elected to this office in EU history on this day in history.
2023 On July - 16 taylor Swift ’s re-recorded "Speak Now" album debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200, her 12th No. 1 album, surpassing Barbra Streisand's record for #1 albums by a female artist [1]
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