Page 5: Historical Events In July - 16

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

1923  Reginald Prentice, British government minister on this day in history.   

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  Augusto Sandino begins 5«-year war against US occupation of Nicaragua on July - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Anne Francis, Ossining NY, actress (Honey West, Forbidden Planet) on July - 16.   

1931  On this day in history caroline Blackwood, writer   

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

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

1934  K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1334 Lundmarka on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history bradman scores 140 Aust v Yorkshire, 120 mins, 22 fours 2 sixes   

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

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

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

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

1936  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1940  NSB'er Woudenberg appointed as NVV-trustee on July - 16.   

1941  On July - 16 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history john Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed   

1945  On July - 16 " 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.   

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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  Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1715  On July - 16 birth of charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France   

1722  Joseph Wilton, sculptor was born on July - 16.   

1723  On July - 16 birth of joshua Reynolds, England, portrait painter (Simplicity)   

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

1139  Walram II, duke of Limburg/Neth-Lutherans, dies on this day in history.   

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

1324  Death of Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267) on this day in history.   

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

1482  On this day in history john van Schaffelaar, Gelders knight, dies