Page 5: Historical Events In July - 16

1921  On July - 16 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 July - 16 bess Myerson, Bronx NY, 1st Jewish Miss America (1945)   

1925  Phillip Pine, Hartford Ct, actor (Set-Up, Under the Ground) on July - 16.   

1926  The first underwater color photographs appeared in " National Geographic" magazine on this day in history.   

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  Augusto Sandino begins 5½ year war against US occupation of Nicaragua on this day in history.   

1927  On July - 16 john Freeland, Legal advisor UK foreign office   

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  Caroline Blackwood, writer on July - 16.   

1931  On July - 16 charles Studd, cricketer (5 Tests for England 1882-83), dies   

1932  On this day in history john Chilton, jazz trumpeter   

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

1934  On this day in history 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  1st automatic parking meter in US installed (Oklahoma City, Ok) on this day in history.   

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

1936  The first x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, NY on July - 16.   

1936  1st x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, NY on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history french police arrest 13,152 Jews in Paris   

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 July - 16.   

1944  On July - 16 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 this day in history birth of saint Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (d. 1253)   

1571  Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1611  On this day in history birth of archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1644)   

1704  On this day in history birth of john Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle   

1714  On July - 16 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  Joseph Wilton, sculptor was born on July - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  Death of Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267) on July - 16.   

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