July 16
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July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining.
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Events
- 1779 - American Revolutionary War: United States forces led by General Anthony Wayne capture Stony Point, New York from British troops.
- 1783 - Grants of land in Canada to American loyalists announced.
- 1790 - The signing of the Residence Bill establishes a site along the Potomac River as the District of Columbia (seat of government) of the United States (see Washington, DC).
- 1862 - American Civil War: David G. Farragut becomes the first United States Navy rear admiral.
- 1880 - First woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada - Dr. Emily Howard Stowe.
- 1918 - Russian Revolution: At Ekaterinburg, Bolsheviks execute Czar Nicholas II of Russia and his family.
- 1942 - Holocaust: On order from the Vichy France government headed by Pierre Laval, French police officers round-up 13,000-20,000 Jews and imprison them in the Winter Velodrome.
- 1945 - Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon at the Trinity site near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
- 1957 - United States Marine Major John Glenn flies a F8U supersonic jet from California to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds setting a new transcontinental speed record.
- 1969 - Apollo program: Apollo 11 launches off from Cape Kennedy, Florida with the goal to become the first manned space mission to land on the moon.
- 1973 - Watergate Scandal: Former White House aide Alexander P. Butterfield informs the United States Senate committee investigating scandal that President Richard Nixon had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations.
- 1979 - Iraqi President Hasan al-Bakr resigns and Saddam Hussein replaces him.
- 1990 - In the Philippines, an earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter Scale kills over 1600.
- 1999 - Off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, a plane piloted by John F. Kennedy Jr. crashes with his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and her sister Lauren Bessette on board. All three are killed in the crash.
- 2001 - The FBI arrests Dmitry Sklyarov at a convention in Las Vegas for violating a provision of the DMCA.
- 2002 - Simon & Garfunkel release the album Live In New York City, 1967, a live recording of their 22 January 1967 concert at Philharmonic Hall.
- 2003 -an Australian research team led by Graham Giles of The Cancer Council published a medical study which concluded that frequent masturbation by males may help prevent the development of prostate cancer, marking the almost complete rehabilitation of the sexual practice from a dangerous health risk to a beneficial preventative health measure.
Births
- 1486 - Andrea del Sarto, painter (+ 1530)
- 1821 - Mary Baker Eddy, founded Christian Science (+ 1910)
- 1834 - Franz Adolf L�deritz, salesman and politician (+ 1886)
- 1872 - Roald Amundsen, explorer, discovered South Pole (+ 1928)
- 1888 - Percy Kilbride, actor (Pa Kettle) (+ 1964)
- 1896 - Trygve Lie, the first United Nations Secretary General (+ 1968)
- 1902 - Georg Schwarz, writer (+ 1991)
- 1903 - Carmen Lombardo - singer, saxophonist, composer, arranger (+ 1971)
- 1907 - Barbara Stanwyck, actress
- 1907 - Dr. Frances Horwich, "Miss Francis" from Ding Dong School (+ 2001)
- 1911 - Ginger Rogers, actress and dancer
- 1913 - Peter van Eyck, actor (+ 1969)
- 1924 - Bess Myerson, former Miss America, television personality
- 1925 - Cal Tjader, musician (+ 1982)
- 1948 - [[Rub�n Blades]], actor, musician, politician
- 1952 - Stewart Copeland, musician
- 1956 - Tony Kushner, playwright
- 1963 - Phoebe Cates, actress
- 1963 - Fatboy Slim, musician
- 1964 - Miguel Indurain, Spanish cyclist
Deaths
- 1848 - Jons Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist
- 1979 - Alfred Deller, singer, early modern countertenor
- 1981 - Harry Chapin, singer and songwriter
- 1999 - John F. Kennedy Jr.
- 2003 - Celia Cruz, Cuban salsa musician
- 2003 - Carol Shields, Canadian author
Holidays and observances
- Botswana - President's Day (2nd day)
See Also:
July 15 - July 17 - June 16 - August 16 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "July 16" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_16 December 27, 2003
