Historical Events In July - 16

1921  Bernard Rogers, supreme Allied commander Europe on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history bess Myerson, Bronx NY, 1st Jewish Miss America (1945)   

1925  On July - 16 phillip Pine, Hartford Ct, actor (Set-Up, Under the Ground)   

1926  The first underwater color photographs appeared in " National Geographic" magazine on July - 16.   

1926  On this day in history jaspar govt asks authority to save Belgian franc   

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 this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history augusto Sandino begins 5½ year war against US occupation of Nicaragua   

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

1928  On this day in history bella Davidovich, Baku Russia, pianist (Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel)   

1929  On July - 16 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  K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1334 Lundmarka on July - 16.   

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

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

1938  On July - 16 21st PGA Championship: Paul Runyan at Shawnee CC Shawnee-on-Del Pa   

1939  On this day in history beatrice Erskine Lane Suzuki, Zen student, dies   

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

1941  100ø F (38ø C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash on July - 16.   

1941  On July - 16 100°F (38°C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash   

1942  French police arrest 13,152 Jews in Paris on July - 16.   

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

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  On July - 16 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 July - 16.   

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

0276  Death of Mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered on this day in history.   

0599  On this day in history monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St Servaaskerk), dies   

1099  On July - 16 el Cid, [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59   

1139  Walram II, duke of Limburg/Neth-Lutherans, dies on July - 16.   

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

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