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What happened in history on this day: July 16?
On July 16 in ...
- 463 - Start of Lunar Cycle of Hilarius.
- 622 - Origin of the Islamic Era, as Mohammed flees Mecca to Medina (Muharram 1, 1 AH).
- 1212 - Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa; end of Muslim power in Spain.
- 1429 - The French royal army reaches Rheims, which opens its gates to Joan of Arc and Charles the Dauphin.
- 1439 - Kissing is banned in England.
- 1548 - La Paz, Bolivia is founded.
- 1644 - English Parliamentarians occupy York.
- 1704 - Birth of John Kay England, machinist, invented flying shuttle.
- 1723 - Birth of Joshua Reynolds England, portrait painter (Simplicity).
- 1746 - Birth of Giuseppe Piazzi discovered first asteroid (Ceres).
- 1756 - Birth of Joseph Wright; US Mint engraver.
- 1769 - Father Serra founds Mission San Diego, first mission in California.
- 1782 - At the Congress of Wilhelmsbad, an alliance between Illuminism and Freemasonry is sealed.
- 1790 - US Congress establishes District of Columbia.
- 1821 - Birth of Mary Baker Eddy; founded Christian Science (Science and Health).
- 1858 - Birth of Eugène Ysaÿe in Belgium; violinist/conductor/composer (Pierill Houïou).
- 1872 - Birth of Roald Amundsen in Norway; explorer, discovered South Pole.
- 1882 - Death of Mary Todd Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, USA; spouse of President Abraham Lincoln.
- 1887 - Birth of Joe Jackson AKA Shoeless Joe; black sox player (Say it ain't so, Joe).
- 1888 - Birth of Frits Zernike; invented phase-contrast microscope (Nobel Prize 1953).
- 1893 - A Charlois discovers asteroid #371 Bohemia.
- 1894 - Many negro miners in Alabama killed by striking white miners.
- 1894 - Treaty of Aoki-Kimberley is signed between Japan and England.
- 1896 - Birth of Trygve Lie; first United Nations Secretary-General (1946-52).
- 1898 - A Charlois discovers asteroid #437 Rhodia.
- 1903 - Birth of Carmen Lombardo in London, Ontario, Canada; younger brother of bandleader Guy Lombardo, singer/saxophonist (The Royal Canadians), songwriter ("Coquette", "Boo Hoo", "Seems Like Old Times", "Sweethearts on Parade", and "Get Out Those Old Records").
- 1904 - Birth of Goffredo Petrassi in Zagarolo, Italy; composer (Beatitudines).
- 1904 - Islands of the Manu'a group (Samoa) ceded to US by their chiefs.
- 1907 - Birth of Barbara Stanwyck AKA Ruby Stevens in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (The Big Valley TV show, The Colbys, The Thorn Birds mini-series, Dynasty II).
- 1907 - Birth of Orville Redenbacher; popcorn king (Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet).
- 1910 - J Helffrich discovers asteroid #702 Alauda.
- 1911 - Birth of Ginger Rogers AKA Virginia Katherine McMath in Independence, Missouri, USA; actress/dancer, hostess (The Bell Telephone Hour).
- 1912 - Birth of Ray Barr in New York City, New York, USA; pianist (Vincent Lopez Show).
- 1912 - Naval torpedo launched from an airplane patented by B.A. Fiske.
- 1915 - Birth of Barnard Hughes in Bedford Hills, New York, USA; actor (Guiding Light, As the World Turns, The Cavanaughs, Mr. Merlin, Doc, Tron, Where's Poppa, Best Friends, Grandpa Buzz - Blossom).
- 1917 - Birth of William Bishop in Oak Park, Illinois, USA; actor (Steve - It's a Great Life).
- 1918 - Russian tsar Nicholas II, his tsarina and their five children are executed.
- 1920 - General Amos Fries appointed first US army chemical warfare chief.
- 1920 - Babe Ruth sets season home run record with 30 en route to 54.
- 1920 - US wins Davis Cup sweeping Australia in five straight matches.
- 1924 - Birth of Bess Myerson in New York City, New York, USA; Miss America (1945), TV hostess/panelist Bess Myerson (To Tell the Truth, Candid Camera).
- 1925 - Birth of Phillip Pine in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actor (Set-Up, Under the Ground).
- 1926 - National Geographic takes first natural-color undersea photos.
- 1927 - Augusto Sandino begins 5.5-year war against US occupation of Nicaragua.
- 1928 - Birth of Bella Davidovich in Baku, Russia; pianist (Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel).
- 1931 - Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
- 1931 - The Huang He floods kill between 850,000 and 4,000,000 people (the deadliest historic natural disaster).
- 1932 - Birth of Milly Vitale; actress (7 Little Foys, War and Peace, Juggler).
- 1932 - Birth of Oleg Protopopov in Russia; Olympic pairs skater (gold 1964, 1968).
- 1932 - Birth of Richard L Thornburgh in Pennsylvania, US; US Attorney General (1988-).
- 1934 - Birth of Katherine Davalos Ortega in New Mexico, USA; US Treasurer (1983-89).
- 1934 - K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1334 Lundmarka.
- 1935 - The world's first parking meter is installed, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
- 1936 - First x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, New York.
- 1936 - Birth of Buddy Merrill in Torrey, Utah, USA; guitarist (Lawrence Welk Show).
- 1936 - K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1395 Aribeda and #1402 Eri.
- 1936 - Irishman Jerome Brannigan points a loaded revolver at King Edward VIII on horseback returning to Buckingham from Hyde Park. Brannigan claims a pro-Nazi group was behind it.
- 1939 - Birth of Corin Redgrave in London, England; actor (Excalibur, Man For All Seasons.
- 1941 - Joe Dimaggio goes three for four, hitting in his 56th straight game.
- 1941 - A large pocket of about 300,000 Soviet forces surrenders in Smolensk.
- 1942 - Birth of Desmond Dekker; reggae pioneer (The Aces - "Israelites").
- 1942 - Birth of Margaret Smith Court in Australia; tennis pro (1970 Grand Slam).
- 1945 - The United States successfully tests the first plutonium atomic bomb, at the Alamo-gordo airbase in New Mexico.
- 1947 - Bobo Newsom wins 200th game, first as a New York Yankees player and New York Yankees 18th straight.
- 1948 - Birth of Pinchas Zukerman in Tel Aviv, Israel; violinist/violist (Leventritt 1967).
- 1948 - Birth of Rubén Blades; salsa singer/actor (Critical Condition, Last Fight, Gideon's Crossing).
- 1950 - Single day 16-team home run record set at 37 (National League-25, American League-12).
- 1950 - Uruguay beats Brazil 2-1 for soccer's fourth World Cup in Rio de Janeiro.
- 1951 - Novel Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger is published.
- 1952 - Birth of Stewart Copeland; drummer (The Police - "Roxanne").
- 1953 - Birth of Philece Sampler in San Angelo, Texas, USA; actress (Another World).
- 1956 - Detroit Tigers and Briggs Stadium sold for record US$5.5 million.
- 1956 - Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes part of Russian SFSR.
- 1956 - Last Ringling Bros, Barnum and Bailey Circus under a canvas tent.
- 1957 - Marine Major John Glenn sets transcontinental speed record (3:28:08).
- 1958 - Birth of Michael Flatley; dancer (Lord of the Dance).
- 1960 - 205,000 (record sports attendance) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer.
- 1960 - Birth of Gisela Beyer in German Democratic Republic; discus thrower (Olympics-4th place-1980).
- 1960 - George Crowe sets record of 12 pinch-hit home runs with a runner on.
- 1961 - Ralph Boston of the US sets long jump record at 27 feet 2 inches.
- 1963 - Birth of Phoebe Cates in Manhattan, New York, USA; actress (Fast Times at Ridgemount High, Lace, Baby Sister).
- 1966 - Guitarist Eric Clapton, bass guitarist Jack Bruce, and drummer Ginger Baker form Cream (15 million albums in three years, "Strange Brew", "White Room", "Sunshine Of Your Love").
- 1967 - Birth of Will Ferrell; actor (Saturday Night Live).
- 1967 - Prison brawl ignites barracks, killing 37 (Jay, Florida, USA).
- 1968 - Death of Norman Alexander Robertson in Canada; Canadian high commissioner to Great Britain, undersecretary of state, ambassador to Washington, clerk of Privy Council (dies 1968).
- 1969 - Apollo 11 takes off from Kennedy Space Center with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin Junior, and Michael Collins aboard.
- 1969 - Birth of Rain Pryor; actress (Head of the Class).
- 1970 - Pittsburgh Pirates replaces Forbes Field with Three River Stadium.
- 1971 - Birth of Corey Feldman in Encino, California, USA; actor (License to Drive, Stand by Me, Sonic Underground, Surreal Life).
- 1971 - Birth of Ed Kowalczyk; singer, guitarist (Live).
- 1972 - Birth of Mindy Carson in New York City, New York; vocalist (Club Embassy, Ford Star Revue).
- 1972 - Death of Charlie Chamberlain at age 61; singer (Islanders).
- 1973 - During Watergate hearings, Butterfield reveals existence of tapes.
- 1974 - Birth of Ryan McCombs; singer (Drowning Pool).
- 1974 - Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2964.
- 1976 - Rock duo Loggins and Messina break-up after six years.
- 1977 - Death of Marg Osburne at age 49; vocalist (Islanders).
- 1980 - Former California Governor and actor Ronald Reagan is nominated for U.S. President, at the Republican National Convention in Detroit, Michigan.
- 1981 - Death of Harry Chapin ay age 39 of a heart attack in a car crash on a New York City freeway; singer-songwriter ("Taxi" (1972), "Cat's in the Cradle" (1974)).
- 1981 - Shukuni Sasaki spins 72 plates simultaneously.
- 1982 - In New York City, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon is sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined $25,000 for tax fraud and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
- 1982 - NASA launches Landsat 4 to thematic map the Earth.
- 1983 - A Sikorsky S-61 helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities; Britain's worst helicopter accident.
- 1984 - Death of Billy Williams at age 73; singer (Your Show of Shows).
- 1985 - F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record of 1152 kph (716 mph).
- 1985 - NBC is first TV network to air a program in stereo, the Major League Baseball's All-Star Game. National League beats American League 6-1 at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- 1985 - Wayne King, orchestra leader (Wayne King Show), dies at age 84.
- 1985 - Death of Heinrich Böll, German writer (Nobel Prize for Literature 1972), near Bonn, Germany (born 1917).
- 1986 - Dolly Parton's "Dollywood" amusement park opens in Tennessee.
- 1987 - Don Mattingly hits his fourth grand slam of the season and ties American League record.
- 1987 - Birth of AnnaLynne McCord; actress (Nip/Tuck).
- 1988 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's hepathlete record of 7,215 points.
- 1988 - San Antonio (Texas League) beats Jackson 1-0 in 26 innings.
- 1988 - Wayne Gretzky (NHL) and Janet Jones (Police Academy 5) wed in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- 1989 - Death of Herbert von Karajan in Anif, Austria; conductor, director of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (1955-1989) (born 1908).
- 1990 - In Luzon, Philippine Islands, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake occurs. At least 1,621 people killed, more than 3,000 people injured.
- 1990 - New York City's Empire State Building catches fire; no fatalities.
- 1990 - ABC-TV debuts debuts TV show Into The Night, hosted by Rick Dees.
- 1991 - Frank Rizzo, American politician (Mayor-Democrat-Philadelphia, 1972-80), dies from a heart attack at age 70.
- 1992 - Independent U.S. presidential candidate H. Ross Perot drops out of the race, saying that the Democratic Party has 'revitalized itself'.
- 1992 - Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton is nominated for U.S. President and Tennessee Senator Al Gore for Vice President, at the Democratic National Convention in New York City.
- 1994 - Birth of Mark Indelicato; actor (Ugly Betty).
- 1995 - French President Jacques Chirac make a speech, formally apologizing for French involvement in the deportation of Jews during World War II.
- 1996 - Death of John Panozzo at age 47 of internal bleeding at home in Chicago, Illinoid, USA; drummer and founding member Styx.
- 1997 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 63.17 to close at 8,038.88. It is the Dow's first close above 8,000. The Dow has doubled its value in 30 months.
- 1999 - Off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, a plane piloted by John F. Kennedy Junior crashes, killing him and his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and her sister Lauren Bessette.
- 2000 - An 1919 Chicago 'Black Sox' autographed baseball is auctioned for US$93,666 on eBay. The ball's autographs include "Shoeless" Joe Jackson.
- 2000 - A pipe breaks from a Petrobras oil refinery spewing about 4 million litres of oil over two hours into the Barigui River near Curitiba.
- 2001 - The People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation sign the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation.
- 2006 - Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees records his 400th career save. becoming the fourth major leaguer to reach the milestone.
- 2007 - 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 - 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.
- 2008 - Death of Jo Stafford at age 90; singer (The Stafford Sisters, The Pied Pipers, "Shrimp Boats Are A-Comin'", "Jambalaya", "Long Ago and Far Away", "You Belong to Me", "Make Love to Me").
- 2009 - Iceland's national parliament, the Althingi, votes to pursue joining the EU.
- 2010 - Warner Bros. releases the film Inception to theaters.
- 2017 - Death of George A. Romero, American-Canadian film director (born 1940).
- 2019 - The European Parliament elects Ursula von der Leyen as the new President of the European Commission.
- 2020 - In Guyana, Chan Santokhi is sworn in as new president.
- 2023 - Death of Jane Birkin at age 76 at home in Paris, France; actress (Slogan film (1969), Death on the Nile film), singer ("Je T'aime... Moi Non Plus" song), inspiration for the Birkin bag.
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