July 16: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

July 16th marks the 197th day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 198th in case of leap years). There are 168 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Cancer. Famous birthdays on this day include Katrina Kaif (1983), Will Ferrell (1967) and Christophe Rocancourt (1967).
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Holidays

Botswana - President's Day (2nd day)
Catholic - Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Events

2019 Syrian Civil War: Airstrikes by the Syrian government targeting residential areas in Jisr al-Shughur and Khan Shaykhun in Idlib province kill at least nine civilians, and injure fourteen others.
2018 2015-2018 Iraqi protests - Demonstrations in Iraq leave many people dead and create mass unrest.
2017 Jodie Whittaker will replace Peter Capaldi in the 13th Doctor's incarnation, making her the first woman to assume the role of Doctor Who's science fiction television series.
2016 Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdan returns to Istanbul Ataturk Airport, indicating that the coup might be in trouble.
2015 2014-15 India-Pakistan border skirmishes
2014 2014 Insurgency in Donbass.: The US increases sanctions against Russia. It targets major banks, energy companies, Russian defense industry and individuals it claims are responsible for continuing support to separatists fighting government forces in eastern Ukraine. (The New York Times). (U.S. Department of Treasury). Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, has criticised Russia for not fulfilling its commitments to end violence in Ukraine and suggested that Russia could face additional EU sanction
2013 Six mediators were killed by pro-government militiamen in Homs, a Syrian province.
2012 Mexican Drug War: One of the three Mexican Federal Police ringleaders in the fatal shootout at Mexico City International Airport's busy Food Court last month was arrested by the Mexican Federal Police. Police were able to track him down after an anonymous tip.
2011 Arab Spring
2010 John Faulkner, Federal Defence Minister, says that Australia should not withdraw from Afghanistan. He claims it would reverse nine years of hard work.
2009 According to a Ugandan study, circumcising HIV-positive men does not protect them from their female partners.
2008 At least 42 people are killed in a train accident near Marsa Matrouh, northern Egypt. Another 40 were injured.
2007 The US State Department has placed restrictions on the importation of coins "of Cypriot type" that were issued before 225 BC.
2006 According to reports, Tropical Storm Bilis claimed the lives of at least 115 people in southeastern China when it struck on Friday.
2005 60 people are thought to have died in the Equatair Antonov plane accident in Equatorial Guinea.
2004 A kitchen fire that engulfs a school with a thatched roof in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India causes at least 88 deaths and many more injuries. Five people have been arrested.
2003 Sean O Muireagain is a journalist from Northern Ireland. He was detained by Israel for five days and then released after being represented in a case involving mistaken identity. This scandal causes great embarrassment for the British and Israeli secret services. O Mureagain was arrested by Israel on the advice of British Secret Service, who incorrectly claimed that he was a Real IRA member with the same name. The confused aftermath led to the Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman suggesting that O
1999 John F. Kennedy, Jr., piloting a Piper Saratoga aircraft, dies when his plane crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. His wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette are also killed.
1997 Jerold Mackenzie awarded $266M for being fired from Miller Brewing for sexual harrassment for relaying a Seinfeld episode to a co worker
1996 An outbreak of E. coli food poisoning in Japan reaches 6,000 fatalities, after a group of school children who have eaten contaminated lunches die.
1995 Buttons on Broadway closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 40 performances
1994 Sisters Rosensweig closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 556 performances
1993 President Lissouba calls emergency rule in Congo-Brazzaville
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.
1991 President Gorbachev arrives in London to ask for western aid from the leaders of the G7.
1990 400 die in a (7.7) earthquake in Philippines
1988 Carl Lewis runs a wind-assisted 100 m in 9.78 sec
1987 Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season and ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games
1985 56th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-1 at Humphrey Metrodome, Minnesota
1983 Sikorsky S-61 disaster: a helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
1982 George P Shultz sworn in as Minister of Foreign Affairs
1981 India performs nuclear Test
1980 Polish railway workers block railway to Russia
1979 Premier / President al-Bakr of Iraq is succeeded by Saddam Hussein
1978 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic
1977 Janelle Commissiong, of Trinidad and Tobago, crowned 26th Miss Universe
1976 Rock duo Loggins and Messina break-up after six years.
1975 Commissioner Bowie Kuhn is reelected for a 7-year term
1973 During Watergate hearings, Butterfield reveals existence of tapes.
1972 Dimitrios Papadopoulos becomes 269th patriarch of Constantinople
1971 Franco points Prince Juan Carlos as deputy in Spain
1970 Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh opens.
1969 Apollo 11, carrying 1st men to land on Moon, launched
1967 Mickey Wright wins Lady Carling Golf Open
1966 Half a Sixpence closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 512 performances
1965 Mount Blanc Road tunnel between France and Italy opens
1964 Republicans convention selects Barry Goldwater as Presidential Candidate
1963 Amazon carries 190,000 m3 / sec
1961 Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Tippecanoe Golf Open
1960 George Crowe sets record of 12 pinch-hit home runs with a runner on.
1957 Marine Major John Glenn sets transcontinental speed record (3:28:08).
1956 Detroit Tigers and Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million
1955 Golden Horseshoe Revue 1st of 50,000+ performances, Disneyland
1953 KROC (now KTTC) TV channel 10 in Rochester, MN (NBC) 1st broadcast
1951 1st Dutchman to win Tour de France
1950 Single day 16-team home run record set at 37 (National League-25, American League-12).
1948 Eddie Sawyer replaces Ben Chapman in Philadelphia, New York Giants Leo Durocher replaces Mel Ott and Burt Shotton replaces Durocher as Dodger manager
1947 Bobo Newsom wins 200th game, 1st as a Yankee andYanks 18th straight In nightcap Vic Rashi extends streak to 19
1946 Attempt made to recall Mayor Lapham (1st time in SF history)
1945 1st atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico
1944 Dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 and break their 16-game losing streak, they will lose another 5 in a row
1942 French police arrest 13,152 Jews in Paris
1941 Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as a MLB record.
1938 21st PGA Championship: Paul Runyan at Shawnee Country Club - Shawnee-on-Del, Pennsylvania
1936 First x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, New York.
1935 1st automatic parking meter in US installed
1934 Bradman scores 140 Aust vs. Yorkshire, 120 mins, 22 fours 2 sixes
1931 Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
1927 Augusto Sandino begins 5.5-year war against US occupation of Nicaragua.
1926 Jaspar government asks authority to save Belgian franc
1924 Conference over German recovery payments begins in London
1920 15th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in Auckland (5-0)
1917 July 17 ampndash Russian troops mutiny, abandon the Austrian front, and retreat to the Ukraine hundreds are shot by their commanding officers during the retreat.
1915 Henry James becomes a British citizen, to highlight his commitment to England during the first World War.
1914 Socialist conference in Brussel
1912 Naval torpedo launched from an airplane patented by B.A. Fiske.
1909 Detroit and Washington play longest scoreless game in AL history-18 innings
1902 John McGraw named manager of New York Giants
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