July 16

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on July 16. From 1900 until now. July 16 is under the sign of Cancer. Famous birthdays on this day include Katrina Kaif (1983), Will Ferrell (1967) and Christophe Rocancourt (1967). Several movies were released around July 16 over the years, such as Spirited Away in 2001 directed by Hayao Miyazaki, Kirk Wise and Devil's Island in 1926 directed by Frank O'Connor.
But much more happened on July 16 over the years: find out below

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2019 Syrian Civil War: Syrian government airstrikes targeting residential areas in the towns of Jisr al-Shughur, Khan Shaykhun, Maar Shoreen, Hantoteen and Ain Al Bardeh in Idlib province, kill at least nine civilians and injure 14 others. (AA)
2018 2015–2018 Iraqi protests: Demonstrations across Iraq leave dozens of people dead and cause mass unrest. (Iraqi News) (The Jerusalem Post) (The Wall Street Journal)
2017 Jodie Whittaker has been announced to be replacing Peter Capaldi as the thirteenth incarnation of The Doctor, becoming the first woman to take the lead role of the BBC's long-running science fiction television series, Doctor Who. (BBC)
2016 The President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan returns to Istanbul Atatürk Airport indicating that the coup may be faltering. (The New York Times)
2015 2014–15 India–Pakistan border skirmishes: India and Pakistan exchanged gunfire and mortar bombs along their disputed frontier, killing five civilians and injuring more than a dozen. (Reuters)
2014 2014 insurgency in Donbass:: The US widens sanctions against Russia, targeting major banks and energy companies, Russian defense industry, and individuals it said were responsible for the continuing support of separatists battling government forces in eastern Ukraine. (The New York Times) (U.S. Department of Treasury)The Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, criticises Russia for failing to meet commitments to end the violence in Ukraine, and said Russia might face further EU sanctions. (BBC)
2013 Pro-government militiamen kill six mediators in the Syrian province of Homs. (BBC)
2012 Mexican Drug War: The Mexican Federal Police arrested one of the three ringleaders responsible for the deadly shootout last month in the Mexico City International Airport's busy food court. An anonymous tip-off led police to his whereabouts. (''Global Post'')
2011 Arab Spring
2010 Federal Defence Minister John Faulkner rules out withdrawing Australian troops from Afghanistan, alleging it would undo nine years of hard work. (''The Sydney Morning Herald'')
2009 A Ugandan study finds circumcising men who already have HIV does not protect their female partners from the virus. (BBC)
2008 A train crash near Marsa Matrouh in northern Egypt kills at least 42 people with 40 more injured. (Reuters)
2007 The US State Department imposes restrictions on importation of ancient coins "of Cypriot types" issued before 225 BCE.
2006 It is reported that Tropical Storm Bilis killed at least 115 people when it hit southeastern China on Friday. (CNN)
2005 60 people are believed to have died following an Equatair Antonov plane crash in Equatorial Guinea. (BBC) (MSN)
2004 At least 88 children are killed and several others injured when a kitchen fire engulfs a thatched-roof school in the Kumbakonam district of Tamil Nadu, India. Five are arrested so far. (BBC) (Rediff News) (Times of India) (CNN)
2003 Seán Ó Muireagáin, a Northern Irish journalist, arrested by Israel and held for five days without legal representation in a case of mistaken identity, is released and leaves Israel. The affair causes considerable embarrassment to the Israeli and British secret services, the former having arrested Ó Mureagáin on the advice of the latter, who claimed incorrectly that he was a Real IRA man with the same name. In the confused aftermath, the Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman suggests that Ó
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 (on way to tie major league record of 8)
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 (record)
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 (Wim Van Est)
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 (Oklahoma City, Ok)
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 (Kautsky, Trotski & Rosa Luxemburg)
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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