July 16

July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining.

Events

• 1945 - The Atomic Age begins when, under the auspices of the Manhattan Project, a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon is successfully exploded at the Trinity site.
• 1969 - Apollo 11 launched.
• 2001 - The FBI arrests Dmitry Sklyarov at a convention in Las Vegas for violating a provision of the DMCA.

Births

• 1486 - Andrea del Sarto, painter (+ 1530)
• 1821 - Mary Baker Eddy, founded Christian Science (+ 1910)
• 1834 - Franz Adolf Lüderitz[?], 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)
• 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 - Rubén Blades[?], actor, musician, politician
• 1952 - Stewart copeland[?], musician
• 1963 - Phoebe Cates, actress
• 1963 - Fatboy Slim, musician

Deaths

• 1848 - Jons Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist
• 1918 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
• 1918 - Grand Duchess Olga of Russia
• 1918 - Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia
• 1918 - Tsarevich Alexei[?] of Russia
• 1918 - Grand Duchess Marie of Russia
• 1918 - Tsarina Alexandra of Russia
• 1918 - Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia
• 1979 - Alfred Deller, singer, early modern countertenor
• 1981 - Harry Chapin, singer and songwriter
• 1999 - John F. Kennedy Jr.

Holidays and observances

• Botswana - President's Day (2nd day)

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