16TH
JULY
THE FEAST DAY OF
"ST MARY MAGDALEN POSTEL; ST FULRAD;
ST ATHENOGENES; ST HELIER; ST EUSTATHIUS OF ANTIOCH; & ST REINELDIS." |
| 16TH |
1439 |
KISSING IS BANNED IN ENGLAND. |
| 16TH |
1661 |
EUROPE’S FIRST BANKNOTES WERE
ISSUED, BY THE BANK OF STOCKHOLM. |
| 16TH |
1867 |
"JOSEPH MONIER" PATENTED REINFORCED CONCRETE IN
FRANCE. |
| 16TH |
1907 |
BROKEN HILL IS PROCLAIMED A CITY. |
| 16TH |
1910 |
THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN DESIGNED AND BUILT PLANE WAS FLOWN BY
"JOHN DUIGAN." |
| 16TH |
1912 |
THE NAVAL TORPEDO LAUNCHED FROM A PLANE
IS PATENTED BY "B.A. FISKE." |
| 16TH |
1918 |
THE LAST CSAR OF RUSSIA "TSAR NICHOLAS III", HIS
FAMILY, FAMILY DOCTOR, SERVANTS & PET DOG ARE MURDERED BY THE BOLSHEVICS AT
EKATERINBURG. |
| 16TH |
1945 |
AMERICA EXPLODES THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB
OVER THE DESERT IN THE U.S. STATE OF NEW MEXICO. |
| 16TH |
1952 |
"GENERAL MOTORS" INTRODUCE AIR-CONDITIONING TO SOME
MOTOR VEHICLE MODELS. |
| 16TH |
1956 |
THE LAST "RINGLING BROTHERS,
BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS" UNDER A CANVAS TENT IS HELD. |
| 16TH |
1960 |
205,000 SPECTATORS SEE BRAZIL-URUGAY WORLD CUP SOCCER MATCH. |
| 16TH |
1969 |
‘APOLLO 11,’ CARRYING
THE FIRST MEN TO THE MOON IS LAUNCHED. |
| 16TH |
1976 |
U.S. ROCK DUO, "KENNY LOGGINS" & "JIM
MESSINA" SPLIT AFTER 6 YEARS. |
| 16TH |
1979 |
IRAQUI PRESIDENT, "AHMED HASSAN
al- BAKR" RESIGNS, CITING ILL HEALTH; AND NAMES GENERAL, "SADAM HUSSEIN" AS
HIS SUCCESSOR. |
| 16TH |
1981 |
"SHUKUNI SASAKI" SPINS 72 PLATES SIMULTANEOUSLY. |
| 16TH |
1983 |
20 ARE KILLED IN BRITAINS WORST
HELICOPTER CRASH. |
| 16TH |
1985 |
‘F-86 SABRE’ SETS A WORLD AIRCRAFT SPEED
RECORD OF 1152kph. |
| 16TH |
1986 |
AN EXPLOSION AND CAVE-IN AT A MOURA
COALMINE, QUEENSLAND, CLAIMS THE LIVES OF 12 MINERS. |
| 16TH |
1987 |
ROCK STAR, "PETER HOLM" PICKETED THE HOME OF HIS
EX-WIFE, "JOAN COLLINS" WITH A SIGN READING: "JOAN, YOU
HAVE OUR $2.5million 13,000sq ft. HOME WHICH WE BOUGHT FOR CASH DURING OUR MARRIAGE. I AM
HOMELESS. HELP!" |
| 16TH |
1988 |
"MICHAEL J. FOX" MARRIES
"TRACY POLLAN." |
| 16TH |
1988 |
‘POLICE ACADEMY 5’ ACTRESS, "JANET JONES"
MARRIES BASEBALLER "WAYNE GRETZKY." |
| 16TH |
1990 |
MORE THAN 1,500 PEOPLE ARE KILLED WHEN
AN EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 7.7 ON THE RICHTER SCALE DEVASTATES THE MAIN PHILLIPPINES ISLAND
OF LUZON. |
| 16TH |
1994 |
GREAT ROCK & ICE PARTICLES FROM THE COMET
‘SHOEMAKER-LEVY 9’ BEGIN TO COLLIDE WITH THE PLANET JUPITER. |
| 16TH |
1995 |
FRENCH PRESIDENT, "JACQUES CHIRAC" ADMITS THAT
FRANCE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEPORTATION OF THOUSANDS OF JEWS TO NAZI CONCENTRATION
CAMPS IN GERMANY & POLAND DURING WORLD WAR II. |
| 16TH |
1999 |
THE EUROPEAN 3 DAY WOODSTOCK 99 "ONE WORLD" MAKE
LOVE NOT WAR, EXPERIENCE WILL BE STAGED IN WIENER NEUSTADT, 40km SOUTH OF VIENNA, ENDING
ON THE 18th. |
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