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This day in history: 16 July

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348 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 16 July.
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2019: A 100-year-old building in Mumbai, India, collapses, killing at least 10 people and leaving many others trapped.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: André de Soveral

Christian feast day: Blessed Irmgard of Chiemsee

Christian feast day: Gondulphus of Tongeren

Christian feast day: Helier

Christian feast day: July 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Marie-Madeleine Postel

Christian feast day: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Fiesta de La Tirana (Tarapacá Region, Chile)

Christian feast day: Reineldis

Christian feast day: Sisenandus of Beja

Engineer's Day (Honduras)

Holocaust Memorial Day (France)

Events

2019A 100-year-old building in Mumbai, India, collapses, killing at least 10 people and leaving many others trapped.

2015Four U.S. Marines and a United States Navy Sailor are killed in the a shooting spree targeting military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

2013As many as 27 children die and 25 others are hospitalized after eating lunch served at their school in eastern India.

2013Syrian civil war: The Battle of Ras al-Ayn resumes between the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Islamist forces, beginning the Rojava–Islamist conflict.

2009Teoh Beng Hock, an aide to a politician in Malaysia is found dead on the rooftop of a building adjacent to the offices of the Anti-Corruption Commission, sparking an inquest that gains nationwide attention.

2007An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and 6.6 aftershock occurs off the Niigata coast of Japan killing eight people, injuring at least 800 and damaging a nuclear power plant.

2005An Antonov An-24 crashes near Baney in Bioko Norte, Equatorial Guinea, killing 60 people.

1994The comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 is destroyed in a head-on collision with Jupiter.

1990The Luzon earthquake strikes the Philippines with an intensity of 7.7, affecting Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac.

1990The Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declares state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR.

1983Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.

1979Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein.

1969The Apollo 11 lunar landing mission is launched from Cape Kennedy in Florida, USA.

1965South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo, a formerly undetected communist spy and double agent, is hunted down and killed by unknown individuals after being sentenced to death in absentia for a February 1965 coup attempt against Nguyễn Khánh

1965The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opens.

1957KLM Flight 844 crashes off the Schouten Islands in present day Indonesia (then Netherlands New Guinea), killing 58 people.

1951J. D. Salinger publishes his popular yet controversial novel, The Catcher in the Rye.

1951King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin of Belgium.

1950Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.

1950Uruguay beats hosts Brazil 2–1 to win the World Cup in a match dubbed as the Maracanazo.

1948Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulates to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

1948The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.

1945Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico.

1942Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz.

1935The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

1931Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.

1927Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history.

1916Max Reger's Hebbel Requiem is first performed in a memorial concert for the composer, conducted by Philipp Wolfrum.

1915At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.

1915Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.

1910John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.

1909Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.

1877The Imperial Russian army under Grand Duke Nicholas defeats the Ottoman army and takes the city of Nikopol (modern Bulgaria).

1862American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.

1861American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.

1858The last apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France.

1849Antonio María Claret y Clará founds the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, popularly known as the Claretians in Vic, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

1809The city of La Paz, in what is today Bolivia, declares its independence from the Spanish Crown during the La Paz revolution and forms the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo.

1790The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.

1779American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.

Born on this day

2004Amiah Miller, American actress and model

2001Island Boys, American social media personalities

1999Jarred Kelenic, American baseball player

1996Cooper Koch, American actor

1996Kevin Abstract, American rapper and singer-songwriter

1996Luke Hemmings, Australian singer and musician

1994Shericka Jackson, Jamaican sprinter

1992Safiya Nygaard, American YouTuber

1991Alexandra Shipp, American actress and singer

1991Dylan Grimes, Australian Rules footballer

1991Nate Schmidt, American ice hockey player

1990James Maslow, American actor, singer and dancer

1990Johann Zarco, French motorcycle racer

1990Wizkid, Nigerian singer and songwriter

1989Gareth Bale, Welsh footballer

1988Sergio Busquets, Spanish footballer

1987AnnaLynne McCord, American actress and producer

1987Knowshon Moreno, American football player

1987Mousa Dembélé, Belgian footballer

1986Misako Uno, Japanese actress, singer, and fashion designer

1985Mārtiņš Kravčenko, Latvian basketball player

1984Attila Szabó, Hungarian decathlete

1984Hayanari Shimoda, Japanese racing driver

1983Duncan Keith, Canadian ice hockey player

1983Katrina Kaif, British Indian actress and model

1982André Greipel, German cyclist

1982Carli Lloyd, American soccer player

1982Michael Umaña, Costa Rican footballer

1981Giuseppe Di Masi, Italian footballer

1981Robert Kranjec, Slovenian ski jumper

1981Vicente Rodríguez, Spanish footballer

1981Zach Randolph, American basketball player

1980Adam Scott, Australian golfer

1979Chris Mihm, American basketball player

1979Jayma Mays, American actress

1979Kim Rhode, American sport shooter

1979Konstantin Skrylnikov, Russian footballer

1977Bryan Budd, Northern Ireland-born English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (died 2006)

1976Anna Smashnova, Belarusian-Israeli tennis player

1976Bobby Lashley, American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist

Died on this day

2025Connie Francis, American singer and actress (born 1937)

2024David Morrow, Australian radio host and sportscaster (born 1953)

2024Joe Bryant, American basketball player (born 1954)

2024Norm Hewitt, New Zealand rugby union player (born 1968)

2023Jane Birkin, British model, actress, singer, and songwriter (born 1944)

2023Kevin Mitnick, American hacker (born 1963)

2021Biz Markie, American rapper (born 1964)

2020Tony Taylor, Cuban baseball player (born 1935)

2019John Paul Stevens, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (born 1920)

2017George A. Romero, American filmmaker (born 1940)

2015Alcides Ghiggia, Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1926)

2015Denis Avey, English soldier, engineer, and author (born 1919)

2015Evelyn Ebsworth, English chemist and academic (born 1933)

2015Jack Goody, English anthropologist, author, and academic (born 1919)

2014Heinz Zemanek, Austrian computer scientist and academic (born 1920)

2014Johnny Winter, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1944)

2014Karl Albrecht, German businessman, co-founded Aldi (born 1920)

2014Mary Ellen Otremba, American educator and politician (born 1950)

2013Alex Colville, Canadian painter and academic (born 1920)

2013Marv Rotblatt, American baseball player (born 1927)

2013Talia Castellano, American internet celebrity (born 1999)

2012Ed Lincoln, Brazilian bassist, pianist, and composer (born 1932)

2012Gilbert Esau, American businessman and politician (born 1919)

2012Kitty Wells, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1919)

2012Masaharu Matsushita, Japanese businessman (born 1913)

2012Stephen Covey, American businessman and author (born 1932)

2012William Asher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)

2011Forrest Blue, American football player (born 1944)

2008Jo Stafford, American singer (born 1917)

2008Lindsay Thompson, Australian politician, 40th Premier of Victoria (born 1923)

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“Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now take what is left and live it properly.”

Marcus Aurelius

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