July 16

Saturday 16, 2005:

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, the sixth in J.K. Rowling's hugely popular Harry Potter series, is published in English-speaking countries.

Friday 16, 2004:

A fire at a private school in Kumbakonam, India kills over 80 people.

Wednesday 16, 2003:

The Corsicans reject a referendum for increased autonomy from France by a very thin majority: 50.98 percent against, and 49.02 percent for.

Monday 16, 2001:

The FBI arrests Dmitry Sklyarov at a convention in Las Vegas, Nevada for violating a provision of the DMCA.

Friday 16, 1999:

First game at Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium in Newark, New Jersey.

Wednesday 16, 1997:

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 63.17 to close at 8,038.88, closing above 8,000 for the first time.

Saturday 16, 1994:

1994 - The civil war in Rwanda comes to an end.

Monday 16, 1990:

In the Philippines, an earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter Scale kills over 1600.

Saturday 16, 1983:

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

Monday 16, 1979:

Iraqi President Hasan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein.

Monday 16, 1973:

Watergate Scandal: Former White House aide Alexander P. Butterfield informs the United States Senate committee investigating scandal that President Richard Nixon had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations.

Wednesday 16, 1969:

Apollo program: Apollo 11 launches from Cape Kennedy, Florida and will become the first manned space mission to land on the moon.

Friday 16, 1965:

The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France with Italy opens.

Tuesday 16, 1963:

Timothy Leary takes LSD for the first time.

Tuesday 16, 1957:

United States Marine Major John Glenn flies a F8U supersonic jet from California to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds setting a new transcontinental speed record.

Monday 16, 1951:

King Léopold III of Belgium abdicates in favour of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium, to avoid internal social strife.

Monday 16, 1945:

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

Thursday 16, 1942:

Holocaust: The Vichy France government headed by Pierre Laval orders French police officers to round up 13,000-20,000 Jews and imprison them in the Winter Velodrome.

Wednesday 16, 1930:

Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.

Tuesday 16, 1918:

Russian Revolution: At Ekaterinburg, Bolsheviks execute Czar Nicholas II of Russia and his family.

Friday 16, 1880:

Dr. Emily Howard Stowe becomes the first woman licenced to practice medicine in Canada.

Wednesday 16, 1862:

American Civil War: David G. Farragut becomes the first United States Navy rear admiral.

Friday 16, 1790:

The signing of the Residence Bill establishes a site along the Potomac River as the District of Columbia (seat of government).

Wednesday 16, 1783:

Grants of land in Canada to American United Empire Loyalists are announced.

Tuesday 16, 1782:

First performance of Mozart's opera The Abduction from the Seraglio.

Friday 16, 1779:

American Revolutionary War: United States forces led by General Anthony Wayne capture Stony Point, New York from British troops.

Sunday 16, 1769:

Father Junipero Serra founds Mission San Diego de Alcalá, the first mission in California. The mission later evolves into the city of San Diego.

Saturday 16, 1661:

The first banknotes in Europe are issued by the Bank of Stockholm.

Tuesday 16, 622:

The Prophet Mohammed begins his Hijra from Mecca to Medina. This marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar.

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