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What happend on 16. July in History
In our data base we found 315 events happened on 16. July:
• 622: The beginning of the Islamic calendar. [category: Events]
• 1054: Three Roman legates break relations between Western and Eastern Christian Churches through the act of placing an invalidly-issued Papal bull of Excommunication on the altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. [category: Events]
• 1194: Clare of Assisi, Italian saint (d. 1253) [category: Births]
• 1212: Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. [category: Events]
• 1216: Pope Innocent III (b. 1161) [category: Deaths]
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• 1324: Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267) [category: Deaths]
• 1342: Charles I of Hungary (b. 1288) [category: Deaths]
• 1377: Coronation of Richard II of England. [category: Events]
• 1486: Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter (d. 1530) [category: Births]
• 1546: Anne Askew, English poet (b. 1521) [category: Deaths]
• 1557: Anne of Cleves (b. 1515) [category: Deaths]
• 1594: Thomas Kyd, English playwright (b. 1558) [category: Deaths]
• 1611: Cecilia Renata of Austria (d. 1644) [category: Births]
• 1647: Masaniello, Neapolitan rebel (b. 1622) [category: Deaths]
• 1661: The first banknotes in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco. [category: Events]
• 1664: Andreas Gryphius, German writer (b. 1616) [category: Deaths]
• 1683: Manchu Qing Dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands. [category: Events]
• 1686: John Pearson, English theologian (b. 1612) [category: Deaths]
• 1691: François Michel le Tellier, Marquis of Louvois, French war minister (b. 1641) [category: Deaths]
• 1714: Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French engineer and writer (d. 1800) [category: Births]
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• 1722: Joseph Wilton, English sculptor (d. 1803) [category: Births]
• 1723: Joshua Reynolds, English painter (d. 1792) [category: Births]
• 1729: Johann David Heinichen, German composer (b. 1683) [category: Deaths]
• 1731: Samuel Huntington, American politician, 3rd Governor of Connecticut and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1796) [category: Births]
• 1741: Nikolai von Glehn, Baltic German landowner and activist (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1747: Giuseppe Crespi, Italian painter (b. 1665) [category: Deaths]
• 1749: Cyrus Griffin, American politician (d. 1810) [category: Births]
• 1769: Father Junípero Serra founds California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California. [category: Events]
• 1770: Francis Cotes, English painter (b. 1726) [category: Deaths]
• 1779: American 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. [category: Events]
• 1782: First performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail. [category: Events]
• 1790: The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act. [category: Events]
• 1796: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter (d. 1875) [category: Births]
• 1796: George Howard, English field marshal (b. 1718) [category: Deaths]
• 1809: The 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. [category: Events]
• 1821: Mary Baker Eddy, American writer, founder of Christian Science (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1831: Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, Russian general (b. 1763) [category: Deaths]
• 1849: Antonio María Claret y Clará founded 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. [category: Events]
• 1850: Julia Glover, Irish-born actress (b. 1779) [category: Deaths]
• 1858: Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1861: American 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. [category: Events]
• 1862: Ida B. Wells, American civil rights activist (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1862: American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank. [category: Events]
• 1868: Dmitry Pisarev, Russian writer and critic (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1870: Lambert McKenna, Irish priest and scholar (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1871: John Maxwell, American golfer (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1872: Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 1875: Emil Voigt, American gymnast (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1879: Edward Deas Thomson, Australian politician (b. 1800) [category: Deaths]
• 1880: Kathleen Norris, American novelist (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1880: Emily Stowe becomes the first female physician licensed to practice medicine in Canada. [category: Events]
• 1882: Mary Todd Lincoln, American wife of Abraham Lincoln, 17th First Lady of the United States (b. 1818) [category: Deaths]
• 1883: Charles Sheeler, American photographer and artist (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1884: Anna Vyrubova, Russian writer (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1886: Ned Buntline, American novelist (b. 1823) [category: Deaths]
• 1888: Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1888: Percy Kilbride, American actor (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1888: Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1889: Larry Semon, American actor (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 1896: Evelyn Preer, American actress (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1896: Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1896: Trygve Lie, Norwegian politician, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1896: Edmond de Goncourt, French writer and critic (b. 1822) [category: Deaths]
• 1902: Alexander Luria, Russian psychologist (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1903: Carmen Lombardo, Canadian singer and composer (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1903: Fritz Bauer, German judge (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1903: Mary Philbin, American actress (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1904: Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1906: Vincent Sherman, American director (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1907: Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1907: Frances Horwich, American educator and television host (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1907: Orville Redenbacher, American farmer and businessman (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1909: Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar. [category: Events]
• 1910: Gordon Prange, American author (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1910: Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1910: John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia. [category: Events]
• 1911: Ginger Rogers, American actress and dancer (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1911: Sonny Tufts, American actor (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1912: Milt Bocek, American baseball player (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1915: Barnard Hughes, American actor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1915: Ellen G. White, American author (b. 1827) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes places and the Order of the Arrow is founded. [category: Events]
• 1915: Henry James becomes a British citizen, to highlight his commitment to England during the first World War. [category: Events]
• 1916: Élie Metchnikoff, Russian microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Philipp Scharwenka, German composer (b. 1847) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Bayani Casimiro, Filipino dancer and actor (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1919: Choi Kyu-hah, South Korean politician, 4th President of South Korea (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1919: Hermine Braunsteiner, Austrian SS officer (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1920: Anatole Broyard, American critic and essayist (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1920: Anwar Hussain, Pakistani cricketer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1923: Chris Argyris, American educator and theorist [category: Births]
• 1924: Bess Myerson, American model, Miss America 1945 [category: Births]
• 1925: Cal Tjader, American musician and bandleader (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1926: Irwin Rose, American biologist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1926: Ivica Horvat, Croatian footballer and manager (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1927: John Warr, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1927: Augusto 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. [category: Events]
• 1928: Andrzej Zawada, Polish mountaineer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1928: Anita Brookner, English novelist [category: Births]
• 1928: Bella Davidovich, Soviet-American pianist [category: Births]
• 1928: Dave Treen, American politician, 51st Governor of Louisiana (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1928: Robert Sheckley, American writer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1928: Ticho Parly, Danish tenor (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1929: Charles Ray Hatcher, American serial killer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1929: Sheri S. Tepper, American author [category: Births]
• 1930: Guy Béart, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1930: Michael Bilirakis, American politician [category: Births]
• 1931: Emperor Haile Selassie I signs the first constitution of Ethiopia. [category: Events]
• 1932: Dick Thornburgh, American politician [category: Births]
• 1932: Max McGee, American football player (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1934: Donald M. Payne, American politician [category: Births]
• 1935: The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. [category: Events]
• 1936: Buddy Merrill, American guitarist [category: Births]
• 1936: Jerry Norman, American sinologist and linguist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1936: Venkataraman Subramanya, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1936: Yasuo Fukuda, Japanese politician [category: Births]
• 1937: Richard Bryan, American politician [category: Births]
• 1938: Tony Jackson, English singer and bass player (The Searchers) (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1939: Corin Redgrave, English actor and activist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1939: Denise LaSalle, American singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1939: Mariele Ventre, Italian singer and conductor (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1941: Dag Solstad, Norwegian novelist and dramatist [category: Births]
• 1941: Desmond Dekker, Jamaican singer-songwriter (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1941: Mišo Kovač, Croatian singer [category: Births]
• 1941: Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as a MLB record. [category: Events]
• 1942: Margaret Court, Australian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1942: Holocaust: 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 Winter Velodrome in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz. [category: Events]
• 1943: Jimmy Johnson, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1943: Martin Huba, Slovak actor and director [category: Births]
• 1943: Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban poet (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1945: Manhattan Project: the Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island. [category: Events]
• 1946: Barbara Lee, American politician [category: Births]
• 1946: Richard LeParmentier, American actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Ron Yary, American football player [category: Births]
• 1946: Toshio Furukawa, Japanese voice actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Alexis Herman, American politician, 23rd United States Secretary of Labor [category: Births]
• 1947: Assata Shakur, American activist and criminal [category: Births]
• 1948: Kevin McKenzie, South African cricketer [category: Births]
• 1948: Lars Lagerbäck, Swedish Football Manager [category: Births]
• 1948: Pierre Koffmann, French-English chef [category: Births]
• 1948: Pinchas Zukerman, Israeli violinist and conductor (National Arts Centre Orchestra) [category: Births]
• 1948: Rubén Blades, Panamanian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Following 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. [category: Events]
• 1948: The 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. [category: Events]
• 1949: Angharad Rees, Welsh actress (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1949: Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov, Russian poet (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Dennis Priestley, English darts player [category: Births]
• 1950: Pierre Paradis, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Tom Terrell, American journalist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1950: Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs were massacred by North Korean Army. [category: Events]
• 1951: Jean-Luc Mongrain, Canadian journalist [category: Births]
• 1951: King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium. [category: Events]
• 1951: The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger is published for the first time by Little, Brown and Company. [category: Events]
• 1952: Ken McEwan, South African cricketer [category: Births]
• 1952: Momir Karadžić, Serbian footballer [category: Births]
• 1952: Robert David Steele, American spy [category: Births]
• 1952: Stewart Copeland, American drummer (The Police, Animal Logic, Curved Air and Oysterhead) [category: Births]
• 1953: Douglas J. Feith, American politician [category: Births]
• 1953: Hilaire Belloc, English writer (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Jeanette Mott Oxford, American politician [category: Births]
• 1955: Annie Whitehead, English trombone player [category: Births]
• 1956: Jerry Doyle, American actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Tony Kushner, American playwright [category: Births]
• 1956: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its very last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, due to changing economics all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas. [category: Events]
• 1957: Alexandra Marinina, Russian writer [category: Births]
• 1957: Faye Grant, American actress [category: Births]
• 1958: Michael Flatley, Irish-American dancer, choreographer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Mike D. Rogers, American politician [category: Births]
• 1958: Pierre Roland Renoir, Monaco-Canadian painter [category: Births]
• 1959: Doug Herzog, American television executive [category: Births]
• 1959: Gary Anderson, American football player [category: Births]
• 1959: Zoran Jolevski, Macedonian diplomat and ambassador [category: Births]
• 1960: Terry Pendleton, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1960: Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: John P. Marquand, American novelist (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: USS George Washington a modified Skipjack class submarine successfully test fires the first ballistic missile while submerged. [category: Events]
• 1963: Phoebe Cates, American actress [category: Births]
• 1963: Srečko Katanec, Slovenian footballer and coach [category: Births]
• 1964: Miguel Indurain, Spanish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1964: Phil Hellmuth, American poker player [category: Births]
• 1965: Billy Mitchell, American gamer [category: Births]
• 1965: Claude Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1965: Tina Tyler, Canadian porn actress [category: Births]
• 1965: The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opens. [category: Events]
• 1966: Johnny Vaughan, English writer and broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1967: Christophe Rocancourt, French con-artist [category: Births]
• 1967: Will Ferrell, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Barry Sanders, American football player [category: Births]
• 1968: Dhanraj Pillay, Indian field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1968: Henry Hate, American-English tattoo artist [category: Births]
• 1968: Larry Sanger, American philosopher, co-founder of Wikipedia and founder of Citizendium [category: Births]
• 1969: Daryl Mitchell, American actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Kathryn Harby-Williams, Australian netball player [category: Births]
• 1969: Rain Pryor, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first manned space mission to land on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida. [category: Events]
• 1970: Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai director [category: Births]
• 1971: Corey Feldman, American actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1971: Ed Kowalczyk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Live) [category: Births]
• 1973: Graham Robertson, American director and author [category: Births]
• 1973: Shaun Pollock, South African cricketer [category: Births]
• 1973: Stefano Garzelli, Italian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1973: Tim Ryan, American politician [category: Births]
• 1973: Watergate scandal: former White House aide Alexander Butterfield informs the United States Senate that President Richard Nixon had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations. [category: Events]
• 1974: Chris Pontius, American actor and stuntman [category: Births]
• 1974: Jeremy Enigk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sunny Day Real Estate and The Fire Theft) [category: Births]
• 1974: Ryan McCombs, American singer-songwriter and musician (Soil and Drowning Pool) [category: Births]
• 1974: Wendell Sailor, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1975: Ana Paula Arósio, Brazilian actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Bas Leinders, Belgian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1975: Jamie Oliver, Welsh singer and musician (Lostprophets) [category: Births]
• 1976: Anna Smashnova, Israeli tennis player [category: Births]
• 1976: Bobby Lashley, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Carlos Humberto Paredes, Paraguyan footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Tomasz Kuchar, Polish race car driver [category: Births]
• 1976: Carmelo Soria, Spanish diplomat (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Bryan Budd, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1978: Taj Anwar, American model, philanthropist, and activist [category: Births]
• 1979: Chris Mihm, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Jayma Mays, American actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Konstantin Skrylnikov, Russian footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Mai Nakamura, Japanese swimmer [category: Births]
• 1979: Nathan Rogers, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1979: Alfred Deller, English singer (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein. [category: Events]
• 1980: Adam Scott, Australian golfer [category: Births]
• 1980: Jesse Jane, American porn actress and model [category: Births]
• 1980: Justine Joli, American porn actress and model [category: Births]
• 1981: Giuseppe Di Masi, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Vicente Rodríguez, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Zach Randolph, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Mahathir Mohamad becomes Malaysia's 4th Prime Minister; his 22 years in office, ending with retirement on 31 October 2003, made him Asia's longest-serving political leader. [category: Events]
• 1982: André Greipel, German cyclist [category: Births]
• 1982: Michael Umaña, Costa Rican footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Charles Robberts Swart, South African politician (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Patrick Dewaere, French actor (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Duncan Keith, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Sikorsky S-61 disaster: a helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities. [category: Events]
• 1984: Hayanari Shimoda, Japanese race car driver [category: Births]
• 1984: Katrina Kaif, English actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Denis Tahirović, Croatian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Taryn Southern, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1985: Yōko Hikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1985: Heinrich Böll, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Wayne King, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Calum Gittins, New Zealand actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Andrew James Allen, American actor [category: Births]
• 1987: AnnaLynne McCord, American actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Mousa Dembélé, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Sergio Busquets, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Gareth Bale, Welsh footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: James Maslow, American actor, singer, and dancer (Big Time Rush) [category: Births]
• 1990: Radka Bártová, Slovak figure skater [category: Births]
• 1990: Robert Blackburn, Irish educationist (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Sidney Torch, English composer, conductor, and organist (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: The Luzon Earthquake strikes in Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac, Philippines, with an intensity of 7.7. [category: Events]
• 1990: The Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declares state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR. [category: Events]
• 1991: Andros Townsend, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Randall Bentley, American actor [category: Births]
• 1991: Frank Rizzo, American politician (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Robert Motherwell, American painter (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Buck Buchanan, American football player (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: The Slackware operating system is first released. [category: Events]
• 1994: Mark Indelicato, American actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1994: Julian Schwinger, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Marcel-Marie Desmarais, Canadian priest, writer, and broadcaster (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 collides with Jupiter. Impacts continue until July 22. [category: Events]
• 1995: May Sarton, Belgian-American poet (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Stephen Spender, English poet (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Adolf von Thadden, German politician (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: John Panozzo, American drummer (Styx) (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: John Henrik Clarke, American historian and scholar (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, American publicist, wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr. (b. 1966) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Hiromi Yanagihara, Japanese singer (Country Musume) (b. 1979) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: John F. Kennedy, Jr., American publisher and lawyer (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2001: Dimitrios Holevas, Greek priest and resistance figure (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Morris, Belgian writer and illustrator (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Terry Gordy, American wrestler (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: John Cocke, American computer scientist (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Carol Shields, American-Canadian novelist (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Celia Cruz, Cuban singer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Charles Sweeney, American general (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: George Busbee, American politician (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Millennium Park, considered Chicago, Illinois's first and most ambitious early 21st century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley. [category: Events]
• 2005: Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgish singer, songwriter, and radio host (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Yi Gu, Korean prince (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Bob Orton, American wrestler (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, American politician (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Caterina Bueno, Italian singer and historian (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: An 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. [category: Events]
• 2008: Jo Stafford, American singer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Sixteen infants in Gansu Province, China, who had been fed on tainted milk powder, are diagnosed with kidney stones; in total an estimated 300,000 infants are affected. [category: Events]
• 2010: James Gammon, American actor (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Forrest Blue, American football player (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Antonín Holý, Czech scientist (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bob Babbitt, American bass player (The Funk Brothers) (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ed Lincoln, Brazilian composer and musician (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Gilbert Esau, American politician (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jon Lord, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer (Deep Purple, Paice, Ashton & Lord, The Artwoods, and The Flower Pot Men) (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Kitty Wells, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Masaharu Matsushita, Japanese businessman (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Richard Evatt, English boxer (b. 1973) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Stephen Covey, American businessman and author (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Taras Kiktyov, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1986) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: William Asher, American director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gondulphus of Tongeren [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Helier [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: July 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Our Lady of Mount Carmel [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Reineldis [category: Holidays and observances]