On This Day [ July 16 ]

 

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 -Quote Of The Day...

* " Two wrongs do not make a right, it usually takes three or more. "

On This Day In History...

In 463 - Start of Lunar Cycle of Hilarius

In 622 - Origin of the Islamic Era (Muharram 1, 1 AH)

In 1212- Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa; end of Moslem power in Spain

In 1439- Kissing is banned in England

In 1548- La Paz, Bolivia is founded

In 1769- Father Serra founds Mission San Diego, 1st mission in Calif

In 1775- John Adams graduates Harvard

In 1790- Congress establishes District of Columbia

In 1798- US Public Health Service established & US Marine Hospital authorized

In 1845- NY Yacht Club holds its 1st regatta

In 1862- David G Farragut became 1st rear admiral in US Navy

In 1893- A Charlois discovers asteroid #371 Bohemia

In 1894- Many negro miners in Alabama killed by striking white miners

In 1894- Treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan & England

In 1898- A Charlois discovers asteroid #437 Rhodia

In 1904- Islands of the Manu'a group (Samoa) ceded to US by their chiefs

In 1909- AL's longest scoreless game, Senators & Tigers 0-0 in 18

In 1910- J Helffrich discovers asteroid #702 Alauda

In 1912- Naval torpedo launched from an airplane patented by B.A. Fiske

In 1920- Gen Amos Fries appointed 1st US army chemical warfare chief

In 1920- Ruth sets season home run record with 30 en route to 54

In 1920- US wins Davis Cup sweeping Australia in 5 straight matches

In 1926- National Geographic takes 1st natural-color undersea photos

In 1927- Augusto Sandino begins 5«-year war against US occupation of Nicaragua

In 1934- K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1334 Lundmarka

In 1935- 1st automatic parking meter in US installed, Oklahoma City, Ok

In 1936- 1st x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, NY

In 1936- K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1395 Aribeda & #1402 Eri

In 1936- NY Giants are 10« games back in NL, & go on to win the pennant

In 1941- 100ø F (38ø C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash

In 1941- Joe Dimaggio goes 3 for 4, hitting in his 56th straight game

In 1945- 1st atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico

In 1946- Attempt made to recall Mayor Lapham (1st time in SF history)

In 1947- Bobo Newsom wins 200th game, 1st as a Yankee & Yanks 18th straight

In - In the nightcap Vic Rashi extends streak to 19

In 1948- Leo Durocher changes managership from Dodgers to Giants

In 1950- Single day 16 team HR record set at 37 (NL-25, AL-12)

In 1950- Uruguay beats Brazil 2-1 for soccer's 4th World Cup in Rio de Janeiro

In 1951- Novel "Catcher in the Rye" by JD Salinger published

In 1955- "Golden Horseshoe Revue" 1st of 50,000+ performances, Disneyland

In 1956- Detroit Tigers & Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million

In 1956- Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes part of Russian SFSR

In 1956- Last Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus under a canvas tent

In 1957- Marine Maj John Glenn sets transcontinental speed record (03:28:08)

In 1960- 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer

In 1960- George Crowe sets record of 12 pinch hit HRs with a runner on

In 1961- Ralph Boston of the US, sets then long jump record at 27' 2"

In 1962- NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m

In 1967- Prison brawl ignites barracks, killing 37 (Jay, Florida)

In 1969- Apollo 11, carrying 1st men to land on the Moon, launched

In 1970- Pitts Pirates replaces Forbes Field with 3 River Stadium

In 1973- During Watergate hearings, Butterfield reveals existence of tapes

In 1974- Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2964

In 1976- Rock duo Loggins & Messina break-up after 6 years

In 1980- Ronald Reagan nominated for Pres by Republicans in Detroit

In 1981- Shukuni Sasaki spins 72 plates simultaneously

In 1982- NASA launches Landsat 4 to thematic map the Earth

In 1983- 20 killed in Britain's worst helicopter accident

In 1985- F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record of 1152 kph (716 mph)

In 1985- NL beats AL 6-1 in th All Star Game (HHH Metrodome, Minn)

In 1987- Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of the season & ties AL record

In - of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8)

In 1988- Carl Lewis runs a wind-assisted 100 m in 9.78 sec

In 1988- Florence Joyner runs 100 m in women's world record 10.49 seconds

In 1988- Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's hepathlete record of 7,215 pts

In 1988- Michael J Fox marries Tracy Pollan

In 1988- San Antonio (Texas League) beats Jackson 1-0 in 26 innings

In 1988- Wayne Gretzky (NHL) & Janet Jones (Police Acad 5) wed in Edmonton

In 1990- 400 die in a (7.7) earthquake in the Philippines

In 1990- NYC's Empire State Building catches fire-No fatalities

In 1990- Rick Dee's "Into the Night," premiers on ABC-TV

July 16 -Birthdays

In 1704- John Kay England, machinist, invented flying shuttle

In 1723- Sir Joshua Reynolds England, portrait painter (Simplicity)

In 1746- Giuseppe Piazzi discovered 1st asteroid (Ceres)

In 1821- Mary Baker Eddy founded Christian Science (Science & Health)

In 1858- EugSne Ysa~e Belgium, violinist/conductor/composer (Pierill Hou

In 1862- Ida B Wells famous African

In 1872- Roald Amundsen Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole

In 1887- "Shoeless" Joe Jackson black sox player (Say it aint so, Joe)

In 1888- Frits Zernike invented phase-contrast microscope (Nobel 1953)

In 1896- Trygve Lie 1st UN Secretary-General (1946-52)

In 19XX- Concha Valdes Miranda Havana Cuba, singer

In 19XX- Faye Grant Detroit Mich, actress (Dr Julie Parrish-V)

In 1904- Goffredo Petrassi Zagarolo Italy, composer (Beatitudines)

In 1907- Barbara Stanwyck Bkln, actress (Dynasty II, Big Valley, Thorn Birds)

In 1907- Orville Redenbacher popcorn king (Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet)

In 1911- Ginger Rogers [Virginia McMath], Independence Mo, dancer/actress

In 1912- Ray Barr NYC, pianist (Vincent Lopez Show)

In 1915- Barnard Hughes Bedford Hills NY, (Tron, Where's Poppa, Best Friends)

In 1915- Laverne Andrews Minneapolis, Andrew Sister (or 0706)

In 1917- William Bishop Oak Park Ill, actor (Steve-It's a Great Life)

In 1924- Bess Myerson NYC, 1st Jewish Miss America (1945)

In 1925- Phillip Pine Hartford Ct, actor (Set-Up, Under the Ground)

In 1928- Bella Davidovich Baku Russia, pianist (Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel)

In 1932- Milly Vitale actress (7 Little Foys, War & Peace, Juggler)

In 1932- Oleg Protopopov Russia, olympic pairs skater (Gold 1964, 68)

In 1932- Richard L Thornburgh Penn, US Attorney General (1988- )

In 1936- Buddy Merrill Torrey Utah, guitarist (Lawrence Welk Show)

In 1939- Corin Redgrave London, actor (Excalibur, Man For All Seasons

In 1942- Desmond Dekker reggae pioneer (The Aces-Israelites)

In 1942- Margaret Smith Court Australia, tennis pro (1970 Grand Slam)

In 1948- Pinchas Zukerman Tel Aviv Israel, violinist/violist (Leventritt 1967)

In 1948- Rub,n Blades salsa singer/actor (Critical Condition, Last Fight)

In 1949- Cyndy Garvey Detroit, wife of Steve Garvey, talk show host (AM LA)

In 1952- Stewart Copeland drummer (The Police-Roxanne)

In 1953- Philece Sampler San Angelo, Tx, actress (Another World)

In 1960- Gisela Beyer German DR, discus thrower (Olympics-4th place-1980)

In 1963- Phoebe Cates Manhattan NY, actress (Fast Times at Ridgemount High)

In 1969- Rain Pryor actress (Head of the Class)

In 1971- Corey Feldman Encino Calif, actor (License to Drive, Stand by Me)

In 1972- Mindy Carson NYC, vocalist (Club Embassy, Ford Star Revue)

July 16 -Deaths Which Occurred

In 1918- Nicholas II Russian tsar, his tsarina & their 5 kids executed

In 1981- Harry Chapin dies at 39, of a heart attack when his car is rear-ended

In 1982- Patrick Dewaere actor, dies at 35 of self-inflicted gunshot wound

In 1984- Billy Williams singer (Your Show of Shows), dies at 73

In 1985- Wayne King orch leader (Wayne King Show), dies at 84

In 1991- Frank Rizzo (Mayor-D-Phila, 1972-80), dies from a heart attack at 70

July 16 -Holidays

* Bolivia : La Paz Day (1548)

* Wash DC : District of Columbia Day (1790)

July 16 -Religious History

In 1054- The 'Great Schism' between the Western and Eastern churches began over rivalclaims of universal pre-eminence. (In 1965, 911 years later, Pope Paul VI and PatriarchAthenagoras I met to declare an end to the schism.)

In 1769- Spanish Franciscan missionary Father Junipero Serra founded the San Diego deAlcala mission in California -- the first permanent Spanish settlement on America's westcoast.

In 1863- Birth of Howard E. Smith, American church organist and composer of the melody tothe popular hymn, 'Love Lifted Me.'

In 1931- Death of C. T. Studd, 69, pioneer English missionary. He was one of the 'CambridgeSeven,' and worked on the mission field in China, India and Central Africa.

In 1944- German Lutheran theologian and Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in a letterfrom prison: 'One has to live for some time in a community to understand how Christ is"formed" in it (Gal 4:19).'