
On This Day [ July 16 ]
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
-Quote Of The Day...
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" 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
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Bolivia : La Paz Day (1548)
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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).'