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).'