What are the important events that happened on July 16? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 16: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 16 is the 198th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 168 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 3, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,721,088,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaenneacontaoctagon’ day.
Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 197 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,225 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 16 Historical Events
- 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.
- 1862 –American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
- 1915 –Henry James becomes a British citizen, to highlight his commitment to England during the first World War.
- 1950 –Chaplain-Medic massacre: American POWs were massacred by North Korean Army.
- 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.
- 1979 –Iraqi President Hasan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein.
- 1981 –Mahathir bin 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.
- 1983 –Sikorsky S-61 disaster: a helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
- 1990 –The Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declares state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR.
- 1994 –Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collides with Jupiter. Impacts continue until July 22.
Who were born on July 16?
- 1611 –Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Austrian-born Queen consort of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, wife of King Władysław IV Vasa (d. 1644)
- 1902 –Alexander Luria, Russian psychologist (d. 1977)
- 1907 –Frances Horwich, American educator and television personality (d. 2001)
- 1920 –Anatole Broyard, American literary critic and essayist (d. 1990)
- 1939 –Mariele Ventre, Italian choir director (d. 1995)
- 1946 –Toshio Furukawa, Japanese voice actor
- 1952 –Stewart Copeland, American drummer (The Police)
- 1957 –Faye Grant, American actress
- 1958 –Mike D. Rogers, American politician
- 1980 –Justine Joli, American pornographic actress and adult model
Who died on July 16?
- 1729 –Johann David Heinichen, German composer (b. 1683)
- 1882 –Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States (b. 1818)
- 1896 –Edmond Goncourt, French writer and critic (b. 1822)
- 1994 –Marcel-Marie Desmarais, French-Canadian priest, writer, preacher and broadcaster (b. 1908)
- 1995 –May Sarton, Belgian-born American poet (b. 1912)
- 1998 –John Henrik Clarke, American historian and scholar (b. 1915)
- 1999 –Hiromi Yanagihara, Japanese singer (b. 1979)
- 1999 –John F. Kennedy, Jr., American publisher (b. 1960)
- 2005 –Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgish singer, lyricist and entertainer (b. 1920)
- 2005 –Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (b. 1920)
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