Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
July 16
| 1765 | English Prime Minister Lord Greenville resigns and is replaced by Lord Rockingham. | |
| 1774 | Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainardji, ending their six-year war. | |
| 1779 | American troops under General Anthony Wayne capture Stony Point, N.Y. | |
| 1875 | The new French constitution is finalized. | |
| 1882 | Mary Todd Lincoln, the widow of Abraham Lincoln, dies of a stroke. | |
| 1918 | Czar Nicholas and his family are murdered by Bolsheviks at Ekaterinburg, Russia. | |
| 1940 | Adolf Hitler orders preparations for the invasion of England. | |
| 1944 | Soviet troops occupy Vilna, Lithuania, in their drive towards Germany. | |
| 1945 | The United States detonates the first atomic bomb in a test at Alamogordo, N. M. | |
| 1969 | Apollo 11 blasts off from Cape Kennedy, Florida, heading for a landing on the moon. | |
| 1999 | A private plane piloted by John F. Kennedy Jr. is lost over the waters off Martha's Vinyard, Mass. | |
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Born on July 16 |
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| 1723 | Joshua Reynolds, British portrait painter. | |
| 1821 | Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science movement. | |
| 1862 | Ida Bell Wells, journalist. | |
| 1896 | Trygve Lie, first secretary-general of the United Nations. | |
| 1907 | Barbara Stanwyck, actress. | |
| 1911 | Ginger Rogers, actress and dancer. | |
| 1928 | Anita Brookner, writer (Hotel du Lac). | |
| 1941 | Dag Solstad, Norwegian novelist and playwright. | |
| 1948 | Ruben Blades, songwriter and actor. | |
| 1948 | Pinchas Zukerman, violinist and conductor. | |
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