Tukuk-OS📅 July 16
19 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on July 16? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2013 — At least 23 students died and dozens more fell ill at a primary school in the Indian state of Bihar after consuming a Midday Meal that was contaminated with pesticide.
- 2008 — A tainted milk powder scandal broke in China which ultimately involved an estimated 300,000 victims, the vast majority infants, with 54,000 hospitalized with kidney problems and six deaths.
- 2007 — A magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck off the coast of Niigata Prefecture, Japan, causing a leak of radioactive gases from the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant.
2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquakeNiigata PrefectureKashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant
- 2004 — Millennium Park, a public park in Chicago, Illinois, and one of the world's largest rooftop gardens, opened to the public.
- 2003 — A faction of the armed forces of São Tomé and Príncipe led by Major Fernando Pereira overthrew the government of Fradique de Menezes in a bloodless coup d'état.
Armed Forces of São Tomé and PríncipeFernando Pereira (major)2003 São Tomé and Príncipe coup d'état
- 1994 — Fragments of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 began colliding with the planet Jupiter , with the first impact causing a fireball that reached a peak temperature of 24,000 kelvin.
- 1990 — A 7.8 MS earthquake struck the densely populated Philippine island of Luzon, killing an estimated 1,621 people.
- 1983 — A Sikorsky S-61 helicopter operated by British Airways crashed in thick fog in the Celtic Sea, killing 20 of the 26 people on board.
Sikorsky S-61British AirwaysBritish Airways Helicopters Flight 5918
- 1965 — South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo (pictured)—an undetected communist spy—was reported dead due to injuries sustained during his capture, but it is generally assumed he was killed on the orders of military officials.
Army of the Republic of VietnamPhạm Ngọc ThảoPeople's Army of Vietnam
- 1951 — The Catcher in the Rye (cover pictured), an American coming-of-age novel by J. D. Salinger, was published by Little, Brown.
- 1950 — Korean War: A Korean People's Army unit massacred 31 prisoners of war of the U.S. Army on a mountain near the village of Tuman.
- 1950 — Uruguay won the decisive match of the fourth FIFA World Cup, defeating Brazil 2–1 at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
Uruguay national football teamUruguay v Brazil (1950 FIFA World Cup)1950 FIFA World Cup
- 1945 — The United States conducted the first detonation of a nuclear weapon during the Trinity test (pictured).
- 1931 — Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie promulgated the nation's first modern constitution.
- 1916 — Max Reger's Hebbel Requiem was first performed in a memorial concert for the composer, conducted by Philipp Wolfrum.
- 1790 — President George Washington signed the Residence Act, selecting a new permanent site along the Potomac River for the capital of the United States, which later became Washington, D.C.
- 1782 — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail premiered in Vienna, after which Emperor Joseph II anecdotally remarked that it had "too many notes".
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailJoseph II
- 1377 — The ten-year-old Richard II was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.
- 1232 — Muhammad ibn Yusuf, who later established the Emirate of Granada, the last Muslim state in Spain, was elected the ruler of Arjona.
Births
- 2004 — Amiah Miller, American actress and model
- 2001 — Island Boys, American social media personalities
- 1999 — Jarred Kelenic, American baseball player
- 1996 — Kevin Abstract, American rapper and singer-songwriter
- 1996 — Luke Hemmings, Australian singer and musician
- 1996 — Cooper Koch, American actor
- 1994 — Shericka Jackson, Jamaican sprinter
- 1992 — Safiya Nygaard, American YouTuber
- 1991 — Dylan Grimes, Australian Rules footballer
- 1991 — Nate Schmidt, American ice hockey player
- 1991 — Alexandra Shipp, American actress and singer
- 1990 — James Maslow, American actor, singer and dancer
Deaths
- 2025 — Connie Francis, American singer and actress (born 1937)
- 2024 — Joe Bryant, American basketball player (born 1954)
- 2024 — Norm Hewitt, New Zealand rugby union player (born 1968)
- 2024 — David Morrow, Australian radio host and sportscaster (born 1953)
- 2023 — Kevin Mitnick, American hacker (born 1963)
- 2023 — Jane Birkin, British model, actress, singer, and songwriter (born 1944)
- 2021 — Biz Markie, American rapper (born 1964)
- 2020 — Tony Taylor, Cuban baseball player (born 1935)
- 2019 — John Paul Stevens, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (born 1920)
- 2017 — George A. Romero, American filmmaker (born 1940)
- 2015 — Denis Avey, English soldier, engineer, and author (born 1919)
- 2015 — Evelyn Ebsworth, English chemist and academic (born 1933)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: André de Soveral
- Christian feast day: Gondulphus of Tongeren
- Christian feast day: Helier
- Christian feast day: Blessed Irmgard of Chiemsee
- Christian feast day: Marie-Madeleine Postel
- Christian feast day: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Fiesta de La Tirana (Tarapacá Region, Chile)
- Christian feast day: Reineldis
- Christian feast day: Sisenandus of Beja
- Christian feast day: July 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Engineer's Day (Honduras)
- Holocaust Memorial Day (France)
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