July 16
1790 - The District of Columbia was established as the seat of the United States government.
1862 - Flag Officer David G. Farragut became the first rear admiral in the United States Navy.
1918 - Russia's Czar Nicholas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks.
1935 - The nation's first parking meters were installed in Oklahoma City.
1945 - The first atomic bomb was tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico; the same day, the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis left Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California on a secret mission to deliver atomic bomb components to Tinian Island in the Marianas.
1951 - J.D. Salinger's novel "Catcher in the Rye" was published.
1957 - Marine Maj. John Glenn set a transcontinental speed record when he flew a jet from California to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds.
1964 - In accepting the Republican presidential nomination in San Francisco, Barry M. Goldwater said "extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice" and "moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
1969 - Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, Florida on the first manned flight to the moon.
1973 - Former White House aide Alexander P. Butterfield publicly revealed the existence of President Richard Nixon's secret taping system during the Senate Watergate hearings.
1979 - Saddam Hussein became president of Iraq.
1980 - Ronald Reagan won the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention in Detroit.
1999 - John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette, and her sister Lauren, died in a plane crash in the Atlantic Ocean near Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
2004 - Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months in prison and five months of home confinement by a federal judge for lying about a stock sale.
2008 - Florida resident Casey Anthony, whose 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, had been missing a month, was arrested on charges of child neglect, making false official statements and obstructing a criminal investigation. (Casey Anthony was later acquitted at trial of murdering Caylee, whose skeletal remains were found in December 2008; she was convicted of lying to police.)
2015 - A jury in Centennial, Colorado, convicted James Holmes of 165 counts of murder, attempted murder and other charges in the 2012 Aurora movie theater rampage that left 12 people dead.
2021 - A federal judge in Texas ruled illegal an Obama-era program that prevented the deportation of thousands of immigrants who were brought into the U.S. as children.
Birthdays
26 - Luke Hemmings (singer)
28 - Mark Indelicato (actor)
31 - Alexandra Shipp (actress)
32 - James Maslow (actor/singer)
35 - AnnaLynne McCord (actress)
37 - Rosa Salazar (actress)
39 - Katrina Kaif (actress)
40 - Carli Lloyd (soccer player)
43 - Jayma Mays (actress)
46 - Bobby Lashley (professional wrestler)
48 - Ryan McCombs (singer)
51 - Corey Feldman (actor)
53 - Rain Pryor (actor)
54 - Barry Sanders (football player)
55 - Jonathan Adams (actor)
55 - Will Ferrell (actor/comedian)
57 - Daryl "Chill" Mitchell (actor)
59 - Paul Hipp (actor)
59 - Phoebe Cates (actress)
64 - Michael Flatley (dancer)
65 - Faye Grant (actress)
74 - Ruben Blades (actor/singer)
79 - Jimmy Johnson (football coach/sportscaster)
80 - Margaret Court (tennis player)
83 - William Bell (singer)
==================================
Today in Sports History - July 16
1950 - The largest crowd in sporting history was 199,854. They watched the Uraguay defeat Brazil in the World Cup soccer finals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1964 - Little League Baseball Incorporated was granted a Federal Charter unanimously by the United States Senate and House of Representatives.
1985 - The All-Star Game, televised on NBC-TV, was the first program broadcast in stereo by a TV network.
2017 - Roger Federer won a record-breaking 8th Wimbledon title, beating Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-1, 6-4.
1790 - The District of Columbia was established as the seat of the United States government.
1862 - Flag Officer David G. Farragut became the first rear admiral in the United States Navy.
1918 - Russia's Czar Nicholas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks.
1935 - The nation's first parking meters were installed in Oklahoma City.
1945 - The first atomic bomb was tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico; the same day, the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis left Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California on a secret mission to deliver atomic bomb components to Tinian Island in the Marianas.
1951 - J.D. Salinger's novel "Catcher in the Rye" was published.
1957 - Marine Maj. John Glenn set a transcontinental speed record when he flew a jet from California to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds.
1964 - In accepting the Republican presidential nomination in San Francisco, Barry M. Goldwater said "extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice" and "moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
1969 - Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, Florida on the first manned flight to the moon.
1973 - Former White House aide Alexander P. Butterfield publicly revealed the existence of President Richard Nixon's secret taping system during the Senate Watergate hearings.
1979 - Saddam Hussein became president of Iraq.
1980 - Ronald Reagan won the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention in Detroit.
1999 - John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette, and her sister Lauren, died in a plane crash in the Atlantic Ocean near Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
2004 - Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months in prison and five months of home confinement by a federal judge for lying about a stock sale.
2008 - Florida resident Casey Anthony, whose 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, had been missing a month, was arrested on charges of child neglect, making false official statements and obstructing a criminal investigation. (Casey Anthony was later acquitted at trial of murdering Caylee, whose skeletal remains were found in December 2008; she was convicted of lying to police.)
2015 - A jury in Centennial, Colorado, convicted James Holmes of 165 counts of murder, attempted murder and other charges in the 2012 Aurora movie theater rampage that left 12 people dead.
2021 - A federal judge in Texas ruled illegal an Obama-era program that prevented the deportation of thousands of immigrants who were brought into the U.S. as children.
Birthdays
26 - Luke Hemmings (singer)
28 - Mark Indelicato (actor)
31 - Alexandra Shipp (actress)
32 - James Maslow (actor/singer)
35 - AnnaLynne McCord (actress)
37 - Rosa Salazar (actress)
39 - Katrina Kaif (actress)
40 - Carli Lloyd (soccer player)
43 - Jayma Mays (actress)
46 - Bobby Lashley (professional wrestler)
48 - Ryan McCombs (singer)
51 - Corey Feldman (actor)
53 - Rain Pryor (actor)
54 - Barry Sanders (football player)
55 - Jonathan Adams (actor)
55 - Will Ferrell (actor/comedian)
57 - Daryl "Chill" Mitchell (actor)
59 - Paul Hipp (actor)
59 - Phoebe Cates (actress)
64 - Michael Flatley (dancer)
65 - Faye Grant (actress)
74 - Ruben Blades (actor/singer)
79 - Jimmy Johnson (football coach/sportscaster)
80 - Margaret Court (tennis player)
83 - William Bell (singer)
==================================
Today in Sports History - July 16
1950 - The largest crowd in sporting history was 199,854. They watched the Uraguay defeat Brazil in the World Cup soccer finals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1964 - Little League Baseball Incorporated was granted a Federal Charter unanimously by the United States Senate and House of Representatives.
1985 - The All-Star Game, televised on NBC-TV, was the first program broadcast in stereo by a TV network.
2017 - Roger Federer won a record-breaking 8th Wimbledon title, beating Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-1, 6-4.
