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July 16 in recent years ... thus marking a significant turning point in the Reconquista and in the medieval history of Spain. ... "Historical Events on July 16 ...
Disasters Ohi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan is being shut down due a technical fault, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Only 18 out of 54 nuclear plants in Japan are currently producing electricity. (BBC) (CNN) Nearly 5,000 people are evacuated after Mount Lokon in Indonesia erupts. (Jakarta Globe) (Economic Times of India) Seven people are killed and two injured after a customs boat sinks ...
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1232 – Muhammad ibn Yusuf, who later established the Emirate of Granada, the last Muslim state in Spain, was elected the ruler of Arjona.; 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.
It was conducted by the United States Army on July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project on the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range in the Jornada del Muerto desert. The only structures originally in the vicinity were on the McDonald Ranch site, which scientists used as a laboratory for testing bomb components.
July 16, 1969: Launch of Apollo 11 North America taken July 16 during the translunar part of the journey. Apollo 11, with Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, lifted off as scheduled from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A in Florida at 9:32 a.m. local time (1332 UTC).
Arts and culture The British Columbia coroner's office reports that actor Cory Monteith died of an overdose of heroin and alcohol. (MSN) Disasters and accidents As many as 27 children die and 25 others are hospitalised after eating lunch served at their school in eastern India. (AFP via News24) (Times of India) Initial indications are that a jar previously used to hold an insecticide was ...
It is reported that former Chess World Champion Bobby Fischer was detained in Japan on July 13, 2004, and may face deportation due to competing in Yugoslavia in 1992. (ABC NEWS) (CNN) Month