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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

July 16 - The Day in History

July 16 : General Interest
1945: Atom bomb successfully tested

On this day in 1945, at 5:29:45 a.m., the Manhattan Project comes to an explosive end as the first atom bomb is successfully tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico... read more


American Revolution
1779 : Anthony Wayne earns nickname
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/anthony-wayne-earns-nickname

Automotive
1935 : World's first parking meter installed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/worlds-first-parking-meter-installed

Civil War
1863 : Draft riots continue to rock New York City
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/draft-riots-continue-to-rock-new-york-city

Cold War
1945 : United States conducts first test of the atomic bomb
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-conducts-first-test-of-the-atomic-bomb

Crime
1979 : An army doctor is accused of stabbing his family to death
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/an-army-doctor-is-accused-of-stabbing-his-family-to-death

Disaster
1990 : Earthquake wreaks havoc in the Philippines
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earthquake-wreaks-havoc-in-the-philippines

General Interest
1769 : First Catholic mission in California dedicated
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-catholic-mission-in-california-dedicated
1969 : Apollo 11 departs Earth
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/iapollo-11i-departs-earth
1999 : JFK Jr. killed in plane crash
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jfk-jr-killed-in-plane-crash

Hollywood
1967 : Funnyman Will Ferrell born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/funnyman-will-ferrell-born

Literary
1951 : Catcher in the Rye is published
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/catcher-in-the-rye-is-published

Music
1966 : Tommy James and the Shondells are rescued from oblivion by their #1 hit "Hanky Panky"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tommy-james-and-the-shondells-are-rescued-from-oblivion-by-their-1-hit-quothanky-pankyquot

Old West
1808 : Lewis and Clark help form Missouri Fur Company
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lewis-and-clark-help-form-missouri-fur-company

Presidential
1790 : Congress declares Washington, D.C., new capital
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-declares-washington-dc-new-capital
2002 : Bush unveils strategy for homeland security
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bush-unveils-strategy-for-homeland-security

Sports
1948 : Durocher leaves Dodgers to manage Giants
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/durocher-leaves-dodgers-to-manage-giants

Vietnam War
1965 : McNamara visits South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mcnamara-visits-south-vietnam
1973 : Senate begins investigations into secret bombing of Cambodia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/senate-begins-investigations-into-secret-bombing-of-cambodia

World War I
1918 : Romanov family executed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/romanov-family-executed

World War II
1940 : Marshal Petain becomes premier of occupied France
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marshal-petain-becomes-premier-of-occupied-france
1945 : The first atomic bomb test is successfully exploded
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-first-atomic-bomb-test-is-successfully-exploded


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