What happend on 16th July

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2005

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, the sixth in J.K. Rowling's hugely popular Harry Potter series, is published in English-speaking countries.

2004

A fire at a private school in Kumbakonam, India kills over 80 people.

2004

Barclays Bank freezes the bank accounts of the British National Party.

2004

Millennium Park, considered the first and most ambitious architectural project in the early 21st century for Chicago, Illinois, is opened to the public by Mayor of Chicago Richard M. Daley.

2003

The Corsicans reject a referendum for increased autonomy from France by a very thin majority: 50.98 percent against, and 49.02 percent for.

2001

The FBI arrests Dmitry Sklyarov at a convention in Las Vegas, Nevada for violating a provision of the DMCA.

1999

Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace is released in the United Kingdom.

1999

John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette are killed in a plane crash off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. The Piper Saratoga aircraft was piloted by Kennedy Jr.

1999

First game at Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium in Newark, New Jersey.

1997

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 63.17 to close at 8,038.88, closing above 8,000 for the first time.