What happend on 16th July

15.07
17.07
1951

King Léopold III of Belgium abdicates in favour of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium, to avoid internal social strife.

1951

The novel Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger published.

1945

Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon at the Trinity site near Alamogordo, New Mexico.

1942

Holocaust: The Vichy France government headed by Pierre Laval orders French police officers to round up 13,000-20,000 Jews and imprison them in the Winter Velodrome.

1930

Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.

1918

Russian Revolution: At Ekaterinburg, Bolsheviks execute Czar Nicholas II of Russia and his family.

1880

Dr. Emily Howard Stowe becomes the first woman licenced to practice medicine in Canada.

1862

American Civil War: David G. Farragut becomes the first United States Navy rear admiral.

1790

The signing of the Residence Bill establishes a site along the Potomac River as the District of Columbia (seat of government).

1783

Grants of land in Canada to American United Empire Loyalists are announced.