''Knowing the past, we can make wise
choices for a brighter, and more positive future.''
| 1765 | English Prime Minister Lord Grenville resigns and is replaced by Lord Rockingham. | |
| 1774 | Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainardji, ending their six-year war. | |
| 1779 | American troops under General Anthony Wayne capture Stony Point, N.Y. | |
| 1875 | The new French constitution is finalized. | |
| 1882 | Mary Todd Lincoln, the widow of Abraham Lincoln, dies of a stroke. | |
| 1918 | Czar Nicholas and his family are murdered by Bolsheviks at Ekaterinburg, Russia. | |
| 1940 | Adolf Hitler orders preparations for the invasion of England. | |
| 1944 | Soviet troops occupy Vilnius, Lithuania, in their drive towards Germany. | |
| 1945 | The United States detonates the first atomic bomb in a test at Alamogordo, N. M. | |
| 1969 | Apollo 11 blasts off from Cape Kennedy, Florida, heading for a landing on the moon. | |
| 1999 |
A private plane piloted by John F. Kennedy Jr. is lost over the waters off Martha's Vineyard, Mass.
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Born on July 16
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| 1723 | Joshua Reynolds, British portrait painter. | |
| 1821 | Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science movement. | |
| 1862 | Ida Bell Wells, journalist. | |
| 1896 | Trygve Lie, first secretary-general of the United Nations. | |
| 1907 | Barbara Stanwyck, actress. | |
| 1911 | Ginger Rogers, actress and dancer. | |
| 1928 | Anita Brookner, writer (Hotel du Lac). | |
| 1941 | Dag Solstad, Norwegian novelist and playwright. | |
| 1948 | Ruben Blades, songwriter and actor. | |
| 1948 | Pinchas Zukerman, violinist and conductor. | |
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