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Historical Events on July 16

  • Qing dynasty

    1683

    Manchu Qing dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands.

  • American Revolutionary War

    1779

    American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.

  • Washington, D.C.

    1790

    The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.

  • American Civil War

    1861

    American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.

  • The Holocaust

    1942

    Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Winter Velodrome in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz.

  • World War II

    1945

    World War II: The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island.

  • Manhattan Project

    1945

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

  • Millennium Park

    2004

    Millennium Park, considered Chicago's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley.

  • United States Marine Corps

    2015

    Four U.S. Marines and one gunman die in a shooting spree targeting military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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