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July 16th, 2005 (July 16 2005) | Event | Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K.Rowling released, selling over 9 million copies in the 24 hours after release. | J.K. Rowling Quotes |
July 16th, 2005 (July 16 2005) | Death | Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (born in 1920) | |
July 16th, 2005 (July 16 2005) | Death | Prince Gu of Korea (born in 1931) | |
July 16th, 2005 (July 16 2005) | Death | Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgish singer, lyricist, and entertainer (born in 1920) | |
July 16th, 1995 (July 16 1995) | Death | May Sarton, Belgian-born American poet (born in 1912) | |
July 16th, 1995 (July 16 1995) | Death | Stephen Spender, English poet (born in 1909) | |
July 16th, 1985 (July 16 1985) | Death | Heinrich Boll, German writer, Nobel laureate (born in 1917) | |
July 16th, 1985 (July 16 1985) | Death | Wayne King, American musician, songwriter and bandleader (born in 1901) | |
July 16th, 1975 (July 16 1975) | Birth | Bas Leinders, Belgian racing car driver | |
July 16th, 1975 (July 16 1975) | Birth | Ana Paula Arosio, Brazilian actress | |
July 16th, 1975 (July 16 1975) | Birth | Jamie Oliver, Welsh keyboardist | Jamie Oliver Quotes |
July 16th, 1965 (July 16 1965) | Event | The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France with Italy opens. | |
July 16th, 1965 (July 16 1965) | Birth | Claude Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player | |
July 16th, 1965 (July 16 1965) | Birth | Tina Tyler, Canadian porn star | |
July 16th, 1955 (July 16 1955) | Event | Original Disneyland park opens in Anaheim, California | |
July 16th, 1945 (July 16 1945) | Event | 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. | |
July 16th, 1925 (July 16 1925) | Birth | Cal Tjader, American musician (died in 1982) | |
July 16th, 1915 (July 16 1915) | Birth | Barnard Hughes, American actor (died in 2006) | |
July 16th, 1915 (July 16 1915) | Death | Ellen White, American co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (born in 1827) | |