The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Date: July 16, 1935 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 1935 📅 On This Day (Today)

Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as an MLB record. Date: July 16, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)

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 Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz. Date: July 16, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 1942…

World War II: The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island. Date: July 16, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)

Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico. Date: July 16, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)

The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane. Date: July 16, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day…

Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulates to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Date: July 16, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)

Uruguay beats hosts Brazil 2–1 to win the World Cup in a match dubbed as the Maracanazo. Date: July 16, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today)

Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army. Date: July 16, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today)

J. D. Salinger publishes his popular yet controversial novel, The Catcher in the Rye. Date: July 16, 1951 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 1951 📅 On This Day (Today)