The comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 is destroyed in a head-on collision with Jupiter. Date: July 16, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, and her sister, Lauren Bessette, die when the aircraft he is piloting crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. Date: July 16, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On…
Millennium Park, considered Chicago's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley. Date: July 16, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
An Antonov An-24 crashes near Baney in Bioko Norte, Equatorial Guinea, killing 60 people. Date: July 16, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today)
An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and 6.6 aftershock occurs off the Niigata coast of Japan killing eight people, injuring at least 800 and damaging a nuclear power plant. Date: July 16, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
Teoh Beng Hock, an aide to a politician in Malaysia is found dead on the rooftop of a building adjacent to the offices of the Anti-Corruption Commission, sparking an inquest that gains nationwide attention. Date: July 16, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in…
Syrian civil war: The Battle of Ras al-Ayn resumes between the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Islamist forces, beginning the Rojava–Islamist conflict. Date: July 16, 2013 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 2013 📅 On This Day (Today)
As many as 27 children die and 25 others are hospitalized after eating lunch served at their school in eastern India. Date: July 16, 2013 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 2013 📅 On This Day (Today)
Four U.S. Marines and a United States Navy Sailor are killed in the a shooting spree targeting military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Date: July 16, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 2015 📅 On This Day (Today)
A 100-year-old building in Mumbai, India, collapses, killing at least 10 people and leaving many others trapped. Date: July 16, 2019 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 2019 📅 On This Day (Today)