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Blurb | Reason |
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Feast day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Roman Catholic Church); | refimprove section |
622 – The epoch of the Islamic calendar occurred, marking the year that Muhammad began his Hijra from Mecca to Medina. | refimprove section |
1779 – American Revolutionary War: A select force of Continental Army infantry made a surprise night attack and captured a fortified position of the British Army on the Hudson River south of West Point, New York. | refimprove section |
1862 – David Farragut became the first person to be promoted to the rank of rear admiral in the United States Navy. | refimprove section |
1979 – Saddam Hussein replaced the resigning Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as President of Iraq, after having gradually usurped power from his cousin. | refimprove section |
1990 – The parliament of Ukrainian SSR adopted the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine. | stub |
1990 – A 7.8 MS earthquake struck the densely populated Philippine island of Luzon, killing an estimated 1,621 people. | refimprove |
1999 – John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette were killed in a plane crash off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. | refimprove section |
2001 – Russia and the People's Republic of China signed the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation, a twenty-year strategic treaty. | no footnotes |
Ratna Sarumpaet |b|1948 | recentism |
Larry Sanger |b|1968 | WP:NAVEL |
* 1769 – Spanish friar Junípero Serra founded Mission San Diego de Alcalá, the first Franciscan mission in the Alta California region of New Spain. | Too much uncited |
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This is a list of selected July 16 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
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Blurb | Reason |
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Feast day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Roman Catholic Church); | refimprove section |
622 – The epoch of the Islamic calendar occurred, marking the year that Muhammad began his Hijra from Mecca to Medina. | refimprove section |
1779 – American Revolutionary War: A select force of Continental Army infantry made a surprise night attack and captured a fortified position of the British Army on the Hudson River south of West Point, New York. | refimprove section |
1862 – David Farragut became the first person to be promoted to the rank of rear admiral in the United States Navy. | refimprove section |
1979 – Saddam Hussein replaced the resigning Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as President of Iraq, after having gradually usurped power from his cousin. | refimprove section |
1990 – The parliament of Ukrainian SSR adopted the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine. | stub |
1990 – A 7.8 MS earthquake struck the densely populated Philippine island of Luzon, killing an estimated 1,621 people. | refimprove |
1999 – John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette were killed in a plane crash off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. | refimprove section |
2001 – Russia and the People's Republic of China signed the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation, a twenty-year strategic treaty. | no footnotes |
Ratna Sarumpaet |b|1948 | recentism |
Larry Sanger |b|1968 | WP:NAVEL |
* 1769 – Spanish friar Junípero Serra founded Mission San Diego de Alcalá, the first Franciscan mission in the Alta California region of New Spain. | Too much uncited |