ON THIS DAY - 16 JULY 1377 – England – Coronation of Richard II. 1661 – Sweden – First Banknotes of Europe issued by Stockholms Banco. 1834 - UK – William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne became Prime Minister (Whig). 1910 – Australia – First flight of the Duigan pusher biplane by John Robertson Duigan. 1935 – USA – World’s first parking meter installed in Oklahoma City. 1951 – Belgium – Leopold III abdicated, Baudouin I became King. 1955 – Turkey – Earthquake measuring 6.8Mw, epicentre in Söke, Aydin, 23 killed. 1957 – Indonesia – KLM Flight 844 crashed near Biak-Mokmer Airport, 58 killed. 1965 – France/Italy – Mont Blanc Tunnel opened. 1969 – USA – Apollo 11 launched. 1971 – Australia – Earthquake measuring 6.4Mw, epicentre in Canning Basin. 1979 – Iraq – Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigned, Saddam Hussain became President. 1981 – Malaysia – Mahathir Mohamad became Prime Minister. 1983 – UK – British Airways helicopter crashed off coast of Isles of Scily, 20 killed. 1990 – Philippines – Earthquake measuring 7.9Mw, epicentre in Baguio City, 1,621 killed. 2004 – USA – Millenium Park, Chicago, Illinois, opened. 2005 – Equatorial Guinea – Equatorial Express plane crashed near Baney, 60 killed. 2007 – Japan – Earthquake measuring 6.6Mw, epicentre in Niigata Prefecture, 9 killed.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 04:49:52 +0000
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