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Thursday, July 16, 2026

Almanac for July 16

Almanac for July 16: https://ko-fi.com/Post/July-16-Catcher-in-the-Rye-O4O41HQE3R

Historical Journalist Birthday: Ida B. Wells-Barnett


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Bummer July 16

July 16, 1945: The world’s first nuclear device is detonated at Alamogordo, New Mexico.

July 16, 1990: More than 1,600 people in the Philippines die in the Luzon earthquake. 

July 16, 1999: John F. Kennedy Jr. crashes the small aircraft he has been flying off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, killing himself, his wife Caroline Bessette-Kennedy, and Caroline’s sister Lauren Bessette. 

July 16, 2003: Dozens of children in the village of Gandaman in Bihar, India become sick after eating a lunch of soy beans and potato curry with rice prepared with oil that had been stored in a container that previously contained pesticides. The children become sickened with vomiting and diarrhea due to the pesticide residue. 23 of the children die.