July 16
1790 - The District of Columbia was established as the seat of the U.S. federal government.
1918 - Russia's Czar Nicholas II, his wife, and their five children were executed by the Bolsheviks.
1935 - The nation's first parking meters were installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
1945 - The first atomic bomb was tested at Alamogordo, New Mexico.
1951 - J.D. Salinger's novel "The Catcher in the Rye" was published.
1957 - Marine Maj. John Glenn set a transcontinental speed record when he flew a jet from California to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds.
1964 - In accepting the Republican presidential nomination in San Francisco, Barry M. Goldwater said "extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice" and "moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
1969 - Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on the first manned mission to the moon.
1973 - Former White House aide Alexander P. Butterfield publicly revealed the existence of President Richard Nixon's secret taping system during the Senate Watergate hearings.
1979 - Saddam Hussein became president of Iraq.
1980 - Ronald Reagan won the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention in Detroit.
1999 - John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn and her sister died when the single-engine plane Kennedy was piloting plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts.
2004 - Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months in prison and five months of home confinement by a federal judge for lying about a stock sale.
Birthdays
28 - AnnaLynne McCord (actress)
31 - Katrina Kaif (actress)
33 - Carli Lloyd (soccer player)
34 - Michelle Morgan (actress)
36 - Jayma Mays (actress)
44 - Corey Feldman (actor)
47 - Barry Sanders (football player)
48 - Will Ferrell (actor)
52 - Phoebe Cates (actress)
57 - Michael Flatley (dancer)
72 - Jimmy Johnson (football coach/sportscaster)
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Today in Sports History - July 16
1920 - Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees broke his own single-season major league home run record with his 30th of the year.
1938 - Paul Runyan edged out Sam Snead to win the PGA Championship.
1941 - Joe DiMaggio extended his consecutive games hitting streak to 56 games.
1950 - The largest crowd in sports history assembled on this day. 199,854 fans watched Uruguay defeat Brazil 2-1 in the World Cup finals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1956 - The Detroit Tigers were sold to an 11-member syndicate for a then-record price of $5.5 million.
1956 - Rod Carew of the Minnesota Twins tied a major league record when he stole home for the seventh time in a season.
1964 - Little League Baseball Inc. was granted a federal charter unanimously by Congress.
1970 - The Pittsburgh Pirates opened their new home, Three Rivers Stadium, with a 3-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.
1975 - Bowie Kuhn was elected commissioner of Major League Baseball.
1985 - The National League won the All-Star Game 6-1 at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. LaMarr Hoyt of the San Diego Padres was named MVP. The game was the first event ever broadcast with stereo sound by a TV network.
1993 - Nick Faldo tied a course record with a round of 63, the best round in 122 years, giving him a one stroke lead after two rounds of the British Open.
2003 - The Los Angeles Lakers signed free agents Gary Payton and Karl Malone.
2006 - Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees became the fourth pitcher in baseball history to record 400 saves.
2006 - The United States defeated Australia in five straight matches to win the Davis Cup for the first time in seven years.
2013 - The American League won the All-Star Game 3-0 at Citi Field in New York. Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees was named MVP.
1790 - The District of Columbia was established as the seat of the U.S. federal government.
1918 - Russia's Czar Nicholas II, his wife, and their five children were executed by the Bolsheviks.
1935 - The nation's first parking meters were installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
1945 - The first atomic bomb was tested at Alamogordo, New Mexico.
1951 - J.D. Salinger's novel "The Catcher in the Rye" was published.
1957 - Marine Maj. John Glenn set a transcontinental speed record when he flew a jet from California to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds.
1964 - In accepting the Republican presidential nomination in San Francisco, Barry M. Goldwater said "extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice" and "moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
1969 - Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on the first manned mission to the moon.
1973 - Former White House aide Alexander P. Butterfield publicly revealed the existence of President Richard Nixon's secret taping system during the Senate Watergate hearings.
1979 - Saddam Hussein became president of Iraq.
1980 - Ronald Reagan won the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention in Detroit.
1999 - John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn and her sister died when the single-engine plane Kennedy was piloting plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts.
2004 - Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months in prison and five months of home confinement by a federal judge for lying about a stock sale.
Birthdays
28 - AnnaLynne McCord (actress)
31 - Katrina Kaif (actress)
33 - Carli Lloyd (soccer player)
34 - Michelle Morgan (actress)
36 - Jayma Mays (actress)
44 - Corey Feldman (actor)
47 - Barry Sanders (football player)
48 - Will Ferrell (actor)
52 - Phoebe Cates (actress)
57 - Michael Flatley (dancer)
72 - Jimmy Johnson (football coach/sportscaster)
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Today in Sports History - July 16
1920 - Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees broke his own single-season major league home run record with his 30th of the year.
1938 - Paul Runyan edged out Sam Snead to win the PGA Championship.
1941 - Joe DiMaggio extended his consecutive games hitting streak to 56 games.
1950 - The largest crowd in sports history assembled on this day. 199,854 fans watched Uruguay defeat Brazil 2-1 in the World Cup finals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1956 - The Detroit Tigers were sold to an 11-member syndicate for a then-record price of $5.5 million.
1956 - Rod Carew of the Minnesota Twins tied a major league record when he stole home for the seventh time in a season.
1964 - Little League Baseball Inc. was granted a federal charter unanimously by Congress.
1970 - The Pittsburgh Pirates opened their new home, Three Rivers Stadium, with a 3-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.
1975 - Bowie Kuhn was elected commissioner of Major League Baseball.
1985 - The National League won the All-Star Game 6-1 at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. LaMarr Hoyt of the San Diego Padres was named MVP. The game was the first event ever broadcast with stereo sound by a TV network.
1993 - Nick Faldo tied a course record with a round of 63, the best round in 122 years, giving him a one stroke lead after two rounds of the British Open.
2003 - The Los Angeles Lakers signed free agents Gary Payton and Karl Malone.
2006 - Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees became the fourth pitcher in baseball history to record 400 saves.
2006 - The United States defeated Australia in five straight matches to win the Davis Cup for the first time in seven years.
2013 - The American League won the All-Star Game 3-0 at Citi Field in New York. Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees was named MVP.
