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'''1979''' | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1979|month=07|day=16|event=[[Saddam Hussein]] takes office in [[Iraq]] with [[CIA]] backing.}} | |||
'''1948''' | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1948|month=07|day=16|event=[[Zionism|Zionist]] forces [[Nakba|capture]] the city of Nazareth during the [[1948 Arab–"Israeli" War]].}} | |||
'''1945''' | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1945|month=07|day=16|event=The [[United States]] detonates a [[nuclear weapon]] on indigenous land near Alamogordo, [[State of New Mexico|New Mexico]], being the first country to do so.}} | |||
'''1931''' | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1931|month=07|day=16|event=Emperor [[Haile Selassie]] signs [[Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia|Ethiopia's]] first constitution.}} | |||
'''1918''' | '''1918''' | ||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1918|month=07|day=16|event=[[Execution of the Romanov family]]}} | {{history calendar/calendar event|year=1918|month=07|day=16|event=[[Execution of the Romanov family|The Romanov family]] is executed in Yekaterinburg, [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|USSR]]}} | ||
'''1809''' | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1809|month=07|day=16|event=La Paz, in today's [[Plurinational State of Bolivia|Bolivia]], declares independence from the [[Monarchy of Spain|Spanish crown]].}} | |||
'''1790''' | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1790|month=07|day=16|event=[[Washington, D.C.]] is established as the capital city of the [[United States of America]].}} | |||
Revision as of 14:42, 16 July 2024
1979
- Saddam Hussein takes office in Iraq with CIA backing.
1948
- Zionist forces capture the city of Nazareth during the 1948 Arab–"Israeli" War.
1945
- The United States detonates a nuclear weapon on indigenous land near Alamogordo, New Mexico, being the first country to do so.
1931
- Emperor Haile Selassie signs Ethiopia's first constitution.
1918
- The Romanov family is executed in Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR, USSR
1809
- La Paz, in today's Bolivia, declares independence from the Spanish crown.
1790
- Washington, D.C. is established as the capital city of the United States of America.