It happened on a… July 16

2018

12 new moons discovered orbiting Jupiter bringing planet’s moon total to 79, by scientists at Carnegie Institution for Science.

2004

Martha Stewart is sentenced to five months in prison plus five months in home confinement for lying to federal investigators.

1999

John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette are killed in a plane crash off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. The Piper Saratoga aircraft was piloted by Kennedy.

1979

Premier/pres Ahmad Hassan al-Bakr of Iraq is succeeded by Saddam Hussein.

1969

Apollo 11 launched, carrying 1st men to land on Moon.

1965

Mont Blanc Road tunnel between France & Italy opens.

1950

The largest crowd in sporting history was 199,854. They watched the Uruguay defeat Brazil in the World Cup soccer finals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

1945

The United States detonated the first atomic bomb in a test at Alamogordo, NM.

1880

Dr. Emily Howard Stowe the first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada.

1790

The District of Columbia, or Washington, DC, was established as the permanent seat of the United States Government.

1647

Jean de Quen discovers Lac St-Jean and route leading into interior; later founds Saguenay missions.