Today in history: July 16

 Today in history: July 16  

On July 16, 1945, at 5:29:45 a.m., the Manhattan Project comes to an explosive end as the first atom bomb is successfully tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Plans for the creation of a uranium bomb by the Allies were established as early as 1939, when Italian emigre physicist Enrico Fermi met with U.... read more

1995 Amazon opens for business 1999 JFK Jr. killed in plane crash

1951 "Catcher in the Rye" is published  1969

Apollo 11 departs Earth

1973 Existence of Watergate tapes is revealed in live testimony

1790 Congress declares Washington, D.C. new capital

1918 Romanov family executed, ending a 300-year imperial dynasty (Russia)

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