Year 1661
The first banknote in Europe was issued by the Swedish bank ‘Stockholms Banco’.
JULY 16
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16 July: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 16 July.
Year 1935
The world’s first parking meter installed in Oklahoma.
Year 1945
World War II: The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island.
Year 1969
Launch the Apollo 11 spacecraft from Florida.
Year 1979
Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigned and was replaced by Saddam Hussein.
Born 1723
Joshua Reynolds, an English painter.
Born 1909
Aruna Asaf Ali, an Indian educator, political activist, and publisher.
Born 1913
Swami Shantanand Saraswati, Shankaracharya of the Jyotir Math monastery.
Born 1917
Jagdish Chandra Mathur, a Hindi playwright, and writer.
Born 1936
Venkataraman Subramanya, Indian-Australian cricketer
Born 1939
Shringar Nagaraj, Indian actor and producer (d. 2013)
Born 1968
Dhanraj Pillay, a retired Indian field hockey player.
Born 1973
Shaun Pollock, a South African cricket commentator, and former cricketer.
Born 1983
Katrina Kaif, an English-Indian actress.
Died 1986
V. C. Bendre, an Indian historian, and author.
Died 1993
Ustad Nissar Hussain Khan, an Indian classical vocalist from the Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana.
Died 1994
Julian Schwinger, a Nobel Prize-winning American theoretical physicist.
Died 2009
D. K. Pattammal, an Indian Carnatic musician and a playback singer.
Died 2015
Alcides Ghiggia, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1926)
Died 2015
Jack Goody, English anthropologist, author, and academic (b. 1919)
Died 2017
George Romero, American filmmaker (b. 1940)
Died 2020
Neela Satyanarayanan, an Indian author and civil servant.