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On the 16th of July, the following historical events occurred:
- 1790 - US Congress establishes District of Columbia
- 1801 - Pope Pius VII & 1st consul Napoleon sign concord
- 1861 - Battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought
- 1880 - Dr. Emily Stowe becomes the first woman licenced to practice medicine in Canada.
- 1920 - China joins the League of Nations
- 1927 - Augusto Sandino begins 5½ year war against US occupation of Nicaragua
- 1946 - US court martials 46 SS to death (Battle of Bulge crimes) in Dachau
- 1951 - Novel "Catcher in Rye" by J. D. Salinger published
- 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.
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