* Astronomy

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RE: July 16th

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The Luzon earthquake occurred on Monday, July 16, 1990, at 4:26 PM local time in the Philippines
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43929650/1990-luzon-earthquake/

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On the 16 July 1999, the worlds largest Viking silver treasure, the Spillings treasure, was found in a field
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotland#Spillings_treasure

The Duigan biplane made the first powered flight in Victoria in 1910
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t50028606/duigan-biplane/

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The 1st Proton Rocket was launched by the USSR in 1965
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Proton_launches_(1965%E2%80%9369)

Explorer 7x (S 1) was launched on the 16th July 1959 (destroyed by range safety)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorers_program

Apollo 11 was launched from Florida on the 16th July 1969
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0Yd-GxJ_QM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11

Badr-A, Pakistan's first satellite, was launched on the 16th July 1990
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t37087367/badr-1-satellite/

The first two Cluster II spacecraft were launched on the 16th July 2000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_II_(spacecraft)

Dawn orbiter entered orbit around Vesta on 16 July 2011
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_(spacecraft)

USA-232 was launched at 06:41 UTC on 16 July 2011
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA-232

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Kurt Wahmke (March 2 1904 - 16 July 1934 in Kummersdorf) was a German rocket pioneer.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58073121/kurt-wahmke-1904-1934/

Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (16 July 1872 - c. 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43929635/roald-amundsen-1872-1928/

Richard Stephen Kirby (July 16, 1949 - September 24, 2009) was a theologian and chaplain with interests in astronomy,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_S._Kirby

Robert Sheckley (July 16, 1928 - December 9, 2005) was a Hugo- and Nebula-nominated American author.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sheckley

Giuseppe Piazzi (July 16, 1746 - July 22, 1826) was an Italian Catholic priest of the Theatine order, mathematician, and astronomer.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43768429/giuseppe-piazzi-1746-1826/

Edwin Brant Frost II (July 16, 1866 - May 14, 1935) was an American astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Brant_Frost

Radhagobinda Chandra (July 16, 1878 - April 3, 1975) was a Bangladeshi-Indian astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radha_Gobinda_Chandra

Linda Salzman (born July 16, 1940) is an artist and writer, famed for creating the artwork for the plaque on the Pioneer spacecraft and for coproducing the Voyager Golden Record
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Salzman

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*Placemarker

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NGC 6657 was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan on the 16th July 1876.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58070259/ngc-6657/

NGC 6790 was discovered by American astronomer Edward Charles Pickering on the 16th July 1882.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t24099715/ngc-6790/

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The first photograph of a star was a daguerreotype of the star Vega on July 16 and 17, 1850
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophotography#History

Asteroid (371) Bohemia was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on July 16, 1893 in Nice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/371_Bohemia

Asteroid (437) Rhodia was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on July 16, 1898 in Nice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/437_Rhodia

Pan the second-innermost moon of Saturn was discovered by Mark R. Showalter in 1990 from analysis of old Voyager 2 probe photos and received the provisional designation S/1981 S 13
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_(moon)

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Meteorites

The Forksville (L6 chondrite) meteorite fell in Virginia, USA, on the 16th July, 1924.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43929777/forksville-meteorite/

The Messina (L5 chondrite) meteorite fell in Sicilia, Italy, on the 16th July, 1955.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43929974/messina-meteorite/