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Thursday, 16 July 2026

2007

2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake: an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and 6.6 aftershock occurs off the Niigata coast of Japan killing 8 people, injuring at least 800 and damaging a nuclear power plant.

2004

Millennium Park, considered Chicago's first and most ambitious early 21st century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley.

1999

John F. Kennedy, Jr., piloting a Piper Saratoga aircraft, dies when his plane crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. His wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette are also killed.

1994

Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collides with Jupiter. Impacts continue until July 22.

1993

The Slackware operating system is first released.

1990

The Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declares state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR.

Luzon Earthquake stroke in Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac, Philippines, with an intensity of 7.7.

1983

Sikorsky S-61 disaster: a helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.

1981

Mahathir bin Mohamad becomes Malaysia's 4th Prime Minister; his 22 years in office, ending with retirement on 31 October 2003, made him Asia's longest-serving political leader.

1979

Iraqi President Hasan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein.

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