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July 16th, 2007	Event	An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and aftershock of 6.6 occur off the Niigata coast, Japan, killing 8 people with at least 800 injured and damaging a nuclear power plant. See 2007 Chuetsu offshore earthquake.
July 16th, 2006	Death	Bob Orton, Sr., American professional wrestler (born in 1929)
July 16th, 2006	Death	Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas (born in 1948)
July 16th, 2005	Event	Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K.Rowling released, selling over 9 million copies in the 24 hours after release.
July 16th, 2005	Death	Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (born in 1920)
July 16th, 2005	Death	Prince Gu of Korea (born in 1931)
July 16th, 2005	Death	Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgish singer, lyricist, and entertainer (born in 1920)
July 16th, 2004	Event	Millennium Park, considered the first and most ambitious architectural project in the early 21st century for Chicago, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley.
July 16th, 2004	Death	George Busbee, Governor of Georgia (born in 1927)
July 16th, 2003	Death	Celia Cruz, Cuban musician (born in 1924)

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