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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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