Today in History
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1995 Amazon.com Sells its First Book
The e-commerce website was first founded in 1995 by Jeff Bezos as an online bookstore. The first boo
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1994 Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 collides with Jupiter
The Jupiter orbiting comet collided with Jupiter. It was the first time in recorded history that ast
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1981 Mahathir bin Mohamad takes office for the first time
Mohmad, took office as the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia and remained in the position until 2003
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1979 Iraqi president, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns
The fourth president of Iraq resigned from his post citing health reasons and promoted his Vice Pres
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1951 The Catcher in the Rye is published
The book, written by J.D. Salinger is considered to be one of the top 100 works of fiction of the 20
Births On This Day,
July, 16
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1967 Will Ferrell
American comedian, actor
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1947 Assata Shakur
American activist, criminal
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1907 Orville Redenbacher
American farmer, businessman
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1872 Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer
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1862 Ida B. Wells
American civil rights activist
Deaths On This Day,
July, 16
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1960 Albert Kesselring
German field marshal
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1915 Ellen G. White
American author, co-founder of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church
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1882 Mary Todd Lincoln
American wife of Abraham Lincoln, 17th First Lady of the United States
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1747 Giuseppe Crespi
Italian painter
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1557 Anne of Cleves
