TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013

Today is Tuesday, July 16, the 197th day of 2013. There are 168 days left in the year.

622 ― Origin of the Islamic Era (Muharram 1, 1 A.H.)

1212 ― Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa; end of Moslem power in Spain

1439 ― Kissing is banned in England

1894 ― Treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan and England

1945 ― First atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico

1950 ― Uruguay beats Brazil 2-1 for soccer's 4th World Cup in Rio de Janeiro

1951 ― Novel “Catcher in the Rye” by JD Salinger published

1960 ― 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer

1969 ― Apollo 11, carrying first men to land on the Moon, launched

1987 ― Don Mattingly hits his fourth grand slam of the season and ties A.L. record of homers in six straight games (on way to tie major league record of eight)