Today is Monday, July 16, the 198th day of 2012. There are 168 days left in the year.
463 ― Start of Lunar Cycle of Hilarius
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, N.M.
1969 ― Apollo 11, carrying first men to land on the moon, launched
1981 ― Shukuni Sasaki spins 72 plates simultaneously
1988 ― Florence Joyner runs 100 m in women's world record 10.49 seconds
1990 ― NYC's Empire State Building catches fire; no fatalities