It happened on this day, July 16th.
events:
1212 – The Battle of Al-Uqab takes place, in which the Almohads are defeated and lose most of their possessions in Andalusia.
1683 β Qing Dynasty naval forces defeat the Tongning Kingdom in the “Battle of Pinghu” near the Pescadores Islands.
1856 – Work begins on digging the Suez Canal under the direction of Frenchman Ferdinand de Lesseps, supported by his government.
1863 β Riots in New York City begin their fourth day of protest against the conscription law.
1926 β Ahmed Skirj delivers the first Friday sermon at the Paris Mosque, one day after its inauguration by Sultan Moulay Youssef.
(1945βThe United States detonates an atomic bomb, thus launching the nuclear race
1951 β Members of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party assassinate Lebanese Prime Minister Riad al-Solh in the Jordanian capital, Amman, in retaliation for the execution of Antoun Saadeh.
1952 β The United Nations agrees to consider Eritrea as an independent unit joining Ethiopia in a confederation.
1974 – The Mubarak Al-Kabeer Necklace was created in Kuwait by order of Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, in memory of Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah. This necklace is given to heads of state.
1979 β Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns as President of the Iraqi Republic and Saddam Hussein takes the reins of power.
1982 β In Bangladesh, protesters attack the U.S. embassy in Dhaka to protest its support for Israel.
1990 – Arab foreign ministers decide at their meeting in Tunisia to boycott all Western companies and agencies that contribute to the movement of Soviet Jews to Israel.
β΄οΈ An earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale hits the Philippines, killing 1,600 people.
1999 – A small plane piloted by John Kennedy Jr. crashed, killing him and his wife and sister as a result of the accident.
2003 – The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, issues an Amiri decree appointing the Prime Minister with the title of His Highness the Sheikh, after separating the position of Crown Prince from that of Prime Minister.
2004 – 90 children are killed in a fire at a primary school in southern India.
2008 β Israel releases the oldest Lebanese prisoner in its jails, Samir Kuntar, along with four others, in addition to the bodies of its martyrs, in exchange for the remains of its soldiers, as part of an agreement between it and Hezbollah.
2013 – Spain officially hands over to Morocco microfilm copies of the Zaidani treasure, which the sultans of Morocco had lost and claimed since 1612 AD.
2019 – The European Parliament elects German politician Ursula von der Leyen as President of the European Commission by a narrow majority, making her the first woman to hold the post.
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Births:
1872 β Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer.
1888 – Fritz Zernike, Dutch physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1953.
1896 β Trygve Lie, Norwegian politician and first Secretary-General of the United Nations.
1911 β Ginger Rogers, American actress and singer.
1926 – Irwin Rose, American chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2004.
1931 – Youssef Shaaban, Egyptian actor.
1936 – Yasuo Fukuda, Prime Minister of Japan.
1939 β Lido Vieri, Italian footballer.
1941 – Youssef Darwish, Kuwaiti actor.
1942 – Margaret Smith Court, Australian tennis player. 1945 – Youssef Fawzi, Egyptian artist.
1957 β WΕodzmierz Smolarek, Polish footballer.
1962 – Ahmed Mansour, Egyptian journalist.
1963 β SreΔko Katanic, Slovenian football player and coach.
1967 β Will Ferrell, American actor.
1976 – Nisreen Al-Hakim, Syrian actress
1979 β Ahmed Al-Saadani, Egyptian actor.
1981 β Maher Zain, Lebanese/Swedish singer.
1984 – Katrina Kaif, Indian actress.
** Badr Al Maimani is an Omani footballer.
1988 β Sergio Busquets, Spanish footballer.
1989 β Gareth Bale, Welsh footballer.
1992 – Hattan Bahbari, Saudi footballer.
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Death:
1151 – Abd al-Rahman bin Ali al-Halawani, Iraqi fundamentalist jurist and commentator.
1557 β Queen Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of Henry VIII of England.
1624 – Abd al-Qadir al-Tabari, Muslim scholar, writer and poet from Hejazi.
1764 β Tsar Ivan VI, Emperor of the Russian Empire.
1916 – Ilya Metchnikoff, Russian physician, Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1908.
1951 – Riad Solh, Prime Minister of Lebanon.
1960 – Albert Kesselring, German military commander.
1978 – Aisha Al-Marta, Kuwaiti singer.
1982 – Mahmoud Al-Kuwaiti, Kuwaiti singer.
** Charles Robert Swart, President of South Africa.
1985 – Heinrich BΓΆll, German writer, Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972.
1989 β Herbert von Karajan, Austrian musician.
1994 – Julian Schwinger, American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965.
1998 – Rasmi Al-Amel, veteran Iraqi lawyer, politician and media personality.
2012 – Stephen Covey, American writer.
2015 – Mr. Metwally Abdel-Al, Egyptian Quran reciter.
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Public holidays and occasions:
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