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July 16
Born on July 16? You're a Cancer with the Ruby birthstone.
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July 16 Zodiac Sign
Cancer (June 21 – July 22)
Element: Water
intuitiveloyalnurturingempatheticprotective
Birthstone
Ruby
Birth Flower
Larkspur
Season
Summer
Numerology 5
A number of freedom, change, and restless adventure.
July 16: This Day in History
- 1054— The Great Schism divided Christianity into the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
- 1790— The District of Columbia was established as the permanent seat of the US federal government by an act of Congress.
- 1945— The United States conducted the Trinity test in New Mexico, the first successful detonation of a nuclear weapon.
- 1969— Apollo 11 launched from Kennedy Space Center, beginning the first crewed mission to land on the Moon.
- 1999— John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, and her sister were killed when their plane crashed off Martha's Vineyard.
Famous Birthdays on July 16
- Ginger Rogers (1911) — actress and dancer
- Shoeless Joe Jackson (1887) — baseball player
- Corey Feldman (1971) — actor
- Will Ferrell (1967) — comedian and actor
- Phoebe Cates (1963) — actress
Did You Know? July 16 Fun Facts
- The Trinity nuclear test was given the code name 'Trinity' by project director J. Robert Oppenheimer.
- Apollo 11 carried just enough fuel to complete its mission, with little margin for error.
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