Talk:July 16
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- 622 – Beginning of the Islamic calendar.
- 1918 – Russian Revolution: Bolsheviks executed Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family at Ekaterinburg.
- 1945 – Manhattan Project: "Trinity", the first nuclear test explosion, was detonated near Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States. (pictured)
- 1979 – Saddam Hussein took over as President of Iraq, succeeding Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr.
- 1994 – The planet Jupiter was hit by fragments of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet.
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[edit] Fatboy Slim?
On Fatboy Slim's Wikipedia article, it says he was born on July 31. But this page says he was born on July 16. Whats the deal with that, and which is his real birthday? Ka5hmir 04:14, 30 December 2006 (UTC)