This Day In History

July 16th

1790  The District of Columbia (Washington, DC) was established as the permanent seat of the US Government
1935  The first automatic parking meter installed in Oklahoma City
1945   The first atomic bomb was exploded in the desert of Alamogordo, New Mexico
1969  Apollo 11 blasted off and was the first manned mission to the moon
1981  23 years after the Japanese Datsun car company was introduced, they changed the name to Nissan
1990  A 7.7 Richter Scale earthquake struck the Philippines, killing over 1600 people with thousands missing.

1907  Popcorn Gourmet Tycoon Orville Redenbacher
1911  Actress Ginger Rogers (McMath)
1924  1945 Miss America Bess Myerson
1953  Actor/Boxer/Poet Mickey Rouke 
1963  Actress Phoebe Cates

Top of the Chart Hits Courtesy of...

1962

• Roses are Red - Bobby Vinton

• The Wah Watusi - The Orlons

• Gravy For My Mashed Potatoes - Dee Dee Sharp

• Wolverton Mountain - Claude King

1970

• Mama Told Me - Three Dog Night

• Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image

• Band of Gold - Freda Payne

• He Loves Me All the Way - Tammy Wynette

1978

• Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb

• Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty

• Let's Dance - Donna Summer

• Only One Love in My Life - Ronnie Milsap

1986

• Holding Back the Years - Simply Red

• Invisible Touch - Genesis

• Nasty - Janet Jackson

• Hearts Aren't Made to Break - Lee Greenwood

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