History of 16th july

1.  English Prime Minister Lord Grenville resigns and is replaced by Lord Rockingham.on July 16 1765

2.  Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainardji, ending their six-year war.on July 16 1774

3.  American troops under General Anthony Wayne capture Stony Point, N.Y.on July 16 1779

4.  The new French constitution is finalized.on July 16 1875

5.  Mary Todd Lincoln, the widow of Abraham Lincoln, dies of a stroke.on July 16 1882

6.  Czar Nicholas and his family are murdered by Bolsheviks at Ekaterinburg, Russia.on July 16 1918

7.  Adolf Hitler orders preparations for the invasion of England.on July 16 1940

8.  Soviet troops occupy Vilnius, Lithuania, in their drive towards Germany.on July 16 1944

9.  The United States detonates the first atomic bomb in a test at Alamogordo, N. M.on July 16 1945

10. Apollo 11 blasts off from Cape Kennedy, Florida, heading for a landing on the moon.on July 16 1969

11. A private plane piloted by John F. Kennedy Jr. is lost over the waters off Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.on July 16 1999