July 16

July 16th is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining.

Events:

• 1945: The atomic age begins when under the auspices of the Manhatten project a plutonium based test nuclear weapon is successfully exploded at the Trinity site.
• 2001: The FBI arrests Dmitry Sklyarov at a convention in Las Vegas for violating a provision of the DMCA.

Births:

Deaths:

• 1848: Jons Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist.

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