Historical Events for 16th July 2026

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1439 - Kissing is banned in England to stop the spread of the Black Death
1863 - Utrecht-Swells railway opens
1897 - The South African Committee, investigating the Jameson Raid releases its report finding that it was conducted almost implicitly through the support and encouragement of Cecil Rhodes and the mining houses in the Transvaal
1920 - General Amos Fries is appointed as the first U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service Chief
1950 - Single-day 16-team home run record set at 37 (NL-25, AL-12)
1960 - 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer
1994 - Wendy Wasserstein's stage play "The Sisters Rosensweig," starring Madeline Kahn, closes at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC, after 556 performances
2023 - Jam rock band Dead and Company, an outgrowth of the Grateful Dead, plays the final show of its final concert tour, at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California

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