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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_16" title="July 16">July 16</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1232" title="1232">1232</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_I_of_Granada" title="Muhammad I of Granada">Muhammad ibn Yusuf</a></b>, who later established the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Granada" title="Emirate of Granada">Emirate of Granada</a>, the last Muslim state in Spain, was elected the ruler of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arjona,_Spain" title="Arjona, Spain">Arjona</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790" title="1790">1790</a> – President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> signed the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residence_Act" title="Residence Act">Residence Act</a></b>, selecting a new permanent site along the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potomac_River" title="Potomac River">Potomac River</a> for the capital of the United States, which later became <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1931" title="1931">1931</a> – Ethiopian emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haile_Selassie" title="Haile Selassie">Haile Selassie</a> promulgated <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1931_Constitution_of_Ethiopia" title="1931 Constitution of Ethiopia">the nation's first modern constitution</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983" title="1983">1983</a> – A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_S-61" title="Sikorsky S-61">Sikorsky <span class="nowrap">S-61</span></a> helicopter operated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways" title="British Airways">British Airways</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_British_Airways_Sikorsky_S-61_crash" title="1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash">crashed in thick fog</a></b> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Sea" title="Celtic Sea">Celtic Sea</a>, killing 20 of the 26 people on board.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – At least 23 students died and dozens more fell ill at a primary school in the Indian state of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> after consuming a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midday_Meal_Scheme" title="Midday Meal Scheme">Midday Meal</a> that <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bihar_school_meal_poisoning_incident" title="Bihar school meal poisoning incident">was contaminated with pesticide</a></b>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Wodehouse_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Philip Wodehouse (Royal Navy officer)">Philip Wodehouse</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1773); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Weinrich" title="Agnes Weinrich">Agnes Weinrich</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1873); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89variste_Kimba" title="Évariste Kimba">Évariste Kimba</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1926); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vecihi_H%C3%BCrku%C5%9F" title="Vecihi Hürkuş">Vecihi Hürkuş</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1969)</p>
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