Today in Military History:
July 16
Events of Military significance on this day:
| | 1857 | Battle of Maharajpore. British defeat Indian rebels and with only 800 men, move on to capture Cawnpore the following day. |
| | 1861 | First major battle of the Civil War -- Bull Run. |
| | 1877 | Russians capture town of Nikopol from Turks. |
| | 1945 | First atomic blast, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico. |
| | 1956 | Egyptians take over Suez Canal. |
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