A bit of July 16th history…
622 - Muslim Era begins - Muhammad begins flight from Mecca to Medine
1054 - 3 Roman legates fracture relations between Western and Eastern Christian Churches by placing invalid Papal Bull of Excommunication on altar of Hagia Sophia during liturgy; often dated the start of East-West Schism
1439 - Kissing is banned in England - to stop the Black Death from spreading
1519 - Public debate between Martin Luther and theologian Johann Eck in Liepzig, during which Luther denies divine right of the Pope
1790 - Congress declares city of Washington in the District of Colombia the permanent capital of the United States
1945 - 1st test detonation of an atomic bomb in Alamogordo, NM, as part of the US Manhattan Project
1969 - Apollo 11 launched
1994 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 1st collides with Jupiter (pictured)
2007 - An earthquake, 6.8 magnitude occurs off coast of Japan, damaging a nuclear power plant - Fukishima
A bit of July 16th history… 622 - Muslim Era begins - Muhammad...