July 16 in History

• 1782

  July 16, 1782:

  Classical musician and composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart premieres his opera titled "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" in Vienna.

• 1955

  July 16, 1955:

  The "Golden Horseshoe Revue" show begins.

• 1959

  July 16, 1959:

  The American songwriting duo Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller records the song titled "Poison Ivy."

• 1969

  July 16, 1969:

  The Beatles begin the recording of their song titled "Here Comes The Sun".

• 1990

  July 16, 1990:

  ABC –TV premieres the sci-fi drama thriller titled "Into the Night".

• 1994

  July 16, 1994:

  The popular operatic singing group ‘The Three Tenors’ performs at a concert held at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

• 2001

  July 16, 2001:

  American Adventure film "Jurassic Park III" is released in the United States. The film stars Sam Neill and Alessandro Nivola.

• 2004

  July 16, 2004:

  American TV personality Martha Stewart serves prison sentence for lying to investigators about a stock sale.

• 2012

  July 16, 2012:

  The superhero film “The Dark Knight Rises" premieres in New York City.

• 2017

  July 16, 2017:

  BBC-TV announces that actress Jodie Whittaker will be portraying the character of a doctor in their iconic science-fiction drama series titled “Doctors”.