July 16, Digging of Egypt’s Suez Canal starts

1856 – Digging of Egypt’s Suez Canal starts under supervision of French engineer Ferdinand De Lesseps.

1945 – The United States conducts first test of atomic bomb.

1970 – State of emergency called over dock strike in Britain.

1979 – Iraq President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns.

1982 –Bangladeshi demonstrators attack US Embassy in Dhaka protesting US support for Israel.

Born Today:

1888- Dutch physicist and Nobel-laureate Fritz Zerneckh.

Passed away:

1916 – Russian doctor and Nobel laureate Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov.

H. Zain/ H. Said