On this day, July 16:

622- beginning of Islamic calendar

1054- start of East-West Schism

1790- DC established as capital

1907- Orville Redenbacher born: get your popcorn!

1915- first Order of the Arrow ceremony

1918- Russian Imperial Romanov family (Tsar Nicholas II) executed by Bolsheviks

1925- first parliament in Iraq

1945- birth of Atomic Age: Trinity nuclear bomb detonated (33° N)

1956- King Faisal of Iraq begins visit to England

1969- Apollo 11 mission launch (end of Space Race)

1970- Iraq's constitution goes into effect

1973- Nixon tapes revealed

1979- Saddam Hussein takes power (Bagdad 33° N)

1999- JFK Jr dies

2002- Department of Homeland Security created

2004- Martha Stewart sentenced to prison