July 16 in history: • 1232 – Muhammad ibn Yusuf, who later established the Emirate of Granada, the last Muslim state in Spain, was elected the ruler of Arjona. → go there • 1916 – Max Reger's Hebbel Requiem was first performed in a memorial concert for the composer, conducted by Philipp Wolfrum. → go there • 1950 – Uruguay won the decisive match of the fourth FIFA World Cup, defeating Brazil 2–1 at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. → go there • 1951 – The Catcher in the Rye (cover pictured), an American coming-of-age novel by J. D. Salinger, was published by Little, Brown. → go there • 2007 – A magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck off the coast of Niigata Prefecture, Japan, causing a leak of radioactive gases from the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant. → go there Born 1936: Yasuo Fukuda Wiki link Born 1988: Sergio Busquets Wiki link Died 2015: Evelyn Ebsworth Wiki link Died 2025: Connie Francis Wiki link Pictured: First-edition cover of ''The Catcher in the Rye''.