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In 1995, he was arrested for various computer and communications-related crimes, and spent five years in prison after being convicted of fraud and illegally intercepting communications.
Notable Deaths on July 16
2023 — Kevin Mitnick
American hacker (born 1963)
July 16 has 100 recorded notable deaths across history, from 784 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
100 source records
784 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on July 16
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- 1915 At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law. Source
- 1809 The city of La Paz, in what is today Bolivia, declares its independence from the Spanish Crown during the La Paz revolution and forms the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo. Source
- 1861 American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war. Source
- 1232 The Spanish town of Arjona declares independence and names its native Muhammad ibn Yusuf as ruler. This marks the Muhammad's first rise to prominence; he later established the Nasrid Emirate of Granada, the last independent Muslim state in Spain. Source
Did you know
John Dawson Winter III was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer.
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John Paul Stevens was the second-oldest and fourth-longest-serving justice in U.
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Herbert von Karajan was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 34 years.
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Stephen Covey's most popular book is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
More major people who died on July 16
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2014
Johnny Winter
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1944)
John Dawson Winter III was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer.
2019
John Paul Stevens
American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (born 1920)
John Paul Stevens was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1975 to 2010. He was the second-oldest and fourth-longest-serving justice in U.S.
1989
Herbert von Karajan
Austrian conductor and manager (born 1908)
Herbert von Karajan was an Austrian conductor. He was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 34 years.
2012
Stephen Covey
American businessman and author (born 1932)
Stephen Richards Covey was an American educator, author, businessman, and speaker. His most popular book is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
1342
Charles I of Hungary (born 1288)
Charles I, also known as Charles Robert (Hungarian: Károly Róbert; Croatian: Karlo Robert; Slovak: Karol Róbert; Italian: Caroberto;, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1308 to his death.
2012
Kitty Wells
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1919)
Ellen Muriel Deason, known professionally as Kitty Wells, was an American pioneering country music singer.
2008
Jo Stafford
American singer (born 1917)
Jo Elizabeth Stafford was an American traditional pop singer, whose career spanned five decades from the late 1930s to the early 1980s.
1576
Isabella de' Medici
Italian noble (born 1542)
Princess Isabella Romola de' Medici, Duchess of Bracciano, was a Tuscan noblewoman, daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, first Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Eleanor of Toledo.
1992
Buck Buchanan
American football player and coach (born 1940)
Junious "Buck" Buchanan was an American professional football player who was a defensive tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL).
784
Fulrad
Frankish diplomat and saint (born 710)
Saint Fulrad was a Frankish religious leader who was the Abbot of Saint-Denis. He was the counselor of both Pepin the Short and Charlemagne.
1796
George Howard
English field marshal and politician (born 1718)
Field Marshal Sir George Howard KB PC was a British Army officer and politician.
1691
François-Michel le Tellier
Marquis de Louvois, French politician, French Secretary of State for War (born 1641)
François Michel Le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois was the French Secretary of State for War during a significant part of the reign of Louis XIV. He is commonly referred to as "Louvois".
2024
Joe Bryant
American basketball player (born 1954)
Joseph Washington "Jellybean" Bryant was an American professional basketball player and coach. He played for the Philadelphia 76ers, San Diego Clippers, and Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
2001
Morris
Belgian cartoonist (born 1923)
Maurice De Bevere, better known as Morris, was a Belgian comics artist, illustrator, and the creator of Lucky Luke, a best-selling comic series about a gunslinger in the American Wild West.
2004
Charles Sweeney
American general and pilot (born 1919)
Charles William Sweeney was an officer in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and the pilot who flew Bockscar carrying the Fat Man atomic bomb to the Japanese city of Nagasaki on 9 August 1945.
1960
John P. Marquand
American author (born 1893)
John Phillips Marquand was an American writer. Originally best known for his Mr.
2003
Celia Cruz
Cuban-American singer and actress (born 1925)
Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso, known as Celia Cruz, was a Cuban-American singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century.
1985
Wayne King
American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (born 1901)
Harold Wayne King was an American musician, songwriter, and bandleader with a long association with both NBC and CBS.
1990
Miguel Muñoz
Spanish footballer and manager (born 1922)
Miguel Muñoz Mozún was a Spanish football player and manager. A midfielder, he spent the majority of his career at Real Madrid before going on to coach the club, where he is widely considered one of the most successful…