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Mexico, USA<br/><strong>1965</strong>: The Mont Blanc road tunnel, linking France and Italy, opens<br/><strong>1969</strong>: Apollo 11, the first manned Moon landing, launched<br/><br/><br/><strong>July 16th birthdays</strong><br/><strong>1907</strong>: Barbra Stanwick, American film actress<br/><strong>1911</strong>: Ginger Rogers, American film actress/dancer<br/> <br/><br/> <div id="banner_ad"> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20051028122728js_/http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </div> </body> </html>