July 16:

Events

• 2007 - An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and aftershock of 6.6 occur off the Niigata coast, killing 8 people with at least 800 injured and damaging a nuclear power plant.

Births

• 1936 - Yasuo Fukuda, politician, 91st Prime Minister of Japan
• 1946 - Toshio Furukawa, voice actor
• 1979 - Mai Nakamura, swimmer
• 1984 - Hayanari Shimoda, race car driver
• 1985 - Yōko Hikasa, voice actress and singer
• 1986 - Misako Uno, actress, singer, and fashion designer

Deaths

• 1324 - Emperor Go-Uda (b. 1267)
• 1999 - Hiromi Yanagihara (b. 1979), singer