1. On July 16, 1951, the first commercial color television broadcast in the United States was made from a station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The broadcast was of a variety show called "Premiere" and it marked a major milestone in the development of television technology.

2. The Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison was dedicated on July 16, 1917. The building was designed by architect George B. Post and is considered one of the most beautiful state capitol buildings in the country.

3. On July 16, 1848, the first women's rights convention in the United States was held in Seneca Falls, New York. One of the attendees at the convention was Matilda Joslyn Gage, a suffragist and abolitionist who was born in Cicero, Wisconsin.

4. On July 16, 1945, the first atomic bomb was detonated in a test in Alamogordo, New Mexico. One of the scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project to develop the bomb was John R. Dunning, a physics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

5. The Milwaukee Brewers baseball team played their first game at the newly built Miller Park on July 16, 2001. The stadium features a retractable roof and a unique fan-shaped design that provides excellent views of the field from all seats.