July 16

Real-life Events

• 1994
  • Books released:
    • VTM: Clanbook: Ventrue
    • VTM: Los Angeles by Night
    • SF: Secrets of the Shadoloo

• 1998
  • Books released:
    • MTAs: Traditions Gathered I: Songs of Science

Classic World of Darkness Events

• 622
  • The first day of the first month in the islamic calendar.^[1]

• 1945
  • The United States of America drops the first atomic bomb outside Alamorgordo, New Mexico.^[2][3]

• 1986
  • An anonymous punk writes a short journal entry.^[4]

Trinity Universe Events

• 2009
  • Jacob Ashton writes a private journal entry bemoaning his non-nova status. He believes it's his birthright to be a nova, and has tried transcendental meditation, skydiving, even murder with his bare hands in hopes of joining their number.^[5]

• 2113
  • Operation Abyss makes its final report regarding Chromatics, based partially on examination of the four corpses recovered during the raid on the Karoo Mining Colony.^[6]

Notes

• ^  MTAs: Destiny's Price only mentions this item is "Wednesday, July 16th." Given the book was published in 1995 and, it is assumed, not publishing a future event, 1986 is the most recent year where July 16th falls on a Wednesday and therefore the likely date for this vignette.

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