National Geographic publishes the first natural-color underwater photographs in 1926.
This is the first colour underwater photograph ever taken. It's a hogfish that National Geographic photographer Charles Martin and Dr. William Longley caught off the coast of the Florida Keys in 1926. To light the scene, the duo used pounds of highly explosive magnesium flash powder in addition to some special waterproof camera housing.
Related On This Day
In the year 1885 The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York
Barbara Stanwyck was an American actress, model, and dancer who was born Ruby Catherine Stevens on July 16, 1907 and died on January 20, 1990.
Footballer Gareth Frank Bale was born on born 16 July 1989.
Jiyajirao Scindia was the last reigning Maharaja of Gwalior state in central India, as well as the rajpramukh of the former state of Madhya Bharat in India, when he died in 1961.
Prannoy Kumar, an Indian badminton player, was born in 1992.
Katrina Kaif, also known as Katrina Turquotte, is a British actress who works in Hindi films. She was born on July 16, 1983.
Arthur Shrewsbury becomes the first Test cricketer to achieve 1,000 runs in 1893.
Mark Burgess, a New Zealand cricket batsman, was born in 1944 in Auckland, New Zealand.
Andre Adams, a New Zealand cricketer, was born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1975.