September 16
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September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 106 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Events [change]
- 1400 – Owain Glyndwr is declared Prince of Wales.
- 1620 – The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, England, for America.
- 1701 – James Francis Edward Stuart, referred to as the 'Old Pretender', becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of Scotland and England.
- 1795 – The first British occupation of the Cape Colony, South Africa, begins.
- 1810 – Grito de Dolores: Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
- 1812 – The Fire of Moscow begins. Three quarters of the city are destroyed.
- 1859 – David Livingstone reaches Lake Malawi.
- 1893 – Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
- 1908 – General Motors is founded.
- 1920 – Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City, killing 38 people and injuring over 400.
- 1928 – The Okeechobee Hurricane in Florida kills 2500 people.
- 1941 – The Shah of Iran is forced to resign by the United Kingdom and Soviet Union.
- 1943 – World War II: The Allied invasion of Italy concludes.
- 1945 – Japanese forces in Hong Kong surrender.
- 1947 – Typhoon Kathleen hits Saitama, Tokyo and the Tone River in Japan, killing at least 1,930 people.
- 1947 – The United Kingdom formally ends its state of war with Austria.
- 1955 – Juan Peron is removed from power in a coup in Argentina.
- 1955 – A Soviet Navy Zulu class submarine becomes the first submarine to launch a ballistic missile.
- 1961 – The remainder of Hurricane Debbie causes damage in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
- 1963 – Malaysia is formed by the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo (Sabah), and Sarawak. Singapore withdraws a short time later.
- 1966 – The Metropolitan Opera House opens in New York City.
- 1970 – King Hussein of Jordan declares military rule following the hijacking of four civilian airlineers by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
- 1971 – Typhoon Nancy makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people.
- 1975 – Papua New Guinea becomes independent from Australia.
- 1975 – Cape Verde, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe join the UN.
- 1978 – An earthquake with a magnitude of over 7.5 hits Tabas in Iran, killing at least 25,000 people.
- 1980 – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines join the UN.
- 1983 – Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a US citizen.
- 1990 – The railroad connecting China and Kazakhstan is completed.
- 1991 – The trial of the deposed Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins in the United States.
- 1992 – Pound Sterling, the UK's currency, is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism.
- 1998 – Meryl Streep receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 2005 – Camorra organised crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.
- 2007 – An aircraft carrying 128 people crashes in Phuket, Thailand, killing 89 people.
- 2009 – Yukio Hatoyama becomes Prime Minister of Japan, after just under a year with Taro Aso in this position. Hatoyama resigns on June 2, 2010, to be replaced by Naoto Kan.
Births [change]
- 16 – Drusilla, daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder (d. 38)
- 1098 – Hildegard of Bingen, German magistrate and the first componist to be known by name (d. 1179)
- 1387 – King Henry V of England (d. 1422)
- 1494 – Francesco Mauriloco, Italian polymath (d. 1575)
- 1507 – Jiajing Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1567)
- 1615 – Heinrich Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1692)
- 1666 – Antoine Parent, French mathematician (d. 1716)
- 1678 – Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (d. 1751)
- 1716 – Angelo Maria Amorevoli, Italian Barocque tenor (d. 1798)
- 1736 – Carter Braxton, American founding father (d. 1797)
- 1782 – Daoguang Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1850)
- 1837 – King Peter V of Portugal (d. 1861)
- 1842 – Alessandro Fortis, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1909)
- 1851 – Emilia Pardo Bazan, Galician-Spanish writer (d. 1912)
- 1853 – Albrecht Kossel, German doctor, won the 1910 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1917)
- 1858 – Andrew Bonar Law, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1923)
- 1859 – Yuan Shikai, Chinese military leader and politician (d. 1916)
- 1870 – John Pius Boland, Irish jurist, politician and tennis player (d. 1958)
- 1875 – James C. Penney, American department store founder (d. 1971)
- 1887 – Nadia Boulanger, French composer and pianist (d. 1979)
- 1888 – Frans Eemil Sillanpaa, Finnish writer (d. 1964)
- 1891 – Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-born German spy (d. 1972)
- 1891 – Karl Doenitz, German naval leader (d. 1980)
- 1893 – Alexander Korda, Hungarian film director (d. 1956)
- 1893 – Albert Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt, Hungarian scientist, won the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, (d. 1986)
- 1899 – Hans Swarowsky, Austrian conductor (d. 1975)
- 1903 – Joe Venuti, Italian-American jazz violinist (d. 1978)
- 1903 – Gwen Bristow, American writer and journalist (d. 1980)
- 1913 – Felicien Marceau, French journalist and writer (d. 2012)
- 1916 – Robert Bradshaw, Saint Kitts and Nevis politician (d. 1978)
- 1920 – J. J. C. Smart, British-Australian philosopher
- 1923 – Lee Kuan Yew, Singaporean Prime Minister and statesman
- 1924 – Lauren Bacall, American actress
- 1925 – Charlie Byrd, American jazz guitarist (d. 1999)
- 1925 – Charles Haughey, Prime Minister of Ireland (d. 2006)
- 1925 – B. B. King, American blues musician
- 1927 – Peter Falk, American actor (d. 2011)
- 1929 – Stan Stephens, American politician, 20th Governor of Montana
- 1930 – Anne Francis, American actress (d. 2011)
- 1934 – Ronnie Drew, Irish singer (The Dubliners) (d. 2008)
- 1935 – Billy Boy Arnold, American blues musician and songwriter
- 1942 – Bernie Calvert, British musician
- 1943 – Oskar Lafontaine, German politician
- 1945 – Alexander Rutskoy, Russian politician
- 1947 – Russ Abbot, British comedian
- 1948 – Rosemary Casals, American tennis player
- 1948 – Kenney Jones, English musician
- 1949 – Ed Begley, Jr., American actor
- 1950 – Loyd Grossman, American television presenter and food critic
- 1951 – Andy Irvine, Scottish rugby player
- 1952 – Fatos Nano, Albanian politician
- 1952 – Mickey Rourke, American actor
- 1953 – Kurt Fuller, American actor
- 1953 – Jerry Pate, American golfer
- 1955 – Janet Ellis, British television presenter
- 1956 – David Copperfield, American magician
- 1958 – Jennifer Tilly, American actress
- 1958 – Neville Southall, Welsh footballer
- 1960 – Ean Evans, American musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2009)
- 1964 – Molly Shannon, American actress
- 1965 – Karl-Heinz Riedle, German footballer
- 1968 – Rafael Alkorta, Spanish footballer
- 1968 – Marc Anthony, American musician
- 1972 – Sprent Dabwido, Nauruan politician
- 1973 – Alexander Vinokourov, Kazakhstani cyclist
- 1974 – Mario Haas, Austrian footballer
- 1974 – Loona, Dutch singer
- 1975 – Adel Chedli, Tunisian footballer
- 1976 – Tina Barrett, British singer (S Club)
- 1978 – Ebrahim Mirzapour, Iranian footballer
- 1979 – Keisuke Tsuboi, Japanese footballer
- 1980 – Patrik Stefan, Czech ice hockey player
- 1983 – Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwean swimmer
- 1983 – Brandon Moss, American baseball player
- 1984 – Katie Melua, Georgian-British singer
- 1987 – Kyle Lafferty, Northern Irish footballer
- 1988 – Sarah Steele, American actress
- 1992 – Nick Jonas, American singer and guitarist (The Jonas Brothers)
- 2005 – Princess Jalilah bint Ali of Jordan
Deaths [change]
- 96 – Domitian, Roman Emperor (b. 51)
- 1087 – Severus II, Roman Emperor
- 1345 – John IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1295)
- 1380 – King Charles V of France (b. 1338)
- 1394 – Avignon Pope Clement VII (b. 1342)
- 1498 – Tomas de Torquemada, Spanish grand inquisitor (b. 1420)
- 1589 – Michael Baius, Flemish theologian (b. 1513)
- 1701 – James II of England and VII of Scotland (b. 1633)
- 1736 – Gabriel Fahrenheit, physicist (b. 1686)
- 1792 – Quang Trung, Emperor of Vietnam (b. 1753)
- 1819 – John Jeffries, American physician, balloonist and meteorologist (b. 1744)
- 1824 – King Louis XVIII of France (b. 1755)
- 1911 – Edward Whymper, English mountain climber (b. 1840)
- 1925 – Alexander Friedmann, Russian mathematician and cosmologist (b. 1888)
- 1932 – Ronald Ross, British doctor, won the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1857)
- 1936 – Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French scientist (b. 1867)
- 1944 – Gustav Bauer, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1870)
- 1957 – Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (b. 1864)
- 1977 – Marc Bolan, English musician (b. 1947)
- 1977 – Maria Callas, Greek-American soprano (b. 1923)
- 1980 – Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist (b. 1896)
- 1992 – Millicent Fenwick, American politician and writer (b. 1910)
- 2000 – Georgiy Gongadze, Georgian-Ukrainian journalist (b. 1969)
- 2005 – Gordon Gould, American inventor (b. 1920)
- 2007 – Robert Jordan, American author (b. 1948)
- 2009 – Mary Travers, American singer (b. 1936)
- 2012 – Princess Ragnhild of Norway, Norwegian royal, sister of Harald V of Norway (b. 1930)
Observances [change]
- Independence Day in Mexico and Papua New Guinea
- Malaysia Day
- International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone layer
