September 16
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September 16 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 105 days remaining after September 16 until the end of the year.
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[change] Events
- 1620 – The Mayflower sets sail for America.
- 1810 – Grito de Dolores: Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
- 1859 – David Livingstone reaches Lake Malawi.
- 1908 – General Motors is founded.
- 1928 – The Okeechobee Hurricane in Florida kills 2500 people.
- 1947 – Typhoon Kathleen hits Saitama, Tokyo and the Tone River in Japan, killing at least 1,930 people.
- 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.
- 1975 – Papua New Guinea becomes independent from Australia.
- 1975 – Cape Verde, Mozambique and Sao Tome and Principe join the UN.
- 1978 – An earthquake with a magnitude of over 7.5 hits Tabas in Iran, killing at least 25,000 people.
- 1983 – Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a US citizen.
- 1980 – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines join the UN.
- 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.
[change] Births
- 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)
- 1507 – Jiajing, Emperor of China (d. 1567)
- 1666 – Antoine Parent, French mathematician (d. 1716)
- 1736 – Carter Braxton, American founding father (d. 1797)
- 1782 – Daoguang, Emperor of China (d. 1850)
- 1837 – King Peter V of Portugal (d. 1861)
- 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)
- 1887 – Nadia Boulanger, French composer and pianist (d. 1979)
- 1888 – Frans Eemil Sillanpaa, Finnish writer (d. 1964)
- 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)
- 1916 – Robert Bradshaw, Saint Kitts and Nevis politician (d. 1978)
- 1923 – Lee Kuan Yew, Singaporean Prime Minister
- 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 musician
- 1927 – Peter Falk, American actor (d. 2011)
- 1930 – Anne Francis, American actress (d. 2011)
- 1943 – Oskar Lafontaine, German politician
- 1947 – Alexander Rutskoy, Russian politician
- 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
- 1956 – David Copperfield, American magician
- 1958 – Jennifer Tilly, American actress
- 1958 – Neville Southall, Welsh footballer
- 1964 – Molly Shannon, American actress
- 1965 – Karl-Heinz Riedle, German footballer
- 1968 – Rafael Alkorta, Spanish footballer
- 1968 – Marc Anthony, American musician
- 1973 – Alexander Vinokourov, Kazakhstani cyclist
- 1974 – Mario Haas, Austrian footballer
- 1975 – Adel Chedli, Tunisian footballer
- 1978 – Ebrahim Mirzapour, Iranian footballer
- 1979 – Keisuke Tsuboi, Japanese footballer
- 1983 – Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwean swimmer
- 1983 – Brandon Moss, American baseball player
- 1984 – Katie Melua, Georgian-British singer
- 1987 – Kyle Lafferty, Northern Irish footballer
- 1992 – Nick Jonas, American singer and guitarist (The Jonas Brothers)
[change] Deaths
- 96 – Domitian, Roman Emperor (b. 51)
- 1380 – King Charles V of France (b. 1338)
- 1498 – Tomas de Torquemada, Spanish grand inquisitor (b. 1420)
- 1701 – James II of England and VII of Scotland (b. 1633)
- 1736 – Gabriel Fahrenheit, physicist (b. 1686)
- 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, English 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)
- 1977 – Marc Bolan, English musician (b. 1947)
- 1977 – Maria Callas, Greek-American soprano (b. 1923)
- 1980 – Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist (b. 1896)
- 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)
[change] Observances
- Independence Day in Mexico and Papua New Guinea
- Malaysia Day
- International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone layer
