September 16
September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). There are 106 days remaining.
Events
- 1597 - Yi Sun-sin led 12 ships of the Korean fleet against an invasion by 133 Japanese ships. The Koreans sank 31 enemy ships and forced a Japanese retreat.
- 1701 - Prince James Francis Edward Stuart, more commonly referred to as the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant of the thrones of Scotland and England
- 1776 - Battle of Harlem Heights
- 1795 - United Kingdom conquers Cape Town, South Africa
- 1810 - With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo proclaims Mexico's independence from Spain
- 1829 - Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829 ends with the signing of the Treaty of Adrianople (Edirne)
- 1893 - Oklahoma Land Race, settlers race for prime land in the Cherokee Strip.
- 1901 - Alturas, California incorporated as the only city in Modoc County
- 1908 - General Motors founded.
- 1919 - American Legion incorporated.
- 1940 - The Selective Service Act is passed, instituting the draft in the United States.
- 1940 - Sam Rayburn elected Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
- 1941 - Concerned that Reza Pahlavi the Shah of Persia was about to align his petroleum-rich country with Germany during World War II, the United Kingdom and the USSR occupied Iran and forced him to resign in favor of his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
- 1956 - Play-Doh is introduced to the world
- 1963 - Malaysia formed from Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo and Sarawak
- 1970 - King Hussein of Jordan declares military rule, resulting in formation of the Black September Palestinian paramilitary unit.
- 1975 - Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia
- 1981 - Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Thomas Hearns by a knockout in round 14 in Las Vegas to unify boxing's world Welterweight championship.
- 1982 - Sabra and Shatila massacre
- 1987 - The Montreal Protocol was signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
- 1991 - Manuel Noriega trial begins in the United States
- 1992 - Black Wednesday - the Pound Sterling is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the Deutschmark.
- 2000 - Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze is last seen alive, and the commemoration date of his death.
- 2004 - Hurricane Ivan touches land near Gulf Shores, Alabama, becoming the third costliest hurricane to strike the United States.
Births
- 1745 - Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal, (d. 1813)
- 1823 - Francis Parkman, American historian (d. 1893)
- 1875 - James C. Penney, American department store founder (d. 1971)
- 1883 - T. E. Hulme, English writer (d. 1917)
- 1886 - Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor, painter, and poet (d. 1966)
- 1887 - Nadia Boulanger, French composer and composition teacher (d. 1979)
- 1893 - Alexander Korda, Hungarian film director (d. 1956)
- 1910 - Karl Kling, German race car driver (d. 2003)
- 1914 - Allen Funt, American radio and television personality (d. 1999)
- 1916 - M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (d. 2004)
- 1923 - Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore
- 1924 - Lauren Bacall, American actress
- 1925 - B. B. King, American musician
- 1925 - Charlie Byrd, American musician (d. 1999)
- 1925 - Charles J. Haughey, Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland
- 1927 - Peter Falk, American actor
- 1934 - Elgin Baylor, American basketball player
- 1934 - George Chakiris, American actor
- 1935 - Carl Andre, American artist
- 1935 - Bob Kiley, American public transit specialist
- 1939 - Breyten Breytenbach, South African writer and painter
- 1943 - James Alan McPherson, American writer
- 1947 - Russ Abbott, British comedian
- 1949 - Ed Begley, Jr., American actor
- 1950 - Loyd Grossman, American TV presenter
- 1955 - Janet Ellis, British TV presenter
- 1955 - Yolandita Monge, Puerto Rican singer
- 1955 - Robin Yount, baseball player
- 1956 - David Copperfield, American magician
- 1956 - Mickey Rourke, American actor
- 1958 - Orel Hershiser, baseball player
- 1958 - Jennifer Tilly, American actress
- 1958 - Barbara Lora, Mexican journalist
- 1960 - John Franco, baseball player
- 1963 - Richard Marx, American singer
- 1964 - Molly Shannon, American actress
- 1968 - Marc Anthony, singer
- 1975 - Shannon Noll, Australian singer and actor
- 1984 - Katie Melua, Georgian singer
- 1992 - J Nawrat, English actress
Deaths
- 1087 - Pope Victor III
- 1345 - John IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1295)
- 1380 - King Charles V of France (b. 1338)
- 1672 - Anne Bradstreet, American colonial poet
- 1701 - James II of England and VII of Scotland (b. 1633)
- 1736 - Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist (b. 1686)
- 1824 - King Louis XVIII of France (b. 1755)
- 1911 - Edward Whymper, English mountain climber (b. 1840)
- 1945 - John McCormack, Irish tenor (b. 1884)
- 1977 - Marc Bolan, English musician (b. 1947)
- 1977 - Maria Callas, American-born soprano (b. 1923)
- 1980 - Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist (b. 1896)
- 1993 - Rok Petrovič, Slovenian skier (b. 1966)
- 1996 - McGeorge Bundy, U.S. National Security Advisor (b. 1919)
- 2000 - Georgiy Gongadze, Ukrainian journalist (b. 1969)
- 2001 - Samuel A. Arkoff, film producer
- 2003 - Erich Hallhuber, German actor (b. 1951)
- 2003 - Sheb Wooley, American actor and singer (b. 1921)
Holiday and observances
External links
September 15 · September 17 · August 16 · October 16 · more historical anniversaries
See also: September 16, 1087, 1295, 1338, 1345
