September 16
is the 259th day of the year (260th in
leap years). There are 106 days remaining.
*
1400 -
Owain Glyndŵr declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
*
1597 -
Yi Sun-sin leads 12 ships of the
Korean fleet against an invasion by 133
Japanese ships. The Koreans sink 31 enemy ships and force 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 -
American Revolutionary War: the
Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
*
1795 -
United Kingdom conquers
Cape Town,
South Africa*
1810 - With the
Grito de Dolores, Father
Miguel Hidalgo proclaims
Mexico's independence from
Spain*
1812 -
Russians set fire to
Moscow shortly after midnight - the city is burned down totally days later
*
1829 - The
Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829, ends with the signing of the
Treaty of Adrianople (Edirne)
*
1893 - Settlers race in
Oklahoma for prime land in the
Cherokee Strip.
*
1901 -
Alturas,
California, incorporated as the only city in
Modoc County*
1908 -
General Motors is founded.
*
1919 - The
American Legion is incorporated.
*
1920 - The
Wall Street bombing: a bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the
J.P.Morgan building in
New York City - 33 are killed with 400 injured.
*
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 occupy
Iran and forced him to resign in favor of his son,
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
*
1955 -
Juan Perón is deposed in
Argentina*
1956 -
Play-Doh is introduced to the world
*
1963 -
Malaysia is formed from
Malaya,
Singapore,
British North Borneo(
Sabah) and
Sarawak*
1966 - The
Metropolitan Opera House opens at
Lincoln Center in
New York City to the world premiere of
Samuel Barber's opera,
Antony and Cleopatra.
*
1970 -
King Hussein of
Jordan declares military rule, resulting in formation of the
Black September Palestinian paramilitary unit.
*
1975 -
Papua New Guinea gains its 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 in
Lebanon.
*
1984 -
Miami Vice first airs on
NBC.
*
1987 - The
Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the
ozone layer from
depletion.
*
1991 - The trial of
Panamanian "strongman"
Manuel Noriega 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.
*
1997 - National Stepfamily Day chosen in recognition of founder Christy Borgeld which is held every year on September 16-the day of the birth of her first child.
more details*
2000 -
Ukrainian journalist
Georgiy Gongadze is last seen alive.
*
2004 -
Hurricane Ivan touches land near
Gulf Shores,
Alabama, becoming the third costliest hurricane to strike the
United States.
*
16 -
Drusilla, daughter of
Germanicus and
Agrippina the Elder (d.
38)
*
1098 -
Hildegard of Bingen, German abbess, mystic writer, and composer (d.
1179)
*
1387 - King
Henry V of England, (d.
1422)
*
1507 -
Jiajing, Emperor of China (d.
1567)
*
1557 -
Jacques Mauduit, French composer (d.
1627)
*
1651 -
Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and traveler (d.
1716)
*
1678 -
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (d.
1751)
*
1722 -
Gabriel Christie, British general (d.
1799)
*
1725 -
Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist (d.
1815)
*
1745 -
Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal, (d.
1813)
*
1782 -
Daoguang,
Emperor of China (d.
1850)
*
1823 -
Francis Parkman, American historian (d.
1893)
*
1827 -
Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist (d.
1908)
*
1853 -
Albrecht Kossel, German physician, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d.
1927)
*
1859 -
Yuan Shikai, Chinese politician and self-proclaimed emperor. (d.
1916)
*
1875 -
James C. Penney, American department store founder (d.
1971)
*
1881 -
Clive Bell, English art critic (d.
1964)
*
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)
*
1888 -
F. E. Sillanpää, Finnish writer,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1964)
*
1891 -
Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-born German World War II spy (d.
1972)
*
1893 -
Alexander Korda, Hungarian film director (d.
1956)
* 1893 -
Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian physiologist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1986)
*
1905 -
Vladimír Holan, Czech poet (d.
1980)
*
1910 -
Karl Kling, German race car driver (d.
2003)
* 1910 -
Erich Kempka, Adolf Hitler's car driver (d.
1975)
*
1914 -
Allen Funt, American radio and television personality (d.
1999)
*
1916 -
M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (d.
2004)
* 1916 -
Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw,
Saint Kitts and Nevis politician (d.
1978)
*
1923 -
Lee Kuan Yew, leader of Singapore
*
1924 -
Lauren Bacall, American actress
*
1925 -
Charlie Byrd, American musician (d.
1999)
* 1925 -
B. B. King, American musician
* 1925 -
Charles J. Haughey,
President of Ireland (d.
2006)
*
1927 -
Peter Falk, American actor
*
1930 -
Anne Francis, American actress
*
1934 -
Elgin Baylor, American basketball player
* 1934 -
George Chakiris, American actor
*
1935 -
Carl Andre, American artist
* 1935 -
Bob Kiley, American public transit specialist
*
1937 -
Alexander Medved, Russian wrestler
*
1939 -
Breyten Breytenbach, South African writer and painter
*
1941 -
Richard Perle, American political advisor
*
1943 -
James Alan McPherson, American writer
*
1946 -
Cathee Dahmen, American fashion model
*
1947 -
Russ Abbot, British comedian
*
1948 -
Ron Blair, American bassist
*
1949 -
Ed Begley, Jr., American actor
*
1950 -
Loyd Grossman, American television presenter
*
1953 -
Eric Vail, Canadian ice hockey player
*
1955 -
Janet Ellis, British television presenter
* 1955 -
Yolandita Monge, Puerto Rican singer
* 1955 -
Robin Yount, baseball player
*
1956 -
David Copperfield, American magician
* 1956 -
Mickey Rourke, American actor
*
1957 -
David McCreery, Irish footballer
*
1958 -
Orel Hershiser, baseball player
* 1958 -
Jennifer Tilly, American actress
*
1960 -
Danny John-Jules, British actor
* 1960 -
Kurt Busiek, American comic book writer
*
1963 -
Richard Marx, American singer
*
1964 -
Molly Shannon, American actress
* 1964 -
Mary Coustas, Austalian entertainer
*
1965 -
Katy Kurtzman, American actress, director, and producer
*
1968 -
Marc Anthony, American singer
*
1971 -
Amy Poehler, American comedian and actress (
Saturday Night Live)
*
1973 -
Alexander Vinokourov, Kazakh cyclist
*
1975 -
Shannon Noll, Australian singer and actor
*
1981 -
Alexis Bledel, American actress
*
1984 -
Katie Melua, Georgian singer
*
1986 -
Kyla Pratt, American actress
*
1988 -
Teddy Geiger, American singer and songwriter
*
96 -
Domitian,
Roman Emperor (b.
51)
*
307 -
Flavius Valerius Severus, deposed
Roman Emperor (murder)
*
1087 -
Pope Victor III*
1100 -
Bernold of Constance, German chronicler
*
1345 -
John IV, Duke of Brittany (b.
1295)
*
1380 - King
Charles V of France (b.
1338)
*
1394 -
Avignon Pope Clement VII (b.
1342)
*
1406 -
Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow*
1589 -
Michael Baius, Flemish theologian (b.
1513)
*
1672 -
Anne Bradstreet, American colonial poet
*
1701 -
James II of England and VII of Scotland (b.
1633)
*
1736 -
Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist (b.
1686)
*
1775 -
Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst, English privy councillor (b.
1684)
*
1803 -
Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (b.
1754)
*
1824 - King
Louis XVIII of France (b.
1755)
*
1829 -
Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and statesman (b.
1771)
*
1864 -
John Hanning Speke, English explorer (b.
1827)
*
1865 -
Christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (b.
1792)
*
1911 -
Edward Whymper, English mountain climber (b.
1840)
*
1925 -
Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman, Russian physicist (b.
1888)
*
1932 -
Ronald Ross, English physician, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b.
1857)
*
1933 -
George Gore, baseball player (b.
1857)
*
1944 -
Gustav Bauer,
Chancellor of Germany (b.
1870)
*
1945 -
John McCormack, Irish tenor (b.
1884)
*
1950 -
Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (b.
1881)
*
1973 -
Victor Jara, Chilean folk singer and activist (murdered)
*
1975 -
Irene Hayes, Ziegfeld girl and businesswoman (b.
1896)
*
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 Z. Arkoff, American film producer (b.
1918)
*
2003 -
Erich Hallhuber, German actor (b.
1951)
*In
ancient Greece, the third day of the
Eleusinian Mysteries, when the initiates walked to the sea at
Phaleron and purified themselves in the water.
*
RC Saints - Saint
Cyprian,
Pope Cornelius,
Saint Ludmila*Also see
September 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)*
Mexico -
Independence Day (from Spain; proclaimed
1810, recognised
1821, instituted
1825; See
Fiestas Patrias)
*
Papua New Guinea -
Independence Day (from Australia,
1975)
*
BBC: On This Day*
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