September 16

September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). There are 106 days remaining.

Events

• 1795 - United Kingdom conquers Cape Town, South Africa
• 1810 - Independence of Mexico from Spain, one of the Mexican Fiestas Patrias.
• 1893 - Oklahoma Land Race[?], settlers race for prime land in the Cherokee Strip[?]
• 1908 - General Motors founded
• 1919 - American Legion[?] incorporated
• 1940 - United States government begins Selective Service Act, instituting the draft
• 1940 - Sam Rayburn[?] elected Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1955 - Play-Doh[?] is introduced to the world
• 1963 - Malaysia formed from Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo[?] and Sarawak
• 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
• 1991 - Manuel Noriega trial begins in the United States

Births

• 1638 - King Louis XIV of France
• 1823 - Francis Parkman[?], author (+ 1893)
• 1875 - James C. Penney[?], department store founder
• 1886 - Jean Arp, sculptor, painter, and poet (+ 1966)
• 1893 - Alexander Korda, film director (+ 1956)
• 1914 - Allen Funt[?], radio & television personality (+ 1999)
• 1924 - Lauren Bacall, actress
• 1925 - BB King[?], musician
• 1925 - Charlie Byrd[?], jazz musician (+ 1999)
• 1927 - Peter Falk, actor, best known for Columbo
• 1934 - Elgin Baylor[?], National Basketball Association star
• 1934 - George Chakiris[?], actor
• 1935 - Carl Andre, artist
• 1943 - James Alan McPherson, Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction
• 1947 - Russ Abbott[?], comedian
• 1949 - Ed Begley Jr[?], actor
• 1950 - Loyd Grossman[?], TV presenter
• 1950 - Mickey Rourke[?], actor
• 1955 - Janet Ellis[?], former Blue Peter[?] presenter
• 1955 - Yolandita Monge, Puerto Rican singer of international fame
• 1956 - David Copperfield[?], magician
• 1958 - Orel Hershiser[?], baseball pitcher
• 1958 - Jennifer Tilly[?], actress
• 1963 - Richard Marx[?], singer
• 1964 - Molly Shannon[?], Saturday Night Live star
• 1969 - Mark Anthony[?], singer

Deaths

• 1736 - Gabriel Fahrenheit, physicist
• 1977 - Marc Bolan, rock singer
• 1977 - Maria Callas, opera singer
• 1824 - Louis XVIII of France
• 1996 - McGeorge Bundy, National Security Advisor
• 2001 - Samuel A. Arkoff[?], film producer

Holidays

• Mexico - Independence Day
• 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.

September 15 � September 17 � August 16 � October 16 � more historical anniversaries

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