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September 16
September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). There are 106 days remaining.
Events
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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.
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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
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1776 - Battle of Harlem Heights
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1795 - United Kingdom conquers Cape Town, South Africa
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1810 - With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo proclaims Mexico's independence from Spain
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1829 - Russo-Turkish War, 1828-29 ends with the signing of the Treaty of Adrianople (Edirne)
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1893 - Oklahoma Land Race, settlers race for prime land in the Cherokee Strip.
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1901 - Alturas, California incorporated as the only city in Modoc County
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1908 - General Motors founded
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1919 - American Legion incorporated
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1940 - United States government begins Selective Service Act, instituting the draft
- 1940 - Sam Rayburn elected Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
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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.
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1956 - Play-Doh is introduced to the world
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1963 - Malaysia formed from Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo and Sarawak
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1975 - Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia
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1976 - Tina Barrett, singer (S Club 7)
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1981 - Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Thomas Hearns by a knockout in round 14 in Las Vegas to unify boxing's world Welterweight championship.
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1982 - Sabra and Shatila massacre
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1987 - The Montreal Protocol was signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
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1991 - Manuel Noriega trial begins in the United States
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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.
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2000 - Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze is last seen alive, and the commemoration date of his death.
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2004 - Hurricane Ivan landfalls near Gulf Shores, Alabama, becoming the third costliest hurricane to strike the United States.
Births
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1745 - Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal, (d. 1813)
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1823 - Francis Parkman, author (d. 1893)
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1875 - James C. Penney, department store founder (d. 1971)
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1883 - T. E. Hulme, English writer (d. 1917)
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1886 - Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor, painter, and poet (d. 1966)
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1893 - Alexander Korda, film director (d. 1956)
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1914 - Allen Funt, radio & television personality (d. 1999)
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1916 - M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian carnatic vocalist
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1923 - Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first Prime Minister (1965-1990)
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1924 - Lauren Bacall, actress
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1925 - B. B. King, musician
- 1925 - Charlie Byrd, jazz musician (d. 1999)
- 1925 - Charles J. Haughey, former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland
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1927 - Peter Falk, actor, best known for Columbo
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1934 - Elgin Baylor, National Basketball Association star
- 1934 - George Chakiris, actor
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1935 - Carl Andre, artist
- 1935 - Bob Kiley
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1939 - Breyten Breytenbach, South African poet, writer and painter
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1943 - James Alan McPherson, Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction
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1947 - Russ Abbott , comedian
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1949 - Ed Begley, Jr., actor
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1950 - Loyd Grossman, TV presenter
- 1950 - Mickey Rourke, actor
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1955 - Janet Ellis, former Blue Peter presenter
- 1955 - Yolandita Monge, Puerto Rican singer of international fame
- 1955 - Robin Yount, baseball player
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1956 - David Copperfield, magician
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1958 - Orel Hershiser, baseball pitcher
- 1958 - Jennifer Tilly, actress
- 1958 - Barbara Lora , Mexican journalist and kendoka
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1960 - John Franco, baseball relief pitcher
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1963 - Richard Marx, singer
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1964 - Molly Shannon, Saturday Night Live star
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1968 - Marc Anthony , singer
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1975 - Shannon Noll, Australian singer and actor
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1984 - Katie Melua, Georgian singer
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1992 - J Nawrat, English actress
Deaths
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1087 - Pope Victor III
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1345 - John IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1295)
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1380 - King Charles V of France (b. 1338)
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1672 - Anne Bradstreet, American colonial poet
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1701 - James II of England
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1736 - Gabriel Fahrenheit, physicist
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1824 - Louis XVIII of France, King of France
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1977 - Marc Bolan (real name Marc Feld), rock singer
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1977 - Maria Callas, opera singer
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1980 - Jean Piaget, psychologist
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1993 - Rok Petrovič, Slovenian alpine skier
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1996 - McGeorge Bundy, National Security Advisor
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2000 - Georgiy Gongadze, Ukrainian journalist (born 1969).
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2001 - Samuel A. Arkoff , film producer
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2003 - Erich Hallhuber, Bavarian actor
- 2003 - Sheb Wooley, actor, singer
Holiday and observances
External links
September 15 · September 17 · August 16 · October 16 · more historical anniversaries
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