September 16 facts for kids

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

Events

Up to 1900

• 307 – Emperor Severus II is captured and imprisoned at Tres Tabernae.
• 1400 – Owain Glyndwr is declared Prince of Wales.
• 1620 – The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, England, for America.
• 1701 – James Francis Edward Stuart, referred to as the 'Old Pretender', becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of Scotland and England.
• 1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
• 1779 – American Revolutionary War: The French-American Siege of Savannah begins.
• 1795 – The first British occupation of the Cape Colony, South Africa, begins.
• 1810 – Grito de Dolores: Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
• 1812 – The Fire of Moscow begins. Three quarters of the city are destroyed.
• 1859 – David Livingstone reaches Lake Malawi.
• 1893 – Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.

1901 – 2000

• 1902 – Alagoas becomes a state of Brazil.
• 1908 – General Motors is founded.
• 1918 – On the British Monitor (a type of warship), a munitions explosion occurs while it is located in Dover Harbour, killing 77 people.
• 1919 – The American Legion is incorporated
• 1920 – Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City, killing 38 people and injuring over 400.
• 1925 – HC Rotterdam, the biggest field hockey team in the Netherlands, is founded.
• 1928 – The Okeechobee hurricane in Florida kills 2500 people.
• 1939 – The Japanese-Soviet border conflict is settled.
• 1941 – The Shah of Iran is forced to resign by the United Kingdom and Soviet Union.
• 1943 – World War II: The Allied invasion of Italy concludes.
• 1945 – Japanese forces in Hong Kong surrender.
• 1947 – Typhoon Kathleen hits Saitama, Tokyo and the Tone River in Japan, killing at least 1,930 people.
• 1947 – The United Kingdom formally ends its state of war with Austria.
• 1955 – Juan Peron is removed from power in a coup in Argentina.
• 1955 – A Soviet Navy Zulu class submarine becomes the first submarine to launch a ballistic missile.
• 1959 – The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration in live television in New York City.
• 1961 – The remainder of Hurricane Debbie causes damage in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
• 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.
• 1970 – King Hussein of Jordan declares military rule following the hijacking of four civilian airlineers by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
• 1971 – Typhoon Nancy makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people.
• 1975 – Papua New Guinea becomes independent from Australia.
• 1975 – Cape Verde, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe join the UN.
• 1976 – Sharvash Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir.
• 1978 – An earthquake with a magnitude of over 7.5 hits Tabas in Iran, killing at least 25,000 people.
• 1980 – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines join the UN.
• 1982 – Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon.
• 1983 – Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a US citizen.
• 1987 – The Monntreal Protocol for preservation of ozone layer against ozone depletion enters into force.
• 1990 – The railroad connecting China and Kazakhstan is completed.
• 1991 – The trial of the deposed Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins in the United States.
• 1992 – The pound sterling, the UK's currency, is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism.
• 1995 – Greece ends its embargo on the Republic of Macedonia.
• 1998 – Meryl Streep receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

From 2001

• 2005 – Camorra organised crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.
• 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.
• 2013 – A gunman kills 12 people at the Navy Yard in Washington, DC.

Births

Up to 1850

• 16 – Drusilla, daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder (d. 38)
• 1098 – Hildegard of Bingen, German writer, composer, and saint (d. 1179)
• 1387 – King Henry V of England (d. 1422)
• 1494 – Francesco Mauriloco, Italian polymath (d. 1575)
• 1507 – Jiajing Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1567)
• 1615 – Heinrich Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1692)
• 1666 – Antoine Parent, French mathematician (d. 1716)
• 1678 – Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (d. 1751)
• 1688 – John Gay, English writer (d. 1732)
• 1716 – Angelo Maria Amorevoli, Italian Baroque tenor (d. 1798)
• 1725 – Nicolas Demarest, French geologist (d. 1815)
• 1736 – Carter Braxton, American founding father (d. 1797)
• 1745 – Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (d. 1813)
• 1777 – Nathan Mayer Rothschild, English banker and financier (d. 1813)
• 1782 – Daoguang Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1850)
• 1812 – Robert Fortune, Scottish gardener, scientist and explorer (d. 1880)
• 1823 – Mihailo Obrenovic III, Prince of Serbia (d. 1868)
• 1825 – Simeon Bavier, Swiss diplomat, engineer and politician (d. 1896)
• 1830 – Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (d. 1911)
• 1837 – King Peter V of Portugal (d. 1861)
• 1842 – Alessandro Fortis, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1909)
• 1844 – Paul Taffanel, French flautist and conductor (d. 1908)

1851 – 1900

• 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)
• 1866 – Georg Voigt, German politician (d. 1927)
• 1867 – Vantila Bratianu, Romanian politician (d. 1930)
• 1870 – John Pius Boland, Irish jurist, politician and tennis player (d. 1958)
• 1875 – James C. Penney, founder of American department store J.C. Penney (d. 1971)
• 1877 – Jacob Schick, American-Canadian inventor and businessman (d. 1937)
• 1878 – Herwarth Walden, German writer, publisher and composer (d. 1941)
• 1886 – Demetre Chiparis, Romanian sculptor (d. 1947)
• 1886 – Jean Arp, German-French sculptor, painter and writer (d. 1966)
• 1887 – Nadia Boulanger, French composer and pianist (d. 1979)
• 1888 – Frans Eemil Sillanpaa, Finnish writer (d. 1964)
• 1888 – W. O. Bentley, British racing driver and entrepreneur (d. 1971)
• 1891 – Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-born German spy (d. 1972)
• 1891 – Karl Dönitz, German naval leader (d. 1980)
• 1893 – Alexander Korda, Hungarian movie director (d. 1956)
• 1893 – Albert Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt, Hungarian scientist, won the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1986)
• 1898 – H. A. Rey, American author and illustrator (d. 1977)
• 1899 – Hans Swarowsky, Austrian conductor (d. 1975)

1901 – 1950

• 1901 – Ugo Frigerio, Italian athlete (d. 1968)
• 1903 – Joe Venuti, Italian-American jazz violinist (d. 1978)
• 1903 – Gwen Bristow, American writer and journalist (d. 1980)
• 1905 – Vladimir Holan, Czech poet (d. 1980)
• 1909 – Marshall Carter, American general, Director of the NSA (d. 1993)
• 1912 – Gyorgy Sarosi, Hungarian footballer (d. 1993)
• 1913 – Felicien Marceau, French journalist and writer (d. 2012)
• 1916 – Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (d. 1978)
• 1917 – Alexander Schmorell, German Resistance activist (d. 1943)
• 1919 – Lawrence Dobkin, American actor (d. 2002)
• 1920 – J. J. C. Smart, British-Australian philosopher (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Staryl C. Austin, American air force general (d. 2015)
• 1921 – Jon Hendricks, American jazz songwriter and singer
• 1922 – Guy Hamilton, English movie director (d. 2016)
• 1922 – Janis Paige, American actress
• 1923 – Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore and statesman (d. 2015)
• 1924 – Lauren Bacall, American actress (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Hank Peters, American baseball executive (d. 2015)
• 1925 – Charlie Byrd, American jazz guitarist (d. 1999)
• 1925 – Charles Haughey, Prime Minister of Ireland (d. 2006)
• 1925 – B. B. King, American blues musician (d. 2015)
• 1926 – Robert H. Schuller, American televangelist (d. 2015)
• 1927 – Peter Falk, American actor (d. 2011)
• 1927 – Sadako Ogata, Japanese academic, diplomat ad writer
• 1928 – Rex Trailer, American television presenter, actor and singer (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Stan Stephens, American politician, 20th Governor of Montana
• 1930 – Anne Francis, American actress (d. 2011)
• 1930 – Jerry Parr, American secret service agent (d. 2015)
• 1934 – Ronnie Drew, Irish singer (The Dubliners) (d. 2008)
• 1935 – Billy Boy Arnold, American blues musician and songwriter
• 1937 – Pavel Bobek, Czech singer (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Bernie Calvert, British musician
• 1943 – Oskar Lafontaine, German politician
• 1943 – James Alan McPherson, American writer (d. 2016)
• 1945 – Alexander Rutskoy, Russian politician
• 1946 – Mike Reynolds, Australian politician
• 1946 – Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer-songwriter
• 1947 – Russ Abbot, British comedian
• 1948 – Rosemary Casals, American tennis player
• 1948 – Julia Donaldson, English writer
• 1948 – Kenney Jones, English musician
• 1949 – Ed Begley, Jr., American actor
• 1949 – Chrisye, Indonesian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
• 1950 – Loyd Grossman, American television presenter and food critic
• 1950 – Loyola de Palacio, Spanish politician (d. 2006)

1951 – 1975

• 1951 – Andy Irvine, Scottish rugby player
• 1952 – Fatos Nano, Albanian politician
• 1952 – Mickey Rourke, American actor
• 1953 – Kurt Fuller, American actor
• 1953 – Jerry Pate, American golfer
• 1953 – Manuel Pellegrini, Chilean footballer and coach
• 1953 – Mark Malloch Brown, British politician
• 1954 – Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, Indian sitarist and composer
• 1954 – Colin Newman, British singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
• 1955 – Janet Ellis, British television presenter
• 1956 – David Copperfield, American magician
• 1957 – Norman Lamb, English politician
• 1957 – Pierre Moscovici, French politician
• 1958 – Jennifer Tilly, American actress
• 1958 – Neville Southall, Welsh footballer
• 1958 – Orel Hershiser, American baseball player and coach
• 1960 – Ean Evans, American musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2009)
• 1960 – Danny John-Jules, English actor
• 1961 – Bilinda Butcher, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 – Molly Shannon, American actress
• 1965 – Karl-Heinz Riedle, German footballer
• 1966 – John Bel Edwards, American attorney and politician
• 1968 – Rafael Alkorta, Spanish footballer
• 1968 – Marc Anthony, American musician
• 1971 – Amy Poehler, American actress, comedienne and writer
• 1972 – Liz Bonnin, Irish television presenter
• 1972 – Sprent Dabwido, Nauruan politician, former President of Nauru
• 1973 – Alexander Vinokourov, Kazakhstani cyclist
• 1974 – Mario Haas, Austrian footballer
• 1974 – Loona, Dutch singer
• 1975 – Adel Chedli, Tunisian footballer

From 1976

• 1976 – Tina Barrett, British singer (S Club)
• 1976 – Greg Buckner, American basketball player
• 1978 – Ebrahim Mirzapour, Iranian footballer
• 1978 – Carolina Dieckmann, Brazilian actress
• 1979 – Keisuke Tsuboi, Japanese footballer
• 1979 – Flo Rida, American rapper
• 1979 – Fanny, French singer
• 1980 – Patrik Stefan, Czech ice hockey player
• 1981 – Alexis Bledel, American actress
• 1983 – Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwean swimmer
• 1983 – Brandon Moss, American baseball player
• 1984 – Katie Melua, Georgian-British singer
• 1984 – Sabrina Bryan, American actress and singer
• 1986 – Ian Harding, British actor
• 1987 – Kyle Lafferty, Northern Irish footballer
• 1987 – Burry Stander, South African cyclist (d. 2013)
• 1987 – Daren Kagasoff, American actor
• 1988 – Teddy Geiger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actor
• 1988 – Sarah Steele, American actress
• 1989 – José Salomon Rondon, Venezuelan footballer
• 1992 – Nick Jonas, American singer and guitarist (The Jonas Brothers)
• 1992 – Jake Roche, English actor and singer
• 2005 – Princess Jalilah bint Ali of Jordan

Deaths

Up to 1900

• 96 – Domitian, Roman Emperor (b. 51)
• 307 – Flavius Valerius Severus, Roman Emperor
• 655 – Pope Martin I
• 1087 – Severus II, Roman Emperor
• 1100 – Bernold of Constance, German chronicler and writer (b. 1054)
• 1345 – John IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1295)
• 1380 – King Charles V of France (b. 1338)
• 1394 – Avignon Pope Clement VII (b. 1342)
• 1498 – Tomas de Torquemada, Spanish grand inquisitor (b. 1420)
• 1589 – Michael Baius, Flemish theologian (b. 1513)
• 1701 – James II of England and VII of Scotland (b. 1633)
• 1736 – Gabriel Fahrenheit, physicist (b. 1686)
• 1782 – Farinelli, Italian singer (b. 1705)
• 1792 – Quang Trung, Emperor of Vietnam (b. 1753)
• 1803 – Nicolas Baudin, French explorer, cartographer and naturalist (b. 1754)
• 1819 – John Jeffries, American physician, balloonist and meteorologist (b. 1744)
• 1824 – King Louis XVIII of France (b. 1755)
• 1843 – Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1770)
• 1845 – Thomas Davis, Irish nationalist and writer (b. 1814)
• 1887 – Sakoigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1841)
• 1911 – Edward Whymper, English mountain climber (b. 1840)
• 1925 – Alexander Friedmann, Russian mathematician and cosmologist (b. 1888)
• 1925 – Leo Fall, Austrian composer (b. 1873)
• 1932 – Ronald Ross, British doctor, won the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1857)
• 1931 – Omar Mukhtar, resistance leader in Italian Libya
• 1936 – Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French scientist (b. 1867)
• 1940 – Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, British politician, 8th Governor of Queensland, Australia (b. 1860)
• 1944 – Gustav Bauer, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1870)
• 1946 – James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1877)

From 1951

• 1957 – Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (b. 1864)
• 1965 – Ahn Eak-tai, Korean composer and conductor (b. 1906)
• 1965 – Fred Quimby, American animation producer (b. 1886)
• 1977 – Marc Bolan, English musician (b. 1947)
• 1977 – Maria Callas, Greek-American soprano (b. 1923)
• 1980 – Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist (b. 1896)
• 1984 – Louis Reard, French engineer and fashion designer (b. 1897)
• 1987 – Christopher Soames, Baron Soames, British politician (b. 1920)
• 1987 – Howard Moss, American poet, playwright and critic (b. 1922)
• 1991 – Olga Spessivtseva, Russian ballerina (b. 1895)
• 1992 – Millicent Fenwick, American politician and writer (b. 1910)
• 1993 – Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian poet and activist (b. 1920)
• 1996 – Gene Nelson, American actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• 2000 – Georgiy Gongadze, Georgian-Ukrainian journalist (b. 1969)
• 2002 – James Gregory, American actor (b. 1911)
• 2005 – Gordon Gould, American inventor (b. 1920)
• 2006 – Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)
• 2006 – Fouad el-Mohandes, Egyptian actor (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Robert Jordan, American writer (b. 1948)
• 2009 – Mary Travers, American singer (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Princess Ragnhild of Norway, Norwegian royal, sister of Harald V of Norway (b. 1930)
• 2012 – John Ingle, American actor (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Kim Hamilton, American actress (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Patsy Swayze, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1927)
• 2014 – Buster Jones, American actor and television presenter (b. 1943)
• 2014 – Alf Ivar Samuelsen, Norwegian politician (b. 1942)
• 2015 – Guy Béart, French singer-songwriter (b. 1930)
• 2015 – Ton van de Ven, Dutch industrial designer (b. 1944)
• 2015 – David Ashby, British motorcycle racer (b. 1949)
• 2016 – Edward Albee, American playwright (b. 1928)
• 2016 – Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, 10th President of Italy (b. 1920)
• 2016 – Gabriele Amorth, Italian priest and exorcist (b. 1925)
• 2016 – Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro, former President of Cape Verde (b. 1944)

Observances

• Independence Day in Mexico and Papua New Guinea
• Malaysia Day
• International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone layer
• National Heroes' Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
• Statehood Day (Alagoas, a state of Brazil)