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, 1828-29 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 - United States government begins Selective Service Act , instituting the draft
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
1975 - Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia
1976 - Tina Barrett , singer (S Club 7 )
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 landfalls 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 , author (d. 1893 )
1875 - James C. Penney , department store founder (d. 1971 )
1883 - T. E. Hulme , English writer (d. 1917 )
1886 - Jean Arp , Alsatian sculptor, painter, and poet (d. 1966 )
1893 - Alexander Korda , film director (d. 1956 )
1914 - Allen Funt , radio & television personality (d. 1999 )
1916 - M.S. Subbulakshmi , Indian carnatic vocalist
1923 - Lee Kuan Yew , Singapore 's first Prime Minister (1965 -1990 )
1924 - Lauren Bacall , actress
1925 - B. B. King , musician
1925 - Charlie Byrd , jazz musician (d. 1999 )
1925 - Charles J. Haughey , former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland
1927 - Peter Falk , actor, best known for Columbo 1934 - Elgin Baylor , National Basketball Association star
1934 - George Chakiris , actor
1935 - Carl Andre , artist
1935 - Bob Kiley
1939 - Breyten Breytenbach , South African poet, writer and painter
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 1955 - Yolandita Monge , Puerto Rican singer of international fame
1955 - Robin Yount , baseball player
1956 - David Copperfield , magician
1958 - Orel Hershiser , baseball pitcher
1958 - Jennifer Tilly , actress
1958 - Barbara Lora , Mexican journalist and kendoka
1960 - John Franco , baseball relief pitcher
1963 - Richard Marx , singer
1964 - Molly Shannon , Saturday Night Live 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
1736 - Gabriel Fahrenheit , physicist
1824 - Louis XVIII of France , King of France
1977 - Marc Bolan (real name Marc Feld), rock singer
1977 - Maria Callas , opera singer
1980 - Jean Piaget , psychologist
1993 - Rok Petrovič , Slovenian alpine skier
1996 - McGeorge Bundy , National Security Advisor
2000 - Georgiy Gongadze , Ukrainian journalist (born 1969 ).
2001 - Samuel A. Arkoff , film producer
2003 - Erich Hallhuber , Bavarian actor
2003 - Sheb Wooley , actor, singer
Holiday and observances
External links
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