September 16

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on September 16. From 1900 until now. September 16 is under the sign of Virgo. Famous birthdays on this day include Nick Jonas (1992), Cécile de Ménibus (1970) and Mickey Rourke (1952). Several movies were released around September 16 over the years, such as The Intouchables in 2011 directed by Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano and Faust in 1926 directed by F.W. Murnau.
But much more happened on September 16 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Mexico - Independence Day (from Spain; proclaimed 1810, recognised 1821, instituted 1825; See Fiestas Patrias)
Also see September 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
RC Saints - Saint Cyprian, Pope Cornelius, Saint Ludmila
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.
Papua New Guinea - Independence Day (from Australia, 1975)
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2018 The Sunspot Solar Observatory in New Mexico is set to reopen on Monday after being closed due to "an on-going law enforcement investigation of criminal activity that occurred at Sacramento Peak" in which "a suspect in the investigation potentially posed a threat to the safety of local staff and residents". (CNET)
2017 Airlines of the Republic of Ireland: Irish low-cost airline Ryanair cancels 82 Sunday flights as the first step in a six-week program that will eliminate 40 to 50 flights daily to wipe out its crew vacation backlog in order to meet Irish Aviation Authority requirements by the end of this year. (Bloomberg)
2016 War in North-West Pakistan: A suicide bombing at a mosque in Mohmand Agency kills at least 28 people and injures 31 others. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claims the responsibility. (The Independent) (The Express Tribune)
2015 Turkey–PKK conflict: PKK attacks kill five Turkish police officers in the southeastern Mardin and Hakkâri provinces. The Turkish Army claims to have killed nine militants. (Daily Sabah), (Reuters via Daily Star)
2014 Taliban insurgency:: A large bomb explodes in Afghan capital Kabul resulting in at least three deaths of international troops and five injuries. (BBC), (Reuters), (AP)
2013 Syrian civil war:: The United Nations confirms the use of sarin gas in the Ghouta Attacks. (The Guardian)
2012 Syrian Civil War: Violence between government forces and rebels continues in several Syrian provinces. (Al Jazeera)
2011 Authorities in South Korea arrest a North Korean citizen for an alleged assassination attempt against Park Sang-hak, a noted defector and activist. (Yonhap)
2010 9 people are reported killed after the 2010 Hakkâri bus attack where a civilian passenger van hit a land mine on a road near Durankaya in the southeastern province of Hakkâri, in Turkey. (Hürriyet) (Al Jazeera)
2009 New documents disclose that novelist J. R. R. Tolkien secretly trained as a spy for His Majesty's Government in the run up to World War II. (''The Daily Telegraph'')
2008 The U.S. Federal Reserve Board announces the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will lend up to US$85 billion to the American International Group, and the U.S. government will receive a 79.9 percent equity interest in AIG.
2007 One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.
2006 Winners of the 2006 Lasker Awards for medical research are announced. (Reuters), (laskerfoundation.org)
2005 The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro gets arrested in Naples, Italy.
2004 Hurricane Ivan strikes Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 3 storm, killing 25 in Alabama and Florida, becoming the third costliest hurricane in American history.
2003 WNBA Finals: The Detroit Shock defeat the Los Angeles Sparks, 83–78 in Game three, to win the series two games to one, and the WNBA's world championship.
2002 U.S. plan to invade Iraq: Colin Powell meets with the U.N. Security Council to push for stronger resolutions against Iraq. In a surprise reversal, Iraq tells the UN it will allow weapons inspectors ampquotimmediately and without condition.ampquot
2000 Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze is last seen alive; this day is taken as the commemoration date of his death.
1997 ABL MVP Nikki McCray signs with WNBA
1996 1st one-day international in Canada, India vs. Pakistan at Toronto
1995 Greg Maddux of Braves sets record of 17 consecutive road victory
1994 Fire Department puts out smokey electrical fire in White House
1993 Minn Twins Dave Winfield, is 19th to get 3,000 hits
1992 Les Miserables, opens at Nuevo Apolo, Madrid
1991 Norm Charlton suspended for 7 days for intentionally hitting Steve Scioscia with a pitch
1990 42nd Emmy Awards: LA Law, Murphy Brown, Peter Falk and Patricia Wettig
1989 Debbye Turner (Mont), 23, crowned 63rd Miss America 1990
1988 Cin Reds Tom Browning pitches a perfect game, beats Dodgers, 1-0
1987 The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
1986 Fire in Kinross gold mine, Transvaal South Africa, 177 killed
1985 Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs resigns as chairman of Apple Computer.
1984 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
1983 Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a US citizen
1982 Massacre of 1000+ Palestinian refugees at Chatila and Sabra begins.
1981 1st broadcast of Miami Vice on NBC-TV
1980 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines join the United Nations.
1979 23rd Ryder Cup: US, 17-11 at Greenbrier
1978 25,000 die in 7.7 earthquake in Tabar Iran
1977 Ringo releases Drowning in Sea of Love
1976 Egypt President Sadat re-elected
1975 Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day)
1974 BART begins regular transbay service
1973 Desert Song closes at Uris Theater NYC after 15 performances
1972 1st TV series about mixed marriage-Bridgit Loves Bernie
1971 West German chancellor Willy Brandt meets with soviet President Brezhnev
1970 Jordan King Hussein forms military government
1968 KLNI (now KADN) TV channel 15 in Lafayette, LA (IND) begins
1967 Anni Pede runs female world record marathon (3:07:26)
1966 Metropolitan Opera opens at New York's Lincoln Center.
1965 Sobibor trial opens in Hagen West Germany
1964 Shindig premieres on ABC-TV
1963 WVAN TV channel 9 in Savannah, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1962 Brian Kilby wins marathon: (2:23:18.8)
1961 CDU loses West German election
1960 Amos Alonzo Stagg retires as a football coach at age 98.
1959 President De Gaulle recognizes Algerian right of self determination
1957 Coup in Thailand (Premier Songgram deposed)
1956 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Clock Golf Open
1955 Bauer and Berra homer in 9th beating Red Sox 5-4 taking over 1st
1954 CKLW TV channel 9 in Windsor, ON (CBC) begins broadcasting
1951 NL ump Frank Dascoli clears the Dogers bench ejecting 15 players
1950 Viet Minh-offensive against French bases in Vietnam
1949 KABC TV channel 7 in Los Angeles, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1948 Heaven on Earth opens at Century Theater NYC for 12 performances
1947 John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH.
1945 Barometric pressure at 856mb (25.55 inches) off Okinawa, Japan (record low).
1944 Adolf Hitler meets with military advisors at Wolfsschanze in East Prussia. Hitler announces he will launch an offensive through the Ardennes, with objective being Antwerp, Belgium. The idea is to isolate the British, Canadian, and two American armies in the north, and force their surrender. The reduced strength of the US might then cause them to make peace, fearful of communist Soviet Union.
1943 Soviet army under general Vatutin reconquer Romny
1942 Japanese attack on Port Moresby repelled
1941 German armour troops surround Kiev Ukraine
1940 Dutch SS forms
1939 53rd US Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (60 810 64)
1932 30.8 cm rainfall at Westerly, Rhode Island (state record)
1931 Blimp is moored to Empire State Building (NYC)
1929 Police shoots at strikers at Maastricht, 2 killed
1928 Hurricane hits West Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee Florida; 3,000 die
1927 Rene Lacoste beats Bill Tilden for US Lawn Tennis Association title.
1926 Italian-Romanian peace treaty signed
1922 42nd US Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats W M Johnston (46 36 62 63 64)
1920 Bomb explosion in Wall Street, kills 30
1919 Dutch Ruether beats Giants 4-3 to clinch Cincinnati 1st NL pennant
1915 Czar Nicolas II adjourns 4th Duma
1913 1000s of women demonstrate for Dutch female suffrage
1908 Carriage-maker, William Durant, founded General Motors Corp
1906 Kaarlo Nieminen wins 1st Finnish marathon
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