September 16

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

• 307 – Severus II is captured and imprisoned at Tres Tabernae. He is later executed (or forced to commit suicide) after Emperor Galerius unsuccessfully invades Italy.
• 1400 – Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
• 1620 – The Mayflower starts her voyage to North America
• 1701 – James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
• 1776 – American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
• 1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
• 1795 – The first occupation by United Kingdom of Cape Colony, South Africa with the Battle of Hout Bay, after successive victories at the Battle of Muizenberg and Wynberg, after William V requested protection against revolutionary France's occupation of the Netherlands.
• 1810 – With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
• 1812 – The Fire of Moscow (1812) begins shortly after midnight and destroys three quarters of the city days later.
• 1863 – Robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
• 1880 – The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the nation's oldest, continuously-independent college daily in the United States.
• 1893 – Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
• 1908 – The General Motors Corporation is founded.
• 1919 – The American Legion is incorporated.
• 1920 – The Wall Street bombing: a bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City – 38 are killed and 400 injured.
• 1940 – World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
• 1941 – World War II: Concerned that Reza Pahlavi the Shah of Persia is about to ally his petroleum-rich empire with Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union invade Iran in late August and force the Shah to abdicate in favor of his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
• 1943 – World War II: The Allied invasion of Italy concludes when Heinrich von Vietinghoff, commander of the German Tenth Army, orders his troops to withdraw from Salerno.
• 1945 – World War II: The surrender of the Japanese troops in Hong Kong. The surrender is accepted by the Royal Navy Admiral Sir Cecil Harcourt.
• 1947 – Typhoon Kathleen hits Saitama, Tokyo and Tone River area, at least 1,930 killed.
• 1955 – The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight on this date.
• 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 on live television from New York City.
• 1961 – The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.
• 1963 – Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore soon leaves this new country,
• 1966 – The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera, Antony and Cleopatra.
• 1970 – King Hussein of Jordan declares military rule following the hijacking of four civilian airliners by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). This results in the formation of the Black September Palestinian paramilitary unit.
• 1971 – Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people.
• 1975 – Papua New Guinea gains its independence from Australia.
• 1975 – The Cape Verde Islands, Mozambique, and Sao Tome and Principe join the United Nations.
• 1975 – The first prototype of the MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
• 1976 – Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from the trolleybus that had fallen into Erevan reservoir.
• 1978 – An earthquake measuring 7.5 to 7.9 on the Richter scale hits the city of Tabas, Iran killing about 25,000 people.
• 1980 – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines join the United Nations.
• 1982 – Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon.
• 1987 – The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
• 1990 – The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan becomes complete at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.
• 1991 – The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega 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 German mark.
• 2005 – The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro gets arrested in Naples, Italy.
• 2007 – One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.
• 2007 – Mercenaries working for Blackwater Worldwide allegedly shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad; all criminal charges against them are later dismissed, sparking outrage in the Arab world.

Births

• 16 – Julia Drusilla, Roman daughter of Germanicus (d. 38)
• 1386 – Henry V of England, (d. 1422)
• 1507 – Jiajing Emperor of China (d. 1567)
• 1557 – Jacques Mauduit, French composer (d. 1627)
• 1615 – Heinrich Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1692)
• 1651 – Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician (d. 1716)
• 1666 – Antoine Parent, French mathematician (d. 1716)
• 1678 – Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician (d. 1751)
• 1716 – Angelo Maria Amorevoli, Italian tenor (d. 1798)
• 1722 – Gabriel Christie, Scottish-English general (d. 1799)
• 1725 – Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist (d. 1815)
• 1745 – Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (d. 1813)
• 1777 – Nathan Mayer Rothschild, English banker and financier (d. 1836)
• 1782 – Daoguang Emperor of China (d. 1850)
• 1823 – Francis Parkman, American historian (d. 1893)
• 1827 – Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist (d. 1908)
• 1830 – Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (d. 1911)
• 1837 – Pedro V of Portugal (d. 1861)
• 1844 – Paul Taffanel, French flute player and conductor (d. 1908)
• 1846 – Anna Kingsford, English doctor (d. 1888)
• 1853 – Albrecht Kossel, German physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1927)
• 1858 – Edward Marshall Hall, English barrister (d. 1927)
• 1858 – Bonar Law, Canadian-Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1923)
• 1859 – Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, President of the Republic of China (d. 1916)
• 1866 – Georg Voigt, German politician (d. 1927)
• 1870 – John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (d. 1958)
• 1875 – James Cash Penney, American businessman, founded J. C. Penney (d. 1971)
• 1876 – Eduardo Camet, Argentine fencer (d. 1931)
• 1877 – Jacob Schick, American-Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Schick Razors (d. 1937)
• 1880 – Alfred Noyes, English poet (d. 1958)
• 1881 – Clive Bell, English critic (d. 1964)
• 1883 – T. E. Hulme, English poet and critic (d. 1917)
• 1886 – Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor and painter (d. 1966)
• 1887 – Nadia Boulanger, French composer and educator (d. 1979)
• 1888 – Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
• 1891 – Karl Dönitz, German navy officer (d. 1980)
• 1891 – Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy (d. 1972)
• 1893 – Alexander Korda, Hungarian director (d. 1956)
• 1893 – Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
• 1896 – Margaret Fitzgerald, Canadian super-centenarian (d. 2009)
• 1897 – Milt Franklyn, American composer (d. 1962)
• 1898 – H.A. Rey, American author (d. 1977)
• 1899 – Hans Swarowsky, Austrian conductor (d. 1975)
• 1903 – Joe Venuti, Italian-American violinist (The Dorsey Brothers) (d. 1978)
• 1905 – Vladimír Holan, Czech poet (d. 1980)
• 1906 – Jack Churchill, English soldier (d. 1996)
• 1910 – Erich Kempka, German chauffeur (d. 1975)
• 1910 – Karl Kling, German race car driver (d. 2003)
• 1911 – Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist (d. 1983)
• 1911 – Paul Henning, American scriptwriter and producer (d. 2005)
• 1914 – Allen Funt, American director, scriptwriter, and producer (d. 1999)
• 1915 – Cy Walter, American pianist (d. 1968)
• 1916 – Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, Caribbean politician, Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (d. 1978)
• 1916 – M. S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (d. 2004)
• 1916 – Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian politician (d. 1999)
• 1918 – Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (d. 1968)
• 1919 – Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-American educator (d. 1990)
• 1919 – Andy Russell, American singer (d. 1992)
• 1920 – Art Sansom, American cartoonist (d. 1991)
• 1921 – Jon Hendricks, American singer-songwriter
• 1921 – Korla Pandit, American pianist and composer (d. 1998)
• 1922 – Guy Hamilton, English director
• 1922 – Marcel Mouloudji, French actor and singer (d. 1994)
• 1922 – Janis Paige, American actress and singer
• 1923 – Lee Kuan Yew, Chinese-Singaporean politician, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore
• 1924 – Lauren Bacall, American actress
• 1925 – Charlie Byrd, American guitarist (d. 1999)
• 1925 – Charles Haughey, Irish politician, 7th Prime Minister of Ireland (d. 2006)
• 1925 – B.B. King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1926 – Tommy Bond, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1926 – Eric Gross, Austrian-Australian composer (d. 2011)
• 1926 – John Knowles, American author (d. 2001)
• 1926 – Takao Tanabe, Canadian painter
• 1927 – Peter Falk, American actor (d. 2011)
• 1927 – Jack Kelly, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1928 – Rex Trailer, American television host, actor, and singer (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Lady Gwen Thompson, English author and educator (d. 1986)
• 1930 – Anne Francis, American actress (d. 2011)
• 1931 – Little Willie Littlefield, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1934 – Elgin Baylor, American basketball player
• 1934 – George Chakiris, American actor, singer, and dancer
• 1934 – Ronnie Drew, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Dubliners) (d. 2008)
• 1934 – Dick Heckstall-Smith, English saxophonist (Blues Incorporated, The Graham Bond Organisation, and Colosseum) (d. 2004)
• 1935 – Carl Andre, American sculptor
• 1935 – Billy Boy Arnold, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1935 – Jules Bass, American director, producer, composer, and author
• 1935 – Bob Kiley, American businessman
• 1935 – Esther Vilar, German-Argentinian author
• 1937 – Aleksandr Medved, Russian wrestler
• 1937 – Vince Naimoli, American businessman
• 1939 – Breyten Breytenbach, South African-French poet and painter
• 1940 – Hamiet Bluiett, American musician and composer (World Saxophone Quartet)
• 1941 – Richard Perle, American politician
• 1941 – Joe Butler, American vocalist and drummer (The Lovin' Spoonful)
• 1942 – Bernie Calvert, English musician (The Hollies)
• 1942 – Dennis Conner, American sailor
• 1942 – Tadamasa Goto, Japanese mobster
• 1943 – Wang Houjun, Chinese footballer and coach (d. 2012)
• 1943 – James Alan McPherson, American author
• 1944 – Winston Grennan, Jamaican drummer (Kid Creole and the Coconuts and Toots and the Maytals) (d. 2000)
• 1945 – Pat Stevens, American actress (d. 2010)
• 1946 – Cathee Dahmen, American model (d. 1997)
• 1946 – Mike Reynolds, Australian politician
• 1946 – Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1947 – Enrique Krauze, Mexican historian and publisher
• 1948 – Ron Blair, American bass player (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
• 1948 – Rosemary Casals, American tennis player
• 1948 – Kenney Jones, English drummer (The Small Faces, Faces, The Who, The Law, and The Jones Gang)
• 1948 – Susan Ruttan, American actress
• 1949 – Chrisye, Indonesian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
• 1949 – Ed Begley, Jr., American actor
• 1950 – David Bellamy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Bellamy Brothers)
• 1950 – Henry Louis Gates, American educator, scholar, and author
• 1950 – Loyd Grossman, American-English television host and guitarist
• 1951 – Vince Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 – Karen Muir, South African swimmer and physician (d. 2013)
• 1952 – Mickey Rourke, American boxer, actor, and screenwriter
• 1953 – Alan Barton, English singer and guitarist (Black Lace and Smokie) (d. 1995)
• 1953 – Kurt Fuller, American actor
• 1953 – Nancy Huston, Canadian novelist
• 1953 – Jerry Pate, American golfer
• 1953 – Eric Vail, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1954 – Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, Bengali sitar player and composer
• 1954 – Earl Klugh, American guitarist
• 1954 – William McKeen, American author
• 1954 – Colin Newman, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (Wire, Githead, and Immersion)
• 1954 – Frank Reed, American singer-songwriter (The Chi-Lites)
• 1955 – Ron Brewer, American basketball player
• 1955 – Janet Ellis, English actress
• 1955 – Yolandita Monge, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and actress
• 1955 – Robin Yount, American baseball player
• 1956 – David Copperfield, American magician
• 1956 – Dave Schulthise, American bass player (Dead Milkmen) (d. 2004)
• 1957 – David McCreery, Irish footballer
• 1957 – Anca Parghel, Romanian singer and pianist (d. 2008)
• 1958 – Orel Hershiser, American baseball player
• 1958 – Maura O'Connell, Irish singer and actress (De Dannan)
• 1958 – Neville Southall, Welsh footballer
• 1958 – Jennifer Tilly, American actress
• 1959 – Peter Keleghan, Canadian actor
• 1959 – Tim Raines, American baseball player
• 1959 – Dave Richardson, South African cricketer
• 1959 – Victory Tischler-Blue, American bass player, director, and producer (The Runaways)
• 1960 – Jayne Brook, American actress
• 1960 – Kurt Busiek, American author
• 1960 – Ean Evans, American bass player (Lynyrd Skynyrd and Outlaws) (d. 2009)
• 1960 – Graham Haynes, American musician and composer
• 1960 – Danny John-Jules, English actor, singer, and dancer
• 1960 – Yianna Katsoulos, American-French singer
• 1961 – Bilinda Butcher, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (My Bloody Valentine)
• 1961 – T La Rock, American rapper
• 1961 – Annamária Szalai, Hungarian journalist and politician (d. 2013)
• 1962 – Seth, Canadian cartoonist and writer
• 1963 – Richard Marx, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1964 – Mary Coustas, Australian actress
• 1964 – Rossy de Palma, Spanish actress
• 1964 – Dave Sabo, American guitarist and songwriter (Skid Row)
• 1964 – Molly Shannon, American actress
• 1965 – Katy Kurtzman, American actress
• 1965 – Karl-Heinz Riedle, German footballer
• 1966 – Kevin Young, American hurdler
• 1967 – Hiroya Oku, Japanese illustrator and writer
• 1968 – Marc Anthony, American singer-songwriter, actor, and producer
• 1968 – Walt Becker, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1968 – Tommy Keane, Irish footballer (d. 2012)
• 1969 – Justine Frischmann, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Elastica and Suede)
• 1969 – Janno Gibbs, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor
• 1969 – Emanuele Guidi, Sammarinese archer
• 1970 – Mark Schultz, American singer-songwriter
• 1971 – Amy Poehler, American actress and producer
• 1972 – Mark Bruener, American football player
• 1972 – Shalane McCall, American actress
• 1972 – James Westman, Canadian opera singer
• 1972 – Erik Mana, Filipino-Canadian magician
• 1973 – George Corrie, English footballer
• 1973 – Justin Haythe, American author and screenwriter
• 1973 – Alexander Vinokourov, Kazakh cyclist
• 1974 – Monique Brumby, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
• 1974 – Joaquín Castro, American lawyer and politician
• 1974 – Julian Castro, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of San Antonio
• 1975 – Gal Fridman, Israeli windsurfer
• 1975 – Shannon Noll, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1976 – Tina Barrett, English singer-songwriter and actress (S Club)
• 1976 – Greg Buckner, American basketball player
• 1977 – Gregory R. Ball, American air force officer and politician
• 1978 – Dan Dickau, American basketball player
• 1978 – Claudia Marx, German runner
• 1978 – Matthew Rogers, American singer and television host
• 1979 – Fanny, French singer
• 1979 – Aileen Celeste, Venezuelan actress
• 1979 – Bobby Korecky, American baseball player
• 1980 – Patrik Štefan, Czech ice hockey player
• 1981 – Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress
• 1981 – Alexis Bledel, American actress
• 1981 – LaVerne Jones-Ferrette, Virgin Islander sprinter
• 1982 – Leon Knight, English footballer
• 1982 – Michele Rizzo, Italian rugby player
• 1982 – Fiete Sykora, German footballer
• 1982 – Ryan Thomson, Scottish footballer
• 1983 – John Afoa, New Zealand rugby player
• 1983 – Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwean swimmer
• 1983 – Brandon Moss, American baseball player
• 1983 – Legedu Naanee, American football player
• 1984 – Sabrina Bryan, American actress, singer and dancer (The Cheetah Girls)
• 1984 – Serginho Catarinense, Brazilian footballer
• 1984 – Katie Melua, Georgian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1985 – Madeline Zima, American actress
• 1986 – Gordon Beckham, American baseball player
• 1986 – Ian Harding, German-American actor
• 1986 – Kyla Pratt, American actress and singer
• 1987 – Daren Kagasoff, American actor
• 1987 – Kyle Lafferty, Irish footballer
• 1987 – Louis Clément Ngwat-Mahop, Cameroonian footballer
• 1987 – Burry Stander, South African cyclist (d. 2013)
• 1987 – Travis Wall, American dancer
• 1988 – Teddy Geiger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1988 – Sarah Steele, American actress
• 1989 – Braden Holtby, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 – José Salomón Rondón, Venezuelan footballer
• 1989 – Dustin Tokarski, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1991 – Alexandra Paul, Canadian figure skater
• 1992 – Nick Jonas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Jonas Brothers)
• 1992 – Jake Roche, English actor and singer

Deaths

• 307 – Flavius Valerius Severus, Roman emperor
• 1087 – Pope Victor III (b. 1026)
• 1100 – Bernold of Constance, German chronicler and writer (b. 1054)
• 1345 – John IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1295)
• 1380 – Charles V of France (b. 1338)
• 1394 – Antipope Clement VII (b. 1342)
• 1406 – Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (b. 1336)
• 1498 – Tomás de Torquemada, Spanish-Dominican ruler (b. 1420)
• 1589 – Michael Baius, Flemish theologian (b. 1513)
• 1672 – Anne Bradstreet, American poet (b. 1612)
• 1701 – James II of England (b. 1633)
• 1736 – Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist (b. 1686)
• 1775 – Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst, English politician (b. 1684)
• 1782 – Farinelli, Italian singer (b. 1705)
• 1792 – Nguyen Hue, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1753)
• 1803 – Nicolas Baudin, French explorer, cartographer, and naturalist (b. 1754)
• 1819 – John Jeffries, American physician and surgeon (b. 1744)
• 1824 – Louis XVIII of France (b. 1755)
• 1843 – Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1770)
• 1865 – Christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (b. 1792)
• 1887 – Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (b. 1841)
• 1896 – Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
• 1898 – Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, doctor, and diplomat (b. 1827)
• 1911 – Edward Whymper, English mountaineer (b. 1840)
• 1925 – Leo Fall, Austrian composer (b. 1873)
• 1925 – Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman, Russian physicist (b. 1888)
• 1932 – Ronald Ross, English physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1933 – George Gore, American baseball player (b. 1857)
• 1936 – Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French scientist and doctor (b. 1867)
• 1940 – Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (b. 1860)
• 1944 – Gustav Bauer, German politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1870)
• 1945 – John McCormack, Irish tenor (b. 1884)
• 1946 – James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1877)
• 1950 – Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (b. 1881)
• 1955 – Leo Amery, Indian-English politician (b. 1873)
• 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)
• 1973 – Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, poet, and director (b. 1932)
• 1975 – Irene Hayes, American businesswoman (b. 1896)
• 1977 – Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet (T. Rex and John's Children) (b. 1947)
• 1977 – Maria Callas, Greek-American soprano (b. 1923)
• 1978 – Lavrentis Dianellos, Greek actor (b. 1911)
• 1980 – Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist (b. 1896)
• 1984 – Louis Réard, French engineer and fashion designer, created the bikini (b. 1897)
• 1987 – Howard Moss, American poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1922)
• 1987 – Christopher Soames, Baron Soames, English politician (b. 1920)
• 1989 – Steven Stayner, American kidnap victim (b. 1965)
• 1991 – Olga Spessivtseva, Russian ballerina (b. 1895)
• 1991 – Carol White, English actress (b. 1943)
• 1992 – Millicent Fenwick, American politician and writer (b. 1910)
• 1993 – František Jílek, Czech conductor (b. 1913)
• 1993 – Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian poet and activist (b. 1920)
• 1993 – Rok Petrovič, Slovenian skier (b. 1966)
• 1996 – McGeorge Bundy, American diplomat, 6th United States National Security
• 1996 – Gene Nelson, American actor (b. 1920)
• 2000 – Georgiy Gongadze, Ukrainian journalist (b. 1969)
• 2001 – Samuel Z. Arkoff, American film producer (b. 1918)
• 2002 – James Gregory, American actor (b. 1911)
• 2003 – Sheb Wooley, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1921)
• 2004 – Michael Donaghy American poet (b. 1954)
• 2005 – Harry Freedman, Canadian composer and educator (b. 1922)
• 2005 – Gordon Gould, American physicist, invented the laser (b. 1920)
• 2006 – Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
• 2007 – Robert Jordan, American author (b. 1948)
• 2008 – Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
• 2009 – Myles Brand, American academic (b. 1942)
• 2009 – Ernst Märzendorfer, Austrian conductor (b. 1921)
• 2009 – Mary Travers, American singer-songwriter (Peter, Paul, and Mary) (b. 1936)
• 2010 – George N. Parks, American educator and bandleader (b. 1953)
• 2010 – Jim Towers, English footballer (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Suthivelu, Indian actor (b. 1947)
• 2012 – John Coates, English animation producer (b. 1927)
• 2012 – John Ingle, American actor (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Roman Kroitor, Canadian director and producer, co-founded IMAX (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Loose Mohan, Indian actor (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Shinichi Nishimiya, Japanese diplomat (b. 1952)
• 2012 – Friedrich Zimmermann, German politician (b. 1925)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Curcodomus
  • Cyprian (Roman Catholic Church)
  • Edith of Wilton
  • Euphemia
  • Ninian
  • Pope Cornelius
  • Ludmila
  • September 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
• Heroes' Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
• Independence Day, celebrates the declaration of independence of Mexico from Spain in 1810. See Fiestas Patrias
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Papua New Guinea from Australia in 1975.
• International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
• Malaysia Day (Malaysia, Singapore)
• Brazil:
  • Alagoas Statehood day (1902).
  • Days of the Cities in the State of Minas Gerais:
    • Caxambu (1901)
    • Esmeraldas (1901)
    • Itaúna (1901)
    • Ituiutaba (1901)
    • Jacutinga (1901)
    • Lambari (1901)
• Ukraine: Liberation of Lozova in Kharkiv Oblast (1943, World War II)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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