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This day in history: 16 September

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459 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 16 September.
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2022: During the Let Yet Kone massacre, the Burmese military kills 13 villagers, including eight children, after attacking a school in Sagaing Region, Myanmar.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Andrew Kim Taegon

Christian feast day: Cornelius and Cyprian (Catholic Church)

Christian feast day: Curcodomus

Christian feast day: Edith of Wilton

Christian feast day: Euphemia

Christian feast day: John Macias

Christian feast day: Ludmila

Christian feast day: Ninian

Christian feast day: Pope Cornelius

Christian feast day: September 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).

Christian feast day: Vitalis of Savigny

Cry of Dolores, celebrates the declaration of independence of Mexico from Spain in 1810. See Fiestas Patrias

Events

2022During the Let Yet Kone massacre, the Burmese military kills 13 villagers, including eight children, after attacking a school in Sagaing Region, Myanmar.

2022The death of Mahsa Amini occurred in Tehran, Iran, sparking worldwide protests.

2021A 6.0 Mw earthquake strikes Lu County, Sichuan, China, killing three and injuring more than 88.

2021Inspiration4, the first private orbital crewed spaceflight, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center.

2015A 8.3 Mw earthquake strikes the Chilean city of Illapel, killing 15 people, injuring at least 34, leaving at least six missing, and causing extensive damage. One person also dies in Argentina.

2014The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces.

2013A gunman kills twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.

2007One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269 carrying 130 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand, killing 90 people.

2007Security guards working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad.

2005The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.

2004Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane.

1996Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-79 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.

1994The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988.

1992Black Wednesday: The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.

1992The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering.

1990The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.

1987The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.

1982Lebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place.

1979Eight people escape from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.

1979The Sugarhill Gang released their first single, Rapper's Delight.

1978The 7.4 Mw Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people are killed.

1976Armenian champion swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir.

1976Night of the Pencils: In the city of La Plata, Argentina, a group of high-school students were kidnapped and later tortured, raped and murdered during the Argentinian military dictatorship

1975Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.

1975Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.

1975The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.

1970King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict came to be known as Black September.

1966The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.

1963Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore is soon expelled from this new country.

1961Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.

1961The 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.

1961Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people.

1959The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.

1956TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.

1955A Soviet Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.

1955The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.

1953American Airlines Flight 723 crashes in Colonie, New York, killing 28 people.

1945World War II: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.

1943World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.

1940World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.

Born on this day

2003Ryan Couchman, Australian rugby league player

2003Toby Couchman, Australian rugby league player

2001Avishag Semberg, Israeli Olympic taekwondo bronze medalist

2000Oliver Skipp, English footballer

2000Sam Howell, American football player

1999Brady Tkachuk, American ice hockey player

1997Anairis Quiñones, American voice actress

1997Clint Ratkovich, American football player

1997Jackie Young, American basketball player

1995Aaron Gordon, American basketball player

1994Aleksandar Mitrović, Serbian footballer

1994Anthony Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player

1994Mitchell Moses, Australian rugby league player

1993Bryson DeChambeau, American golfer

1993Joji, Japanese-Australian singer-songwriter

1993Metro Boomin, American record producer and songwriter

1993Sam Byram, English footballer

1992Chase Stokes, American actor

1992Jake Roche, English singer-songwriter and actor

1992Nick Jonas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1992Vytenis Čižauskas, Lithuanian basketball player

1991Alexandra Paul, Canadian figure skater (died 2023)

1989Braden Holtby, Canadian ice hockey player

1989Dustin Tokarski, Canadian ice hockey player

1989Robbie Grossman, American baseball player

1989Salomón Rondón, Venezuelan footballer

1988Teddy Geiger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

1987Anthony Padilla, American internet personality and filmmaker

1987Burry Stander, South African cyclist (died 2013)

1987Kyle Lafferty, Northern Irish footballer

1987Louis Ngwat-Mahop, Cameroonian footballer

1987Merve Boluğur, Turkish actress

1987Travis Wall, American dancer and choreographer

1986Gordon Beckham, American baseball player

1986Ian Harding, American actor

1986Kyla Pratt, American actress and singer

1985Madeline Zima, American actress

1985Matt Harrison, American baseball player

1985Max Minghella, English actor

1984Katie Melua, Georgian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Died on this day

2026Randy Pedersen, American bowler and sportscaster (born 1962)

2025Robert Redford, American actor, producer and director (born 1936)

2024Song Binbin, Chinese revolutionary (born 1947)

2021Clive Sinclair, English entrepreneur and inventor (born 1940)

2021Jane Powell, American actress (born 1929)

2020Maxim Martsinkevich, Russian social activist and media personality (born 1984)

2019H. S. Dillon, Indonesian politician and human rights defender (born 1945)

2018James Burdette Thayer, American brigadier general (born 1920)

2017Arjan Singh, Marshal of the Indian Air Force (born 1919)

2017Marcelo Rezende, Brazilian journalist (born 1951)

2016António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cabo Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde (born 1944)

2016Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy and 49th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1920)

2016Edward Albee, American director and playwright (born 1928)

2016Gabriele Amorth, Italian priest and exorcist (born 1925)

2016Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, French-born American businessman (born 1932)

2016Tarık Akan, Turkish actor, director and activist (born 1949)

2016W. P. Kinsella, Canadian novelist (born 1935)

2015Allan Wright, English captain and pilot (born 1920)

2015Guy Béart, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (born 1930)

2015Julio Brady, Virgin Islander lawyer, judge, and politician, 5th Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (born 1942)

2015Kurt Oppelt, Austrian figure skater and coach (born 1932)

2013Patsy Swayze, American dancer and choreographer (born 1927)

2013Ratiba El-Hefny, Egyptian soprano and director (born 1931)

2013Scott Adams, American football player (born 1966)

2012Friedrich Zimmermann, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (born 1925)

2012Julien J. LeBourgeois, American admiral (born 1923)

2012Roman Kroitor, Canadian director and producer, co-founded IMAX (born 1926)

2011Enamul Haque Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician (born 1948)

2011Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, American singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and drummer (born 1936)

2010George N. Parks, American educator and bandleader (born 1953)

Quote of the day

“Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear?”

Lao Tzu

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