[[pl:16 wrze%B6nia]] September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). There are 106 days remaining.
Events
- 1795 - United Kingdom conquers Cape Town, South Africa
- 1810 - Independence of Mexico from Spain, one of the Mexican Fiestas Patrias.
- 1893 - Oklahoma Land Race, settlers race for prime land in the Cherokee Strip
- 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
- 1955 - 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
- 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
- 1991 - Manuel Noriega trial begins in the United States
Births
- 1638 - King Louis XIV of France
- 1823 - Francis Parkman, author (+ 1893)
- 1875 - James C. Penney, department store founder
- 1886 - Jean Arp, sculptor, painter, and poet (+ 1966)
- 1893 - Alexander Korda, film director (+ 1956)
- 1914 - Allen Funt, radio & television personality (+ 1999)
- 1924 - Lauren Bacall, actress
- 1925 - BB King, musician
- 1925 - Charlie Byrd, jazz musician (+ 1999)
- 1927 - Peter Falk, actor, best known for Columbo
- 1934 - Elgin Baylor, National Basketball Association star
- 1934 - George Chakiris, actor
- 1935 - Carl Andre, artist
- 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 presenter
- 1955 - Yolandita Monge, Puerto Rican singer of international fame
- 1956 - David Copperfield, magician
- 1958 - Orel Hershiser, baseball pitcher
- 1958 - Jennifer Tilly, actress
- 1963 - Richard Marx, singer
- 1964 - Molly Shannon, Saturday Night Live star
- 1969 - Mark Anthony, singer
Deaths
- 1736 - Gabriel Fahrenheit, physicist
- 1977 - Marc Bolan, rock singer
- 1977 - Maria Callas, opera singer
- 1824 - Louis XVIII of France
- 1996 - McGeorge Bundy, National Security Advisor
- 2001 - Samuel A. Arkoff, film producer
Holidays
- Mexico - Independence Day
- 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.
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