# What happened on September 16 in history?

**Date:** September 16  
**Events recorded:** 54  
**Years spanned:** 681 – 2022  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/september/16/

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## Featured Event

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

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Mahsa_Amini)

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## Events on this date

- **681** — Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Honorius_I))
- **1400** — Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owain_Glynd%C5%B5r))
- **1620** — Pilgrims set sail for Virginia from Plymouth, England in the Mayflower. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrims_(Plymouth_Colony)))
- **1701** — James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland on the death of his father, James II. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Francis_Edward_Stuart))
- **1732** — In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two-thirds of its inhabitants. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campo_Maior%2C_Portugal))
- **1776** — American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War))
- **1779** — American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Savannah_(1779)))
- **1810** — With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grito_de_Dolores))
- **1822** — French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, in a "note" read to the Academy of Sciences, reports a direct refraction experiment verifying David Brewster's hypothesis that photoelasticity (as it is now known) is stress-induced birefringence. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin-Jean_Fresnel))
- **1863** — Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_College))
- **1880** — The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cornell_Daily_Sun))
- **1893** — Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Run_of_1893))
- **1908** — The General Motors Corporation is founded. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors))
- **1914** — World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I))
- **1920** — The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_bombing))
- **1940** — World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1943** — World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_Army_(Wehrmacht)))
- **1945** — World War II: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Hong_Kong))
- **1953** — American Airlines Flight 723 crashes in Colonie, New York, killing 28 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_723))
- **1955** — The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revoluci%C3%B3n_Libertadora))
- **1955** — A Soviet Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu-class_submarine))
- **1956** — TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCN))
- **1959** — The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_914))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Esther))
- **1961** — Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Nancy_(1961)))
- **1961** — Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUPARCO))
- **1963** — Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore is soon expelled from this new country. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Opera_House_(Lincoln_Center)))
- **1970** — King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict came to be known as Black September. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussein_of_Jordan))
- **1975** — Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea))
- **1975** — Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Verde))
- **1975** — The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-31))
- **1976** — Armenian champion swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavarsh_Karapetyan))
- **1976** — Night 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 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Pencils))
- **1978** — The 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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_Tabas_earthquake))
- **1979** — Eight people escape from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Germany_balloon_escape))
- **1982** — Lebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Lebanon_War))
- **1987** — The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Protocol))
- **1990** — The 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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dostyk))
- **1992** — The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Noriega))
- **1992** — Black 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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Wednesday))
- **1994** — The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988%E2%80%931994_British_broadcasting_voice_restrictions))
- **1996** — Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-79 to dock with the Russian space station Mir. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis))
- **2004** — Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Ivan))
- **2005** — The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camorra))
- **2007** — One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269 carrying 130 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand, killing 90 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Two-Go_Airlines_Flight_269))
- **2007** — Security guards working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisour_Square_massacre))
- **2013** — A gunman kills twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Navy_Yard_shooting))
- **2014** — The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Koban%C3%AE))
- **2015** — A 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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Illapel_earthquake))
- **2021** — A 6.0 Mw  earthquake strikes Lu County, Sichuan, China, killing three and injuring more than 88. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Luxian_earthquake))
- **2021** — Inspiration4, the first private orbital crewed spaceflight, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspiration4))
- **2022** — During the Let Yet Kone massacre, the Burmese military kills 13 villagers, including eight children, after attacking a school in Sagaing Region, Myanmar. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_Yet_Kone_massacre))
- **2022** — The death of Mahsa Amini occurred in Tehran, Iran, sparking worldwide protests. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Mahsa_Amini))

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## Notable births on September 16

- **2003** — **Toby Couchman** — Australian rugby league player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Couchman))
- **2001** — **Avishag Semberg** — Israeli Olympic taekwondo bronze medalist ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avishag_Semberg))
- **2000** — **Sam Howell** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Howell))
- **2000** — **Oliver Skipp** — English footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Skipp))
- **1999** — **Brady Tkachuk** — American ice hockey player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brady_Tkachuk))
- **1997** — **Jackie Young** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Young))
- **1995** — **Aaron Gordon** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Gordon))
- **1994** — **Anthony Mantha** — Canadian ice hockey player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Mantha))
- **1994** — **Aleksandar Mitrović** — Serbian footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandar_Mitrovi%C4%87))
- **1994** — **Mitchell Moses** — Australian rugby league player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Moses))

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## Notable deaths on September 16

- **2025** — **Robert Redford** — American actor, producer and director (born 1936) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Redford))
- **2024** — **Song Binbin** — Chinese revolutionary (born 1947) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Binbin))
- **2021** — **Jane Powell** — American actress (born 1929) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Powell))
- **2021** — **Clive Sinclair** — English entrepreneur and inventor (born 1940) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Sinclair))
- **2020** — **Maxim Martsinkevich** — Russian social activist and media personality (born 1984) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_Martsinkevich))
- **2019** — **H. S. Dillon** — Indonesian politician and human rights defender (born 1945) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._S._Dillon))
- **2018** — **James Burdette Thayer** — American brigadier general (born 1920) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B._Thayer))
- **2017** — **Marcelo Rezende** — Brazilian journalist (born 1951) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelo_Rezende))
- **2017** — **Arjan Singh** — Marshal of the Indian Air Force (born 1919) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arjan_Singh))
- **2016** — **Tarık Akan** — Turkish actor, director and activist (born 1949) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar%C4%B1k_Akan))

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