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What happened in history on this day: September 16?
On September 16 in ...
- 1387 - Birth of Henry V king of England (1413-22).
- 1498 - Tomas de Torquemada inquisitor who burned 10,000 people, dies.
- 1621 - After a six-week siege, Riga, Livonia, surrenders to Swedish forces.
- 1630 - Mass village of Shawmut changes name to Boston.
- 1662 - Flamsteed sees solar eclipse, first known astronomical observation.
- 1690 - Death by decapitation of anti-French leader Cornelius Kosterman of Rotterdam.
- 1741 - George Frederick Handel's The Messiah premieres in Dublin.
- 1782 - Great Seal of US used for first time.
- 1795 - British capture Capetown.
- 1797 - Birth of Anthony Panizzi; Librarian at the British Museum.
- 1810 - Hidalgo leads the revolution for independence of Mexico from Spain.
- 1822 - Birth of Charles S Crocker; President of Central and South Pacific Railroad.
- 1823 - Birth of Francis Parkman; American historian/author (Oregon Trail).
- 1838 - Birth of James J Hill; Canadian railroad entrepreneur (Great Northern Railroad).
- 1858 - Birth of A Bonar Law; (Conservative) British Prime Minister (1922-23).
- 1861 - New Orleans, Louisiana, CSA banks suspend specie payment.
- 1862 - CSA General Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, Kentucky, USA.
- 1875 - Birth of James Cash Penney; US department store founder (J.C. Penney).
- 1877 - Birth of James J. Jeans in England; physicist/mathematician/cosmologist/astrophysicist (Mysterious Universe).
- 1880 - Birth of Alfred Noyes in England; poet (The Highwayman).
- 1885 - Sailing ship Puritan (US) beats Genesta (England) in 6th running of America's Cup.
- 1887 - Birth of Nadia Boulanger in Paris, France; music teacher (Lasiréne Ideology).
- 1887 - The first game of softball is played in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- 1888 - Birth of Frans Sillanpää in Finland; writer (Meek Heritage - Nobel Prize 1939).
- 1890 - Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince boards a train at Dijon for Paris, France with his invented film projector, for demonstration to the Secretary of the Paris Opéra. He disappears without a trace.
- 1890 - Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team the Packers.
- 1893 - Birth of Albert Szent-Györgyi in Hungary; biochemist (Nobel Prize 1937).
- 1893 - Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opened to white settlement homesteaders.
- 1895 - Birth of Charles W Bidwill in Chicago, Illinois, USA; NFL hall of famer (Chicago Cardinals).
- 1899 - Birth of Hans Swarowsky in Budapest, Hungary; conductor (Graz Opera 1947-50).
- 1901 - Birth of Andrée Brunet-Joly AKA Andrée Joly AKA Andrée Brunet in Paris, France; figure skater pair (Olympic-gold-1928, 1932).
- 1906 - Roald Amundsen discovers the Magnetic South Pole.
- 1908 - General Motors is founded by William C Durant.
- 1911 - Birth of Wilfred Burchett in Australia; communist/writer (Catapult to Freedom).
- 1912 - Birth of Jerry Wald in New York City, New York, USA; producer (Mildred Pierce, Johnny Belinda).
- 1914 - Birth of Allen Funt in Brooklyn, New York, USA; TV host and creator (Candid Camera).
- 1915 - Birth of Cy Walter in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; pianist (Three's Company).
- 1915 - US takes control of customs and finances of Haiti for ten years.
- 1919 - American Legion incorporated by an act of US Congress.
- 1920 - Birth of Franco Pandolfini in Italy; water polo (Olympic-gold-1948).
- 1922 - Birth of Janis Paige in Tacoma, Washington, USA; actress (Lanigan's Rabbi, Trapper John MD).
- 1924 - Birth of Lauren Bacall in Staten Island, New York, USA; actress (Dark Passage, Key Largo).
- 1924 - Birth of Paddy Stone in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; choreographer (Piccadilly Palace).
- 1924 - Saint Louis Cardinals' Jim Bottomley bats in 12 RBIs in one game.
- 1925 - Birth of B(lues) B(oy) King in Itta Bena, Mississippi, USA; blues singer ("The Thrill is Gone").
- 1925 - Birth of Charlie Byrd; guitarist (Desafinado).
- 1926 - Birth of Robert Schuller; televangelist (Glass Cathedral).
- 1926 - Saint Louis Cardinals beat Philadelphia Phillies 23-3.
- 1927 - Birth of Jack Kelly in Astoria, Queens, New York, USA; actor (Bart - Maverick, Get Christie Love).
- 1927 - Birth of Peter Falk in Ossining, New York, USA; actor (Colombo, Scared Straight).
- 1927 - Rene Lacoste beats Bill Tilden for US Lawn Tennis Association title.
- 1930 - Philadelphia Phillies, trailing 10-5, score 5 in 9th inning, then Pittsburgh Pirates score four in top of 10th, so Philadelphia Phillies score 5 in bottom of 10th to win 15-14.
- 1931 - Death by hanging of Omar Mukhtar, the leader of Libyan resistance (born 1862?).
- 1932 - Birth of Anne Francis in Ossining, New York, USA; actress (Honey West, Pancho Villa).
- 1933 - Birth of George Chakiris in Norwood, Ohio, USA; actor (West Side Story).
- 1934 - Birth of Elgin Baylor; NBA star (1958-59 Rookie of the Year-Los Angeles Lakers).
- 1937 - Birth of Aleksandr Medved in USSR; super heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1964, 1968, 1972).
- 1938 - George E.T. Eyston sets world auto speed record at 357.5 MPH.
- 1938 - Czechoslovakia mobolizes its army.
- 1939 - New York Yankees clinch pennant #11.
- 1939 - Premier George Kiosseivanoff of Bulgaria officially declares the country's neutrality.
- 1940 - Samuel T Rayburn of Texas elected speaker of the US House of Representatives.
- 1941 - Birth of Jim McBride in New York City, New York, USA; director/actor (Hot Times, Breathless, Big Easy).
- 1942 - Birth of Linda G Miller, New York City, New York, USA; actress (Night of the Juggler, Mississippi).
- 1944 - Birth of Ard Schenk in Holland; 1500m, 5km, 10km speed skater (Olympic-gold-1972).
- 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.
- 1945 - Barometric pressure at 856mb (25.55 inches) off Okinawa, Japan (record low).
- 1947 - Birth of Lucius Allen; NBA star (Milwaukee Bucks).
- 1947 - John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH.
- 1948 - Birth of Rosemary Casals; tennis player (US Open doubles 1967,1971,1974).
- 1949 - Birth of Ed Begley Junior in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Eating Raoul, St. Elsewhere, Parenthood).
- 1949 - Birth of Susan Ruttan in Oregon City, Oregon, USA; actress (Roxanne - L.A. Law).
- 1950 - Cleveland Rams (formerly AAFC) play first NFL game, beat Philadelphia Eagles 35-10).
- 1951 - Betsy Rawls wins the US Women's Open Golf title.
- 1953 - American League approves Saint Louis Browns' move to become Baltimore Orioles.
- 1953 - Birth of Jerry Pate in Macon, Georgia, USA; PGA golfer (US Open 1976, Canadian Open 1976).
- 1955 - The New York Yankees' Hank Bauer and Yogi Berra homer in the 9th inning beating Boston Red Sox 5-4 taking over first place in the league.
- 1955 - US Auto Club forms to oversee four major auto racing categories.
- 1956 - Birth of Anatoly Beloglazov in USSR; 52kg freestyle wrestler (Olympic-gold-1980).
- 1956 - Birth of Kevin R Kregel in New York City, New York, USA; pilot/astronaut.
- 1956 - Birth of Sergei Beloglazov in USSR; 57kg freestyle wrestler (Olympic-gold-1980).
- 1958 - Birth of Jennifer Tilly in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Let it Ride, Off Beat, Psycho II).
- 1960 - Amos Alonzo Stagg retires as a football coach at age 98.
- 1960 - Milwaukee Braves' player Warren Spahn no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 4-0.
- 1961 - CBS premieres The Defenders 60-minute crime drama TV show.
- 1963 - ABC-TV premieres the science-fiction anthology series The Outer Limits.
- 1963 - Birth of Richard Marx in Chicago, Illinois, USA; rocker ("Hold on to the Night").
- 1963 - Federation of Malaysia forms from Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo, and Sarawak.
- 1964 - ABC-TV premieres TV show Shindig. The first show features Sam Cooke, The Everly Brothers, and The Righteous Brothers.
- 1964 - Birth of David Michael Sabo in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA; rocker (Skid Row - "Psycho Love").
- 1965 - Birth of Katy Kurtzman in Washington DC; actress (Lindsay - Dynasty).
- 1965 - NBC-TV debuts the weekly variety show The Dean Martin Show.
- 1965 - At Fenway Park, Boston Red Sox Dave Morehead pitches a 2-0 no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians.
- 1966 - Metropolitan Opera opens at New York's Lincoln Center.
- 1968 - CBS airs the last The Andy Griffith Show TV show. A total of 249 episodes aired since 1960.
- 1968 - CBS airs the last The Lucy Show TV show. A total of 198 episodes aired.
- 1969 - Birth of Kathi Wolfgram in Minneapolis, USA; rocker (Jets - You Got it All).
- 1969 - In Suchy Dul, Czechoslovakia a building is hit by a falling meteorite.
- 1970 - The ABC TV network airs the last The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour TV show in the USA.
- 1971 - Six Klansmen arrested in connection with bombing of ten school buses.
- 1971 - Birth of Charlie Fields in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Shannon).
- 1972 - CBS premieres The Bob Newhart Show 30-minute comedy TV show.
- 1972 - First TV series about mixed marriage - Bridgit Loves Bernie.
- 1972 - Birth of Shalane McCall; actor (Charlie Wade - Dallas).
- 1973 - Buffalo Bills' OJ Simpson rushes 250 yards (two touchdowns), beating New England Patriots 31-13.
- 1973 - CBS airs the first episode of The New Perry Mason, starring Raymond Burr.
- 1973 - Frederic Meyer, actor (Faraway Hill), dies at age 63.
- 1974 - US President Gerald Ford announces conditional amnesty for American Vietnam War deserters.
- 1975 - Papua New Guinea gains independence.
- 1975 - CBC TV debuts the newsmagazine The Fifth Estate in Canada.
- 1975 - Pittsburgh Pirates beat Chicago Cubs 22-0, Rennie Stennett is third to go 7 for 7.
- 1976 - Birth of Andres Javier in Blazquez, Puerto Rico; singer (Menudo-Cannonball).
- 1976 - Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests and bishop.
- 1977 - 90-minute pilot of TV show Logan's Run premieres.
- 1977 - Maria Callas, American-born prima donna, dies in Paris, France at age 53.
- 1978 - General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq officially assumes the post of President of Pakistan.
- 1978 - In Iran, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurs, centered about 600 kilometres southeast of Tehran in the vicinity of Tabas. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes. The death toll is about 15,000, and damage is extensive. Tabas has the highest death toll - 9,000 killed out of a population of 13,000.
- 1978 - New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox for 6th time in two weeks, 3-2.
- 1979 - Two families flee from German Democratic Republic by balloon.
- 1979 - Catfish Hunter Day at Yankee Stadium.
- 1980 - Death of Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist (born 1896).
- 1981 - In Britain, the Liberal Party Assembly votes for an electoral pact with the new Social Democratic Party.
- 1983 - Donna Griffiths of Pershore in England stops sneezing after a continual series of sneezes for 978 days (since January 13, 1981).
- 1983 - The Austrian body building champion and movie actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, becomes a U. S. citizen.
- 1984 - The first episode of US TV show Miami Vice debuts.
- 1985 - Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs resigns as chairman of Apple Computer.
- 1987 - Birth of Anthony Padilla; American comedian and co-founder of Smosh.
- 1987 - NASA launches space vehicle S-209.
- 1987 - The CBS TV network debuts the Disney-produced show The Oldest Rookie.
- 1987 - CBS airs the first episode of TV show Wiseguy.
- 1988 - Tom Browning of the Cincinnati Reds pitches a perfect game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, in his 1-0 victory. Over three starts he retires 40 consecutive batters - one shy of a major league record.
- 1990 - 101-year-old Sam Ackerman weds 95-year-old Eva in New Rochelle, New York.
- 1990 - Iraq televises an 8-minute uncensored speech from US President George Bush.
- 1992 - The Pound Sterling and the Italian Lira are forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (Black Wednesday).
- 1993 - NBC airs the first episode of TV show Frazier.
- 1993 - The Fox TV network begins airing Disney's The Sinbad Show.
- 1994 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Quiz Show to theaters in the USA.
- 1995 - The ABC TV network begins airing the Touchstone Television TV series Maybe This Time.
- 1995 - The NBC TV network debuts the Touchstone Television TV series Brotherly Love.
- 1996 - Microsoft unveils Windows CE operating system for handheld computers. Code-name of the project was Pegasus. "CE" stands for Consumer Electronics.
- 1996 - The Space Shuttle STS 79 (Atlantis 17) launches into space.
- 2000 - Peru's president Alberto Fujimori calls for new elections in which he will not run.
- 2003 - Two suicide bombers drive an explosive-filled truck into a government security services building near Chechnya, killing three and injuring 25.
- 2003 - Death of Sheb Wooley at age 82 from leukemia; singer/songwriter (Hee-Haw TV show theme song, "The Purple People Eater", CMA Comic of the Year), actor (Rawhide TV show).
- 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.
- 2006 - Five churches are attacked in Palestinian areas following the Pope's comments on Islam.
- 2007 - One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 crashes in Phuket, Thailand, killing 89 of the passengers and crew.
- 2008 - Death of Richard Wright at age 65 from cancer; keyboard player, founder (Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here").
- 2008 - The U.S. House of Representatives passes legislation lifting a ban on offshore oil drilling, opening most of the U.S. coastline to exploration.
- 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.
- 2012 - Death of Ragnhild Alexandra Lorentzen, Princess of Norway, (born 1930).
- 2019 - A gas explosion in Koltsovo, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia sets off a fire in a bioweapons plant that houses viruses including smallpox, ebola and anthrax.
- 2019 - United Auto Workers stages a strike of workers at automobile plants in North America.
- 2020 - A United Nations Human Rights Council fact-finding mission formally accuses the Venezuelan government of crimes against humanity, including cases of killings, torture, violence against political opposition and disappearances since 2014. President Nicolás Maduro and other senior Venezuelan officials are among those implicated in the charges.
- 2020 - Yoshihide Suga becomes the new Prime Minister of Japan, replacing Shinzo Abe.
- 2020 - Hurricane Sally makes landfall on the Alabama coast as a high-end Category 2 hurricane, causing over $8 billion in damages and killing 8 people.
- 2021 - Inspiration4, launched by SpaceX, becomes the first all-civilian spaceflight, carrying a four-person crew on a three-day orbit of the Earth.
- 2021 - Death of Silas Atopare, 7th Governor-General of Papua New Guinea (born 1951).
- 2021 - Death of Casimir Oyé-Mba, 3rd Prime Minister of Gabon (born 1942).
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