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What happened in history on this day: September 16?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On September 16 in ...
- 1985 - Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs resigns as chairman of Apple Computer.
- 1985 - Steve Jobs submits the company name Next, Incorporated to the California Secretary of State.
- 1996 - Microsoft unveils Windows CE operating system for handheld computers. Code-name of the project was Pegasus. "CE" stands for Consumer Electronics.
- 1996 - The British Virgin Islands issues a 10-cent postage stamp for the 50th anniversary of UNICEF, depicting a personal computer.
- 1997 - Apple Computer announces that it has named Steve Jobs interim CEO of the company.
- 1998 - The 56 kbps V.90 modem standard is officially ratified.
- 1998 - Intel releases a low-power 266 MHz Pentium MMX processor designed for portable computers.
- 1998 - Spain issues a 70-peseta postage stamp for the 20th International Conferene on Data Protection in Santiago de Campostela, depicting a personal computer and 3.5-inch diskette.
- 1999 - Intel introduces the 433 and 466 MHz mobile Celeron processors. Prices are US$159 and US$209 respectively, in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2002 - Intel unveils the 2.2 GHz Pentium 4-M processor. Price is US$562 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2002 - Intel unveils the 1.6, 1.7, and 1.8 GHz mobile Celeron processors. Prices are US$112 (1.6 GHz), US$134 (1.7 GHz), and US$149 (1.8 GHz) in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2002 - Intel introduces the 1.26 and 1.33 GHz Mobile Pentium III-M processor. It features 16 kB Level 1 data cache, 16 kB Level 1 instruction cache, 512 kB Level 2 cache, 133 MHz system bus, MMX and SSE instructions, 64 GB address space. It incorporates 44 million transistors in a 0.13-micron process. Price is US$401 (1.26 GHz) and US$508 (1.33 GHz) in 1000-unit quantities. Code-name during development was Tualatin.
- 2002 - Intel introduces the 1 GHz Mobile Pentium III-M LV processor. It features 16 kB Level 1 data cache, 16 kB Level 1 instruction cache, 512 kB Level 2 cache, 133 MHz system bus, MMX and SSE instructions, 64 GB address space. It incorporates 44 million transistors in a 0.13-micron process. Price is US$316 in 1000-unit quantities. Code-name during development was Tualatin.
- 2002 - Intel introduces the 850 and 866 MHz Mobile Pentium III-M ULV processor. It features 16 kB Level 1 data cache, 16 kB Level 1 instruction cache, 512 kB Level 2 cache, 133 MHz system bus, MMX and SSE instructions, 64 GB address space. It incorporates 44 million transistors in a 0.13-micron process. Price is US$209 in 1000-unit quantities. Code-name during development was Tualatin.
- 2002 - Intel introduces the 700 and 733 MHz Mobile Celeron ULV processor. It features 16 kB Level 1 data cache, 16 kB Level 1 instruction cache, 256 kB Level 2 cache, 100 MHz system bus, MMX and SSE instructions, 64 GB address space. It incorporates 44 million transistors in a 0.13-micron process. Price is US$144 in 1000-unit quantities. Code-name during development was Tualatin.
- 2003 - In Paris, France, the Apple Expo 2003 trade show is held, over five days.
- 2003 - At the Apple Expo Paris in France, Steve Jobs unveils new PowerBooks with 1 to 1.33 GHz G4 processors, and 12-, 15-, and 17-inch screens.
- 2003 - Seagate Technology announces the Barracuda 7200.7 200 GB hard drive. It is the first hard drive with 100 GB capacity on a 3.5-inch platter.
- 2003 - Intel announces the 3.2 GHz Pentium 4 Extreme Edition. It features 2 MB level three cache.
- 2008 - Electronic Arts releases the Crysis Warhead game for personal computers in the USA.
- 1931 - Disney completes the Silly Symphony film The Clock Store. Also known as In A Clock Store.
- 1933 - The Silly Symphony film The Pied Piper is released to theaters.
- 1934 - Donald Duck is introduced to comic strips in the Silly Symphony Sunday edition.
- 1941 - Work finally resumes at the Disney studio, with 694 employees on the payroll, down from 1200 at the start of the strike.
- 1943 - Samuel Goldwyn and Walt Disney announce that the Disney studio would produce an animated sequence for Goldwyn's film Up in Arms.
- 1955 - The Canal Boats of the World attraction in Fantasyland at Disneyland closes for improvements.
- 1984 - The Restaurant el Marrakesh restaurant opens in the Morocco pavilion in World Showcase in EPCOT Center at Walt Disney World.
- 1984 - The 3-D film attraction The Eternal Sea in Tomorrowland at Tokyo Disneyland closes.
- 1984 - Dennis Stanfill meets with Ray Watson, trying to convince him that he is the best choice for CEO.
- 1984 - Michael Eisner and Frank Wells meet with Stanley Gold. They decide to propose Eisner as CEO and chairman, and Wells as president and chief operating officer. They then begin a week of intense lobbying of the company directors, to ensure a vote in their favor on September 22.
- 1987 - The CBS TV network debuts the Disney-produced show The Oldest Rookie.
- 1991 - The live show Muppets on Location - The Days of Swine and Roses performs at the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park at Walt Disney World.
- 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. The film is based on the book Remembering America: A Voice from the Sixties by Richard Goodwin.
- 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.
- 1997 - Disney releases the film Sleeping Beauty on videocassette.
- 1997 - Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Silent Trigger on videocassette.
- 1995 - In Effingham, Illinois, Mid America Designs hosts FunFest, over two days. About 1200 Corvettes and 7000 fans attend.
- 2000 - At Mid America Designs company headquarters in Effingham, Illinois, the Funfest 2000 show is held, over two days. 8230 Corvettes and 35,000 people attend. The overall theme is Millennium Yellow Celebration. Company president Mike Yager announces a countdown billboard to be updated daily until June 30, 2003, and a special web site dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Corvette.
- 2005 - In Effingham, Illinois, the Corvette Funfest is held at Mid-America Motorworks, over three days. 12,000 Corvettes and 50,000 visitors attend.
- 2008 - The Detroit Sports Car Challenge race is held, at Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix circuit, round 9 of the American Le Mans Series. This is the 100th race of Corvette Racing, and the 100th anniversary of General Motors.
- Finishing 1st in GT1 class is the #4 Compuware Corvette C6.R driven by Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta.
- Finishing 2nd in GT1 class is the #3 Compuware Corvette C6.R driven by Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen.
- 1938 - Czechoslovakia mobolizes its army.
- 1939 - (0800 hours) A German officer enters Warsaw, Poland, to deliver a military ultimatum to surrender the city by 0310 hours September 17. Receipt of the message is refused.
- 1939 - A Soviet-Japanese agreement for cessation of hostilities in the Nomonhan area along the Outer Mongolia - Manchuhuo frontier is announced.
- 1939 - (1510 hours) German planes distribute pamphlets with a surrender ultimatum over Warsaw, Poland: military surrender by 0310 hours, or 1510 hours for civilian population to leave the city.
- 1939 - German forces begin large counterattacks on French forces at the France-Germany border: in the Moselle Valley, the Nied Valley, around Saarbrüken, and in the Vosges Mountains.
- 1939 - Premier George Kiosseivanoff of Bulgaria officially declares the country's neutrality.
- 1939 - Germany closes the frontier with the Netherlands.
- 1939 - The first transatlantic Allied convoy of the war, HX-1, sails from Halifax, Canada, escorted by Royal Canadian Navy destroyers Saguenay and St. Laurent for 350 miles at sea, and British cruisers Berwick and York.
- 1940 - Spanish Minister of the Interior Serrano Suñer visits Berlin, Germany, for negotiations on Spain's joining the Axis in war. Germany wants one of the Canary Islands, a German base in French Morocco (if gained by Spain), and influence in Spain's economy. The terms are unacceptable.
- 1941 - (evening) As convoy SC-42 across the Atlantic nears Scotland, German submarine U-98 torpedoes and sinks MV Jedmoor.
- 1942 - (evening) 369 British aircraft attack Essen, Germany. Fifteen bombs and a crashing plane land on the Krupps armament complex. About 37 planes are lost.
- 1942 - American B-24 Liberator plane from Ascension Island spots German submarine U-156 and bombs it, not knowing about the earlier sinking of the Laconia liner and subsequent rescue mission of the submarine.
- 1943 - USS Nautilus submarine departs Pearl Harbor for the Gilbert Islands to take photos for reconnaissance prior to invasion.
- 1943 - German commander in Italy Albert Kesselring authorizes a gradual northward retreat, first to the Volturno River, 20 miles north of Naples.
- 1943 - German bombers hits British battleship Warspite with Fritz X radio-guided gliding bombs.
- 1944 - Eeklo, Belgium, is liberated by Canadian forces with no casualties, as Germans pull out.
- 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.
- 1944 - (evening) British Lancaster bombers attack Bremen, Germany. 30,000 people are left homeless.
- 1983 - Imagic terminates 40 jobs (out of 170), due to the slowdown in the video game industry.
- 1996 - 3DO announces that it plans to sell off its hardware business by the end of the year, shifting its focus to making entertainment software.
- 1999 - Microsoft announces the Windows CE toolkit 2.0 to help developers write Windows CE-based games for the Sega Dreamcast will be available in October.
- 2002 - Nintendo releases the e-Reader card scanner for the Game Boy Advance in the US. It scans dot codes on e-Reader cards, which can contain games and program enhancements. The reader contains 64 Megabits of memory, and one Megabit of Flash memory. Price is US$39.99. Game titles available are Excitebike-e, Balloon Fight-e, Tennis-e, Pinball-e, Donkey Kong Jr.-e, for US$5 each.
- 2002 - Nintendo releases the Animal Crossing video game for the GameCube in the US.
- 2008 - Disney releases the Pure video game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the USA.
- 2008 - LucasArts releases the Star Wars: Force Unleashed video game for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, and PlayStation Portable in the USA and Canada.
- 2008 - Square Enix releases the Dragon Quest IV Chapters of the Chosen video game for the Nintendo DS in the US.
- 1621 - After a six-week siege, Riga surrenders.
- 1668 - John Casimir abdicates the throne of Poland. Former Queen of Sweden Kristina expresses her wishes to take the throne.
- 1973 - National elections to parliament are held. The coalition of Social Democratic and Communist parties receive 175 seats, the same number as the three-party non-socialist coalition.
- 1788 - US Treasury Board voids contract with James Jarvis & Co. to produce Fugio cents.
- 1844 - US President John Tyler appoints James B. Longacre chief engraver.
- 1970 - US Senate passes an update to the Coinage Act of 1965, allowing production of Eisenhower dollar coin.
- 2004 - The US Mint unveils the design of a new 5-cent coin showing a close-up of Thomas Jefferson, and two new reverse designs commemorating the Lewis and Clark expedition.
- 2008 - Representative Frank Lucas introduces H.R. 6942 "5 Cent Restoration Act", seeking the return to the half dime and elimination of the current copper-nickel 5-cent coin.
- 2010 - Representative Anthony Weiner of New York introduces H.R. 6149 "Coin and Precious Metal Disclosure Act" in the House of Representatives, seeking to require coin and precious metal dealers to disclose to consumers the melt value, resale value, and fees associated with coin and bullion purchases.
- 1885 - Sailing ship Puritan (US) beats Genesta (England) in 6th running of America's Cup.
- 1887 - The first game of softball is played in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- 1890 - Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team the Packers.
- 1924 - Saint Louis Cardinals' Jim Bottomley bats in 12 RBIs in one game.
- 1926 - Saint Louis Cardinals beat Philadelphia Phillies 23-3.
- 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.
- 1939 - New York Yankees clinch pennant #11.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1960 - Amos Alonzo Stagg retires as a football coach at age 98.
- 1960 - Milwaukee Braves' player Warren Spahn no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 4-0.
- 1965 - At Fenway Park, Boston Red Sox Dave Morehead pitches a 2-0 no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians.
- 1973 - Buffalo Bills' OJ Simpson rushes 250 yards (two touchdowns), beating New England Patriots 31-13.
- 1975 - Pittsburgh Pirates beat Chicago Cubs 22-0, Rennie Stennett is third to go 7 for 7.
- 1978 - New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox for 6th time in two weeks, 3-2.
- 1979 - Catfish Hunter Day at Yankee Stadium.
- 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.
- 2022 - At Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Dodgers beats San Francisco Giants by score 5-0.
- 2022 - At Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Diego Padres beats Arizona Diamondbacks by score 12-3.
- 2022 - At Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Angels beats Seattle Mariners by score 8-7.
- 2022 - At Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Saint Louis Cardinals beats Cincinnati Reds by score 6-5.
- 2022 - At Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Houston Astros beats Oakland Athletics by score 5-0.
- 2022 - At American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Milwaukee Brewers beats New York Yankees by score 7-6.
- 2022 - At Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Atlanta Braves beats Philadelphia Phillies by score 7-2.
- 2022 - At Tropicana Field in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Texas Rangers beats Tampa Bay Rays by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Citi Field in New York City, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Pittsburgh Pirates by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cleveland Guardians beats Minnesota Twins by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Boston Red Sox beats Kansas City Royals by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Major League Baseball regular season game: Toronto Blue Jays beats Baltimore Orioles by score 6-3.
- 2022 - At Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Washington Nationals beats Miami Marlins by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago Cubs beats Colorado Rockies by score 2-1.
- 1662 - Flamsteed sees solar eclipse, first known astronomical observation.
- 1987 - NASA launches space vehicle S-209.
- 1996 - The Space Shuttle STS 79 (Atlantis 17) launches into space.
- 2021 - Inspiration4, launched by SpaceX, becomes the first all-civilian spaceflight, carrying a four-person crew on a three-day orbit of the Earth.
- 1945 - Barometric pressure at 856mb (25.55 inches) off Okinawa, Japan (record low).
- 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.
- 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.
- 1782 - Great Seal of US used for first time.
- 1862 - CSA General Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, Kentucky, USA.
- 1887 - The first game of softball is played in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- 1893 - Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opened to white settlement homesteaders.
- 1908 - General Motors is founded by William C Durant.
- 1915 - US takes control of customs and finances of Haiti for ten years.
- 1919 - American Legion incorporated by an act of US Congress.
- 1940 - Samuel T Rayburn of Texas elected speaker of the US House of Representatives.
- 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.
- 1955 - US Auto Club forms to oversee four major auto racing categories.
- 1966 - Metropolitan Opera opens at New York's Lincoln Center.
- 1971 - Six Klansmen arrested in connection with bombing of ten school buses.
- 1974 - US President Gerald Ford announces conditional amnesty for American Vietnam War deserters.
- 1985 - Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs resigns as chairman of Apple Computer.
- 1990 - Iraq televises an 8-minute uncensored speech from US President George Bush.
- 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.
- 2004 - The US Mint unveils the design of a new 5-cent coin showing a close-up of Thomas Jefferson, and two new reverse designs commemorating the Lewis and Clark expedition.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2019 - United Auto Workers stages a strike of workers at automobile plants in North America.
- 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.
Other history:
- 1662 - Flamsteed sees solar eclipse, first known astronomical observation.
- 1810 - Hidalgo begins Mexican revolt against Spain (National Day).
- 1908 - General Motors founded by William C Durant.
- 1978 - 25,000 die in 7.7 earthquake in Iran.
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