September 16 in History

Historical Events on September 16

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Emperor Severus II is captured and imprisoned at Tres Tabernae. He is later executed (or forced to commit suicide) after Galerius unsuccessfully invades Italy.
1400

Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
1620

Pilgrims set sail from England on the Mayflower.
1701

James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
1732

In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two thirds of its inhabitants.
1776

American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
1779

American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
1810

With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
1863

Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
1880

The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the nation's oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
1893

Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
1908

The General Motors Corporation is founded.
1914

World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
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.
1940

World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
1943

World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.
1945

World War II: The surrender of the Japanese troops in Hong Kong is accepted by Royal Navy Admiral Sir Cecil Harcourt.
1947

Typhoon Kathleen hits Saitama, Tokyo and Tone River area, at least 1,930 killed.
1955

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

A Soviet Navy Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
1956

TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
1959

The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
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.
1961

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

Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.
1963

Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore soon leaves this new country.
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.
1970

King Hussein of Jordan declares military rule following the hijacking of four civilian airliners by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). This results in the formation of the Black September Palestinian paramilitary unit.
1975

Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.
1975

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

The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
1976

Armenian champion swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir.
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 were killed.
1982

Lebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place.
1987

The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
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.
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.
1992

Black Wednesday: The pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.
1994

The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988.
2004

Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane.
2005

The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.
2007

One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.
2007

Mercenaries working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad
2013

A gunman kills twelve people at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
2014

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

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