What are the important events that happened on September 16? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 16: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 16 is the 260th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 106 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 3, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,774,080 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectahexacontagon’ day.
Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 135 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,287 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 16 Historical Events
- 1795 –The first occupation by United Kingdom of Cape Colony, South Africa with the Battle of Hout Bay, after successive victories at the Battle of Muizenberg and Wynberg, after William V requested protection against revolutionary France’s occupation of the Netherlands.
- 1810 –With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico’s fight for independence from Spain.
- 1920 –The Wall Street bombing: a bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City – 38 are killed and 400 injured.
- 1943 –World War II: The Allied invasion of Italy concludes when Heinrich von Vietinghoff, commander of the German Tenth Army, orders his troops to withdraw from Salerno.
- 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 –The first prototype of the MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
- 1990 –The railroad between the People’s Republic of China and Kazakhstan becomes complete at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.
- 1992 –Black Wednesday: the Pound Sterling is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.
- 2007 –Mercenaries working for Blackwater Worldwide allegedly shoot and kill 17 Iraqi civilians in Nisour Square, Baghdad; all criminal charges against them are later dismissed, sparking outrage in the Arab world.
Who were born on September 16?
- 1903 –Joe Venuti, Italian-American jazz violinist (d. 1978)
- 1910 –Karl Kling, German race car driver (d. 2003)
- 1934 –Dick Heckstall-Smith, English jazz and blues saxophonist (d. 2004)
- 1954 –Earl Klugh, American jazz guitarist
- 1955 –Yolandita Monge, Puerto Rican singer
- 1960 –Yianna Katsoulos, French singer
- 1965 –Karl-Heinz Riedle, German footballer
- 1976 –Greg Buckner, American basketball player
- 1987 –Louis Clément Ngwat-Mahop, Cameroonian football player
- 1992 –Jake Roche, English actor
Who died on September 16?
- 1406 –Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (b. 1336)
- 1792 –Quang Trung, Tay Son dynasty’s emperor of Viet Nam (b. 1753)
- 1819 –John Jeffries, American physician, balloonist, pioneer meteorologist (b. 1744)
- 1865 –Christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (b. 1792)
- 1898 –Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (b. 1827)
- 1950 –Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (b. 1881)
- 1977 –Maria Callas, Greek-American soprano (b. 1923)
- 1991 –Carol White, British actress (b. 1943)
- 2005 –Harry Freedman, Canadian composer and music educator (b. 1922)
- 2008 –Norman Whitfield, associated with the Temptations (b. 1940)
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