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 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 106 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 3, 2020 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 444,504 hours 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.
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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 149 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 2,826 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 16 Historical Events
- 1620 –The Mayflower starts her voyage to North America
- 1701 –James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the “Old Pretender”, becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
- 1779 –American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
- 1863 –Robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
- 1940 –World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
- 1945 –World War II: The surrender of the Japanese troops in Hong Kong. The surrender is accepted by the Royal Navy Admiral Sir Cecil Harcourt.
- 1947 –Typhoon Kathleen hits Saitama, Tokyo and Tone River area, at least 1,930 killed.
- 1975 –The Cape Verde Islands, Mozambique, and Sao Tome and Principe join the United Nations.
- 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.
- 2007 –One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.
Who were born on September 16?
- 1846 –Anna Kingsford, English doctor (d. 1888)
- 1942 –Bernie Calvert, British musician (The Hollies)
- 1943 –James Alan McPherson, American writer
- 1948 –Ron Blair, American bassist
- 1951 –Vince Bell, Texas singer and songwriter
- 1955 –Janet Ellis, British television presenter
- 1958 –Jennifer Tilly, American actress
- 1958 –Neville Southall, Welsh footballer
- 1983 –Legedu Naanee, American football player
- 1987 –Louis Clément Ngwat-Mahop, Cameroonian football player
Who died on September 16?
- 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)
- 1925 –Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman, Russian physicist (b. 1888)
- 1955 –L.S. Amery, British politician (b. 1873)
- 1957 –Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (b. 1864)
- 1965 –Ahn Eak-tai, Korean musician, composer, and conductor (b. 1906)
- 1977 –Maria Callas, Greek-American soprano (b. 1923)
- 2003 –Sheb Wooley, singer and actor (b. 1921)
- 2007 –Robert Jordan, author of the Wheel of Time series (b. 1948)
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