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| September 16th, 2016 (September 16 2016) | Birth | Drusilla, daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder (died in 38) | |
| September 16th, 2007 (September 16 2007) | Event | One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people. | |
| September 16th, 2007 (September 16 2007) | Death | Robert Jordan, author of the Wheel of Time series (born in 1948) | |
| September 16th, 2006 (September 16 2006) | Death | Rob Levin, creator of Freenode (born in 1955) | |
| September 16th, 2006 (September 16 2006) | Death | Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1925) | |
| September 16th, 2005 (September 16 2005) | Event | Camorra boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples. | |
| September 16th, 2005 (September 16 2005) | Birth | Princess Jalilah bint Ali, of Jordan | |
| September 16th, 2005 (September 16 2005) | Death | Gordon Gould, inventor of the laser (born in 1920) | |
| September 16th, 2004 (September 16 2004) | Event | Hurricane Ivan touches land near Pensacola, Florida, becoming the third (now fourth) costliest hurricane to strike the United States. | |
| September 16th, 2003 (September 16 2003) | Death | Erich Hallhuber, German actor (born in 1951) | |
| September 16th, 2003 (September 16 2003) | Death | Sheb Wooley, singer and actor (born in 1921) | |
| September 16th, 2002 (September 16 2002) | Death | James Gregory, American actor (born in 1911) | |
| September 16th, 2001 (September 16 2001) | Death | Samuel Z. Arkoff, American film producer (born in 1918) | |
| September 16th, 2000 (September 16 2000) | Death | Georgiy Gongadze, Ukrainian journalist (born in 1969) | |
| September 16th, 1996 (September 16 1996) | Death | Domitian, Roman Emperor (born in 51) | |
| September 16th, 1996 (September 16 1996) | Death | McGeorge Bundy, U.S. National Security Advisor (born in 1919) | |
| September 16th, 1993 (September 16 1993) | Death | Rok Petrovic, Slovenian skier (born in 1966) | |
| September 16th, 1992 (September 16 1992) | Event | Black Wednesday: the Pound Sterling is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the Deutschmark. | |
| September 16th, 1992 (September 16 1992) | Birth | Nick Jonas, American singer | |
| September 16th, 1992 (September 16 1992) | Death | Millicent Fenwick, American politician and writer (born in 1910) | |
| September 16th, 1991 (September 16 1991) | Event | The trial of Panamanian "strongman" Manuel Noriega begins in the United States. | |
| September 16th, 1988 (September 16 1988) | Birth | Sarah Steele, American actress | |
| September 16th, 1988 (September 16 1988) | Birth | Teddy Geiger, American singer | |
| September 16th, 1987 (September 16 1987) | Event | The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion. | |
| September 16th, 1987 (September 16 1987) | Birth | Louis Clement Ngwat-Mahop, Cameroonian football player | |
| September 16th, 1987 (September 16 1987) | Death | Howard Moss, American poet, dramatist, and critic (born in 1922) | |
| September 16th, 1986 (September 16 1986) | Birth | Kyla Pratt, American actress | |
| September 16th, 1985 (September 16 1985) | Birth | Madeline Zima, American actress | |
| September 16th, 1984 (September 16 1984) | Birth | Katie Melua, Georgian-British singer | Katie Melua Quotes |
| September 16th, 1984 (September 16 1984) | Birth | Sabrina Bryan, American actress and singer | |
| September 16th, 1982 (September 16 1982) | Event | Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon. | |
| September 16th, 1982 (September 16 1982) | Birth | Leon Knight, English footballer | |
| September 16th, 1982 (September 16 1982) | Birth | Michael McCall, Irish chemist | |
| September 16th, 1981 (September 16 1981) | Birth | Alexis Bledel, American actress (Gilmore Girls) | Alexis Bledel Quotes |
| September 16th, 1981 (September 16 1981) | Birth | Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress | |
| September 16th, 1980 (September 16 1980) | Birth | Patrik Stefan, Czech hockey player | |
| September 16th, 1980 (September 16 1980) | Death | Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist (born in 1896) | Jean Piaget Quotes |
| September 16th, 1979 (September 16 1979) | Birth | Bobby Korecky, American baseball player | |
| September 16th, 1978 (September 16 1978) | Event | An earthquake hits the city of Tabas, Iran measuring 7.5-7.9 on the Richter scale killing about 25,000 people. | |
| September 16th, 1978 (September 16 1978) | Birth | Dan Dickau, American basketball player | |
| September 16th, 1978 (September 16 1978) | Birth | Matthew Rogers, American singer | |
| September 16th, 1977 (September 16 1977) | Birth | Greg Ball, American politician | |
| September 16th, 1977 (September 16 1977) | Death | Marc Bolan, English musician (born in 1947) | |
| September 16th, 1977 (September 16 1977) | Death | Maria Callas, Greek-American soprano (born in 1923) | |
| September 16th, 1976 (September 16 1976) | Event | Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from the trolleybus that had fallen into Erevan reservoir | |
| September 16th, 1976 (September 16 1976) | Birth | Tina Barrett, British singer (S Club) | |
| September 16th, 1976 (September 16 1976) | Birth | Greg Buckner, American basketball player | |
| September 16th, 1976 (September 16 1976) | Birth | Heather Hopper, American actress | |
| September 16th, 1975 (September 16 1975) | Event | Papua New Guinea gains its independence from Australia. | |
| September 16th, 1975 (September 16 1975) | Event | The first prototype of the MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight. | |
| September 16th, 1975 (September 16 1975) | Birth | Shannon Noll, Australian singer and songwriter | |
| September 16th, 1975 (September 16 1975) | Death | Irene Hayes, Ziegfeld girl and businesswoman (born in 1896) | |
| September 16th, 1974 (September 16 1974) | Birth | Tom Dolan, American swimmer | |
| September 16th, 1973 (September 16 1973) | Birth | Alexander Vinokourov, Kazakh cyclist | |
| September 16th, 1973 (September 16 1973) | Birth | Justin Haythe, American writer | |
| September 16th, 1973 (September 16 1973) | Birth | George Corrie, English Footballer | |
| September 16th, 1972 (September 16 1972) | Birth | Mark Bruener, American football player | |
| September 16th, 1971 (September 16 1971) | Birth | Amy Poehler, American comedian (Saturday Night Live) | |
| September 16th, 1970 (September 16 1970) | Event | King Hussein of Jordan declares military rule due to 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. | Hussein of Jordan Quotes |
| September 16th, 1970 (September 16 1970) | Birth | Mark Schultz, American musician | |
| September 16th, 1969 (September 16 1969) | Birth | Justine Frischmann, English musician (Elastica) | |
| September 16th, 1968 (September 16 1968) | Birth | Marc Anthony, American singer | |
| September 16th, 1968 (September 16 1968) | Birth | Walt Becker, American director and writer | |
| September 16th, 1966 (September 16 1966) | Event | The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City to the world premiere of Samuel Barber s opera, Antony and Cleopatra. | |
| September 16th, 1965 (September 16 1965) | Birth | Katy Kurtzman, American actress | |
| September 16th, 1965 (September 16 1965) | Death | Ahn Eak-tai, Korean musician, composer, and conductor (born in 1906) | |
| September 16th, 1964 (September 16 1964) | Birth | Molly Shannon, American actress | |
| September 16th, 1964 (September 16 1964) | Birth | Mary Coustas, Austalian entertainer | |
| September 16th, 1964 (September 16 1964) | Birth | Rossy de Palma, Spanish actress | |
| September 16th, 1963 (September 16 1963) | Event | Malaysia is formed from Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. | |
| September 16th, 1963 (September 16 1963) | Birth | Richard Marx, American singer | |
| September 16th, 1961 (September 16 1961) | Birth | Bilinda Butcher, British singer (My Bloody Valentine) | |
| September 16th, 1960 (September 16 1960) | Birth | Danny John-Jules, British actor | |
| September 16th, 1960 (September 16 1960) | Birth | Kurt Busiek, American comic book writer | |
| September 16th, 1959 (September 16 1959) | Birth | Tim Raines, American baseball player | |
| September 16th, 1958 (September 16 1958) | Birth | Orel Hershiser, American baseball player | |
| September 16th, 1958 (September 16 1958) | Birth | Neville Southall, Welsh footballer | |
| September 16th, 1958 (September 16 1958) | Birth | Jennifer Tilly, American actress | |
| September 16th, 1957 (September 16 1957) | Birth | David McCreery, Irish footballer | |
| September 16th, 1957 (September 16 1957) | Death | Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (born in 1864) | |
| September 16th, 1956 (September 16 1956) | Birth | David Copperfield, American magician | |
| September 16th, 1956 (September 16 1956) | Birth | Mickey Rourke, American actor | |
| September 16th, 1955 (September 16 1955) | Event | Juan Peron is deposed in Argentina. | |
| September 16th, 1955 (September 16 1955) | Birth | Ron Brewer, American basketball player | |
| September 16th, 1955 (September 16 1955) | Birth | Janet Ellis, British television presenter | |
| September 16th, 1955 (September 16 1955) | Birth | Yolandita Monge, Puerto Rican singer | |
| September 16th, 1955 (September 16 1955) | Birth | Robin Yount, American baseball player | |
| September 16th, 1954 (September 16 1954) | Birth | Earl Klugh, American jazz guitarist | |
| September 16th, 1954 (September 16 1954) | Birth | Colin Newman, English musician (Wire) | |
| September 16th, 1954 (September 16 1954) | Birth | Frank Reed, American singer (Chi-Lites) | |
| September 16th, 1953 (September 16 1953) | Birth | Alan Barton, English musician (Black Lace, Smokie) (died in 1995) | |
| September 16th, 1953 (September 16 1953) | Birth | Nancy Huston, Canadian-born novelist and essayist | |
| September 16th, 1953 (September 16 1953) | Birth | Eric Vail, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| September 16th, 1950 (September 16 1950) | Birth | Loyd Grossman, American television presenter | |
| September 16th, 1950 (September 16 1950) | Death | Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (born in 1881) | |
| September 16th, 1949 (September 16 1949) | Birth | Ed Begley, Jr., American actor | |
| September 16th, 1948 (September 16 1948) | Birth | Ron Blair, American bassist | |
| September 16th, 1948 (September 16 1948) | Birth | Kenny Jones, English musician (The Small Faces; Faces; The Who) | |
| September 16th, 1947 (September 16 1947) | Birth | Russ Abbot, British comedian | |
| September 16th, 1947 (September 16 1947) | Birth | Enrique Krauze, Mexican historian and writer | |
| September 16th, 1946 (September 16 1946) | Birth | Cathee Dahmen, American fashion model | |
| September 16th, 1946 (September 16 1946) | Birth | Mike Reynolds, Australian politician | |
| September 16th, 1946 (September 16 1946) | Birth | Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer | |
| September 16th, 1945 (September 16 1945) | Death | John McCormack, Irish tenor (born in 1884) | |
| September 16th, 1944 (September 16 1944) | Birth | Winston Grennan, Jamaican American drummer | |
| September 16th, 1944 (September 16 1944) | Death | Gustav Bauer, Chancellor of Germany (born in 1870) | |
| September 16th, 1943 (September 16 1943) | Birth | James Alan McPherson, American writer | |
| September 16th, 1942 (September 16 1942) | Birth | Bernie Calvert, British musician (The Hollies) | |
| September 16th, 1941 (September 16 1941) | Event | Concerned that Reza Pahlavi the Shah of Persia was about to align his petroleum-rich country with Germany during World War II, the United Kingdom and the USSR occupy Iran and forced him to resign in favor of his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. | |
| September 16th, 1941 (September 16 1941) | Birth | Richard Perle, American political advisor | Richard Perle Quotes |
| September 16th, 1940 (September 16 1940) | Event | Sam Rayburn elected Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, widely regarded as the most effective Speaker of the House in American history. | |
| September 16th, 1939 (September 16 1939) | Birth | Breyten Breytenbach, South African writer and painter | |
| September 16th, 1937 (September 16 1937) | Birth | Alexander Medved, Russian wrestler | |
| September 16th, 1935 (September 16 1935) | Birth | Carl Andre, American artist | |
| September 16th, 1935 (September 16 1935) | Birth | Bob Kiley, American public transit specialist | |
| September 16th, 1934 (September 16 1934) | Birth | George Chakiris, American actor | |
| September 16th, 1933 (September 16 1933) | Death | George Gore, baseball player (born in 1857) | |
| September 16th, 1932 (September 16 1932) | Death | Ronald Ross, English physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1857) | |
| September 16th, 1930 (September 16 1930) | Birth | Anne Francis, American actress | |
| September 16th, 1928 (September 16 1928) | Birth | Lady Gwen Thompson, British occultist (died in 1986) | |
| September 16th, 1927 (September 16 1927) | Birth | Peter Falk, American actor | |
| September 16th, 1927 (September 16 1927) | Birth | Jack Kelly, American actor (died in 1992) | |
| September 16th, 1926 (September 16 1926) | Birth | Tommy Bond, American actor (died in 2005) | |
| September 16th, 1925 (September 16 1925) | Birth | Charlie Byrd, American musician (died in 1999) | |
| September 16th, 1925 (September 16 1925) | Birth | B. B. King, American musician | |
| September 16th, 1925 (September 16 1925) | Birth | Charles Haughey, Prime Minister of Ireland (died in 2006) | |
| September 16th, 1925 (September 16 1925) | Death | Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman, Russian physicist (born in 1888) | |
| September 16th, 1924 (September 16 1924) | Birth | Lauren Bacall, American actress | |
| September 16th, 1923 (September 16 1923) | Birth | Lee Kuan Yew, Minister Mentor of Singapore | |
| September 16th, 1922 (September 16 1922) | Birth | Janis Paige, American actress | |
| September 16th, 1922 (September 16 1922) | Birth | Marcel Mouloudji, French actor and singer (died in 1994) | |
| September 16th, 1921 (September 16 1921) | Birth | Jon Hendricks, American jazz singer | |
| September 16th, 1920 (September 16 1920) | Event | The Wall Street bombing: a bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J.P.Morgan building in New York City38 are killed with 400 injured. | |
| September 16th, 1919 (September 16 1919) | Event | The American Legion is incorporated. | |
| September 16th, 1919 (September 16 1919) | Birth | Laurence J. Peter, Canadian born educator and writer (died in 1990) | |
| September 16th, 1916 (September 16 1916) | Birth | Robert Bradshaw, Saint Kitts and Nevis politician (died in 1978) | |
| September 16th, 1916 (September 16 1916) | Birth | M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (died in 2004) | |
| September 16th, 1916 (September 16 1916) | Birth | Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian labour leader (died in 1999) | |
| September 16th, 1914 (September 16 1914) | Birth | Allen Funt, American radio and television personality (died in 1999) | |
| September 16th, 1911 (September 16 1911) | Death | Edward Whymper, English mountain climber (born in 1840) | |
| September 16th, 1910 (September 16 1910) | Birth | Karl Kling, German race car driver (died in 2003) | |
| September 16th, 1910 (September 16 1910) | Birth | Erich Kempka, Adolf Hitler s chauffeur (died in 1975) | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
| September 16th, 1908 (September 16 1908) | Event | General Motors is founded. | |
| September 16th, 1906 (September 16 1906) | Birth | Jack Churchill, English soldier (died in 1996) | |
| September 16th, 1905 (September 16 1905) | Birth | Vladimir Holan, Czech poet (died in 1980) | |
| September 16th, 1901 (September 16 1901) | Event | Alturas, California, incorporated as the only city in Modoc County. | |
| September 16th, 1898 (September 16 1898) | Birth | H.A. Rey, American children s author, creator of "Curious George" (died in 1977) | |
| September 16th, 1898 (September 16 1898) | Death | Ramon Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (born in 1827) | |
| September 16th, 1893 (September 16 1893) | Event | Settlers race in Oklahoma for prime land in the Cherokee Strip. | |
| September 16th, 1893 (September 16 1893) | Birth | Alexander Korda, Hungarian film director (died in 1956) | |
| September 16th, 1893 (September 16 1893) | Birth | Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Hungarian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1986) | |
| September 16th, 1891 (September 16 1891) | Birth | Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-born German spy (died in 1972) | |
| September 16th, 1891 (September 16 1891) | Birth | Karl Donitz, German naval leader (died in 1980) | Karl Donitz Quotes |
| September 16th, 1888 (September 16 1888) | Birth | F. E. Sillanpaa, Finnish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died in [[1964 | |
| September 16th, 1887 (September 16 1887) | Event | The first game of softball was played in Chicago, Illinois | |
| September 16th, 1887 (September 16 1887) | Birth | Nadia Boulanger, French composer and teacher (died in 1979) | |
| September 16th, 1886 (September 16 1886) | Birth | Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor and painter (died in 1966) | |
| September 16th, 1883 (September 16 1883) | Birth | T. E. Hulme, English writer (died in 1917) | |
| September 16th, 1881 (September 16 1881) | Birth | Clive Bell, English art critic (died in 1964) | |
| September 16th, 1875 (September 16 1875) | Birth | James C. Penney, American department store founder (died in 1971) | |
| September 16th, 1865 (September 16 1865) | Death | Christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (born in 1792) | |
| September 16th, 1864 (September 16 1864) | Death | John Hanning Speke, English explorer (born in 1827) | |
| September 16th, 1863 (September 16 1863) | Event | Robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist. | |
| September 16th, 1859 (September 16 1859) | Birth | Yuan Shikai, Chinese politician (died in 1916) | |
| September 16th, 1858 (September 16 1858) | Birth | Andrew Bonar Law, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died in 1923) | |
| September 16th, 1853 (September 16 1853) | Birth | Albrecht Kossel, German physician, Nobel laureate (died in 1927) | |
| September 16th, 1829 (September 16 1829) | Death | Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and statesman (born in 1771) | |
| September 16th, 1827 (September 16 1827) | Birth | Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist (died in 1908) | |
| September 16th, 1824 (September 16 1824) | Death | King Louis XVIII of France (born in 1755) | |
| September 16th, 1823 (September 16 1823) | Birth | Francis Parkman, American historian (died in 1893) | Francis Parkman Quotes |
| September 16th, 1812 (September 16 1812) | Event | Russians set fire to Moscow shortly after midnightthe city is burned completely down days later. | |
| September 16th, 1810 (September 16 1810) | Event | With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico s fight for independence from Spain | |
| September 16th, 1803 (September 16 1803) | Death | Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (born in 1754) | |
| September 16th, 1795 (September 16 1795) | Event | United Kingdom conquers Cape Town, South Africa. | |
| September 16th, 1782 (September 16 1782) | Birth | Daoguang, Emperor of China (died in 1850) | |
| September 16th, 1782 (September 16 1782) | Death | Farinelli, Italian castrato singer (born in 1705) | |
| September 16th, 1776 (September 16 1776) | Event | American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Harlem Heights is fought. | |
| September 16th, 1775 (September 16 1775) | Death | Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst, English privy councillor (born in 1684) | |
| September 16th, 1745 (September 16 1745) | Birth | Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (died in 1813) | |
| September 16th, 1736 (September 16 1736) | Death | Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist (born in 1686) | |
| September 16th, 1725 (September 16 1725) | Birth | Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist (died in 1815) | |
| September 16th, 1722 (September 16 1722) | Birth | Gabriel Christie, British general (died in 1799) | |
| September 16th, 1701 (September 16 1701) | Event | James Francis Edward Stuart,sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland. | |
| September 16th, 1701 (September 16 1701) | Death | James II of England and VII of Scotland (born in 1633) | |
| September 16th, 1678 (September 16 1678) | Birth | Henry St John, English statesman and philosopher (died in 1751) | Philo Quotes |
| September 16th, 1672 (September 16 1672) | Death | Anne Bradstreet, American colonial poet (born in 1612) | |
| September 16th, 1666 (September 16 1666) | Birth | Antoine Parent, French mathematician (died in 1716) | |
| September 16th, 1651 (September 16 1651) | Birth | Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and traveler (died in 1716) | |
| September 16th, 1589 (September 16 1589) | Death | Michael Baius, Flemish theologian (born in 1513) | |
| September 16th, 1557 (September 16 1557) | Birth | Jacques Mauduit, French composer (died in 1627) | |
| September 16th, 1507 (September 16 1507) | Birth | Jiajing, Emperor of China (died in 1567) | |
| September 16th, 1498 (September 16 1498) | Death | Tomas de Torquemada, first grand inquisitor of Spain (born in 1420) | |
| September 16th, 1406 (September 16 1406) | Death | Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (born in 1336) | |
| September 16th, 1400 (September 16 1400) | Event | Owain Glyndwr declared Prince of Wales by his followers. | |
| September 16th, 1394 (September 16 1394) | Death | Avignon Pope Clement VII (born in 1342) | |
| September 16th, 1387 (September 16 1387) | Birth | King Henry V of England, (died in 1422) | |
| September 16th, 1380 (September 16 1380) | Death | King Charles V of France (born in 1338) | |
| September 16th, 1345 (September 16 1345) | Death | John IV, Duke of Brittany (born in 1295) | |
| September 16th, 1100 (September 16 1100) | Death | Bernold of Constance, German chronicler (born in 1054) | |
| September 16th, 1098 (September 16 1098) | Birth | Hildegard of Bingen, German magistra and the first componist to be known by name (died in 1179) | |
| September 16th, 1087 (September 16 1087) | Death | Pope Victor III (born in 1026) | |
| September 16th, 0307 (September 16 0307) | Death | Flavius Valerius Severus, deposed Roman Emperor (murder) | |
