Major Events
- 1620 The Mayflower departs Plymouth, England, with 102 Pilgrims and about 30 crew for the New World [O.S. Sep 6]
- 1795 British capture Capetown, South Africa, from the Dutch
- 1810 Mexico issues Grito de Dolores, calling for the end of Spanish rule (Mexican Independence Day)
- 1848 Slavery abolished in all French territories
- 1963 Federation of Malaysia formed by Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak
- 1978 25,000 die in 7.7 earthquake in Tabar, Iran
- 1997 Apple Computer Inc names co-founder Steve Jobs interim CEO
- More September 16 Events
Sep 16 in Film & TV
- 1989 14th Toronto International Film Festival: "Roger & Me" directed by Michael Moore wins the People's Choice Award
Sep 16 in Music
- 1966 Metropolitan Opera House opens in Lincoln Center, New York with Leontyne Price as Cleopatra in "Antony and Cleopatra" by Samuel Barber
Sep 16 in Sport
Did You Know?
Carriage-maker, William C. Durant, founds General Motors in Flint, Michigan
Henry V
Charles Crocker
Bonar Law
Yuan Shikai
James Cash Penney
Karl Dönitz
Lauren Bacall
David Copperfield
Amy Poehler
Nick Jonas
Hildegard von Bingen
B.B. King
Marc Anthony
Elgin Baylor
Ard Schenk
Rosemary Casals
Orel Hershiser
Tim Raines
Fun Fact About September 16
700 million malaria cases prevented in Africa since 2000 in report by University of Oxford in "Nature" journal
Famous Weddings
- 1862 Future Queen of Hawaii Lili'uokalani (24) weds American secretary John Owen Dominis (29) until his death in 1891
- 1936 American actor Henry Fonda (31) weds Canadian-American socialite Frances Ford Seymour (28) at Christ Church, New York City, until her death in1950
- 1967 American "Gilligan's Island" actor Bob Denver (32) weds second wife Jean Webber; divorce in 1970
More September 16 Weddings
James II
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
Louis XVIII
Maria Callas
Mary Travers
Edward Albee
