On this day in History - Sep 16

• 1087 - Pope Victor III dies
• 1098 - Hildegarda von Bingen was born († 1179) . German composer and religious
• 1345 - John IV, Duke of Brittany dies (b. 1295)
• 1380 - King Charles V of France dies (b. 1338)
• 1394 - Morre Clemente VII (n. 1342). Antipapa do Cisma do Ocidente
• 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
• 1498 - Tomás de Torquemada dies. Spanish inquisitator.
• 1507 - Jiajing was born (d. 1567). Emperor of China
• 1557 - Jacques Mauduit was born (d. 1627). French composer.
• 1589 - Michael Baius dies (b. 1513). Flemish theologian.
• 1597 - Yi Sun-sin leads 12 ships of the Korean fleet against an invasion by 133 Japanese ships. The Koreans sink 31 enemy ships and force a Japanese retreat.
• 1620 - 102 passengers and crew set sail on the ocean blue from Plymouth, England with destination to the New World. And, although they encountered stormy weather and treacherous seas, this hearty group of 41 men, the rest, women and children; half religious dissenters and half entrepreneurs, made it to Provincetown, Massachusetts on November 21.
• 1638 - France's King Louis XIV, the Sun King, was born (d. 1715). He ruled from 1643 until his death.
• 1651 - Engelbert Kaempfer was born (d. 1716). German physician and traveler.
• 1672 - Anne Bradstreet dies in Andover, Massachusetts. American colonial poetess.
• 1678 - Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke was born (d. 1751). English statesman and philosopher.
• 1701 - James II of England and VII of Scotland dies (b. 1633)
• 1701 - Prince James Francis Edward Stuart, more commonly referred to as the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant of the thrones of Scotland and England
• 1732 - Explosão do paiol de pólvora do castelo de Campo Maior devido a uma tempestade, matando grande parte da população local.
• 1736 - Gabriel Fahrenheit dies (b. 1686). German physicist.
• 1745 - Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov was born (d. 1813). Russian field marshal.
• 1769 - Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo recebe o título de Marquês de Pombal pelo rei José I de Portugal
• 1775 - Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst dies (b. 1684). English privy councillor
• 1776 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Harlem Heights
• 1782 - Daoguang was born (d. 1850). Emperor of China.
• 1795 - United Kingdom conquers Cape Town, South Africa
• 1803 - Nicolas Baudin dies (b. 1754). French explorer.
• 1810 - With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo proclaims Mexico's independence from Spain
• 1812 - Russians set fire to Moscow shortly after midnight - the city is burned down totally days later / Russia - deflagra um grande incendio eme Moscovo.
• 1820 - Marie Bigot dies. French pianist.
• 1823 - Francis Parkman was born (d. 1893). American historian.
• 1824 - Frei Caneca se refugia na cidade de Abreu e Lima, derrotado na Confederação do Equador
• 1824 - King Louis XVIII of France dies (b. 1755).
• 1829 - Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829 ends with the signing of the Treaty of Adrianople (Edirne)
• 1830 - Porfirio Díaz was born in Oaxaca, Mexico (d. 2 Jul 1915). President of Mexico, known for his long and autocratic rule and his disdain for the poorer classes
• 1837 - Nascimento de D. Pedro V (1837-1861), rei em 1853, com 16 anos, governará pessoalmente a partir de 1855, quando completou 18 anos.
• 1845 - Thomas Osborne Davis dies in Dublin. Irish writer and politician who was the chief organizer and poet of the nationalistic Young Ireland movement
• 1846 - Anna Bonus Kingsford was born († 1888). British physician and writer.
• 1852 - Emilia Pardo y Bazán was born (d. 1921). Spanish writer, best known for her novels and short stories. Generally considered the first naturalist writer in Spain, her finest and most representative novels will be Los pazos de Ulloa (1886), The Son of the Bondwoman, La madre naturaleza (1887) "Mother Nature".
• 1853 - Albrecht Kossel was born († 1927) . German physician who was the 19?? Nobel Prize in Medicine laureate
• 1853 - Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov was born († 1927) . French physician
• 1865 - Christian Julius De Meza dies (b. 1792). Danish general.
• 1872 - António Teixeira Carneiro was born. Portuguese painter.
• 1875 - James C. Penney was born (d. 1971). American department store founder
• 1881 - Clive Bell was born (d. 1964). English art critic.
• 1882 - Ricardo Rojas was born. Argentine writer.
• 1883 - T. E. Hulme was born (d. 1917). English writer.
• 1886 - Jean Arp was born (d. 1966). Alsatian sculptor, painter, and poet
• 1887 - Nadia Boulanger was born (d. 1979). French composer and composition teacher
• 1888 - Frans Eemil Sillanpää was born in Hameenkyro. Finish writer who was laureate with the 1939 Nobel Prize in Literature. His most substantial novel, Hurskas kurjuus (Meek Heritage), is the result of his shock by the Finnish civil war of 1918.
• 1891 - Karl Dönitz was born († 1980). German admiral.
• 1893 - Alexander Korda was born (d. 1956). Hungarian film director
• 1893 - Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi Nagyrapolt was born. Hungarian physician. Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1937
• 1893 - Oklahoma Land Race, settlers race for prime land in the Cherokee Strip.
• 1896 - Carlos Gomes dies (b. 11 Jul 1836). Brazilian composer.
• 1900 - Primeiro número de O Mundo, jornal diário republicano, que será o porta-voz da facção de Afonso Costa. A actual Rua da Misericórdia, em Lisboa, teve por um tempo o seu nome.
• 1901 - Alturas, California incorporated as the only city in Modoc County
• 1908 - General Motors is founded. by William Crapo 'Billy' Durant 1908. A General Motors é fundada por William Durant, em Flint, Michigan, nos Estados Unidos da América.
• 1910 - Karl Kling was born (d. 2003). German race car driver.
• 1911 - Edward Whymper dies (b. 1840). English mountain climber.
• 1914 - Allen Funt was boorn (d. 1999). American radio and television personality
• 1916 - M.S. Subbulakshmi was born (d. 2004). Indian singer.
• 1916 - José Echegaray dies. Playwright.
• 1919 - The American Legion is incorporated.
• 1923 - Lee Kuan Yew was born. Leader of Singapore
• 1924 - Lauren Bacall was born. American actress (Key Largo, Applause, Woman of the Year, How to Marry a Millionaire, To Have and Have Not); married actor Humphrey Bogart
• 1925 - B. B. King was born. American musician and singer The Thrill Is Gone, I Like to Live the Love, Rock Me Baby; appeared in films: Into the Night, Amazon Women of the Moon; Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award [1987]
• 1925 - Nascia em S. João del Rei (MG), D. Lucas Moreira Neves († 2002). Cardeal de Salvador e membro da Academia Brasileira de Letras.
• 1925 - Charlie Byrd was born (d. 1999). American musician.
• 1925 - Charles J. Haughey was born. Taoiseach of Ireland
• 1925 - Alexander Friedmann dies (b. 1888). Russian mathematician and cosmologist.
• 1926 - John Knowles was born in Fairmant, West Virginia. American writer (A Separate Peace).
• 1927 - Peter Falk was born. Emmy Award-winning actor: The Price of Tomatoes: The Dick Powell Show [1961-62]; Columbo [1971-72, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1989-90]; Murder by Death, Pocketful of Miracles , The Great Race, The In-Laws, The Princess Bride
• 1930 - Anne Francis was born. American actress Funny Girl, Blackboard Jungle, Laguna Heat, Battle Cry, Bad Day at Black Rock, Born Again
• 1932 - Sir Ronald Ross dies. British physician and entomologist. 1902 Nobel Prize in Medicine
• 1934 - Promulgação da terceira Constituição Brasileira
• 1934 - Elgin Baylor was born. American basketball player
• 1934 - George Chakiris was born. Academy Award-winning actor, dancer: West Side Story [1961]; Is Paris Burning, Dallas
• 1935 - Carl Andre was born. American artist
• 1935 - Bob Kiley was born. American public transit specialist
• 1936 -Muere Jean Baptiste Charcot, ahogado en Islandia junto con 38 de sus compañeros. Oceanógrafo y explorador francés.
• 1937 - Alexander Medved was born. Russian wrestler
• 1938 - João Rocha was born in Lisbon. Portuguese cinematographer
• 1939 - Breyten Breytenbach was born. South African writer and painter
• 1940 - The Selective Service Act is passed, instituting the draft in the United States.
• 1940 - Sam Rayburn elected Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
• 1941 - 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.
• 1943 - James Alan McPherson was born. American writer
• 1945 - John McCormack dies (b. 1884). Irish tenor.
• 1946 - Camilo Sesto was born in Alcoi, Alacant, Comunitat Valencian. Spanish singer
• 1947 - Russ Abbott was born. British comedian
• 1949 - Ed Begley, Jr. was born. American actor
• 1950 - Loyd Grossman was born. American television presenter
• 1955 - Janet Ellis was born. British television presenter
• 1955 - Yolandita Monge was born. Puerto Rican singer
• 1955 - Robin Yount was born. Baseball player
• 1955 - Renan Calheiros was born. Brazilian senator
• 1955 - Golpe militar na Argentina depõe o Presidente Juan Perón / Argentina: un golpe de estado derroca al gobierno populista del presidente Juan Domingo Perón, en la cruenta "Revolución Libertadora".
• 1956 - Play-Doh is introduced to the world
• 1956 - David Copperfield was born. American magician, illusionist.
• 1956 - Mickey Rourke was born. American actorBody Heat, Diner, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Year of the Dragon, Nine Weeks, Barfly, Angel Heart, Johnny Handsome, Wild Orchid, Harley Davidson & The Marlboro Man
• 1957 - Nasce Falcão. Músico brasileiro do gênero brega
• 1957 - Assumpta Serna was born in Barcelona, Cataluña. Spanish actress.
• 1958 - Orel Hershiser was born. Baseball player
• 1958 - Jennifer Tilly was born. American actress
• 1960 - John Franco was born. Baseball player
• 1960 - Mike Mignola was born. American cartoonist.
• 1963 - Malaysia is formed from Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo and Sarawak
• 1963 - Richard Marx was born. American singer
• 1964 - Molly Shannon was born. American actress.
• 1964 - Andréa Beltrão was born. Brazilian actress.
• 1965 - The Dean Martin Show debuted on NBC-TV.
• 1968 - Marc Anthony was born. American singer
• 1969 - Junta militar emite nota oficial comunicando o afastamento definitivo de Costa e Silva e a constituição de uma junta de três generais para encaminhar a questão sucessória (v. AI-15)
• 1970 - King Hussein of Jordan declares military rule, resulting in formation of the Black September Palestinian paramilitary unit.
• 1971 - Amy Poehler was born. American actress.
• 1972 - Muere en Buenos Aires el folklorista y profesor de literatura argentina Augusto Raúl Cortázar.
• 1973 - Morre Enrique de Resende (n. 13 Ago 1899). Poeta e ensaísta brasileiro.
• 1973 - Chile: la dictadura de Augusto Pinochet tortura y asesina al cantautor Víctor Jara.
• 1975 - Cabo Verde, Moçambique e São Tomé e Príncipe são admitidos como Estados-Membro da ONU
• 1975 - Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia
• 1975 - Shannon Noll was born. Australian singer and actor
• 1976 - A Igreja Episcopal (anglicana) dos Estados Unidos da América aprova a ordenação de mulheres, como padres e bispos.
• 1976 - Argentina: La Noche de los Lápices, en La Plata (capital de la provincia de Buenos Aires) varios estudiantes secundarios que luchaban por la implementación del boleto estudiantil (una rebaja del 50% para que los estudiantes pudieran acudir a clases) son secuestrados, torturados y 7 de ellos asesinados por la dictadura de Jorge Rafael Videla con la excusa de reprimir la "subversión" en las escuelas.
• 1977 - T-Rex singer killed in car smash : Pop star Marc Bolan is killed in a car crash in south-west London.
• 1977 - Marc Bolan dies (b. 1947). English musician.
• 1977 - Maria Callas dies (b. 1923). American-born Greek soprano.
• 1978 - Thousands dead in Iran earthquake
• 1978 - Carolina Dieckman was born in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian actress.
• 1980 - Guðmundur Jóhannsson was born. Icelandic musician.
• 1980 - Jean Piaget dies (b. 1896). Swiss psychologist.
• 1981 - Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Thomas Hearns by a knockout in round 14 in Las Vegas to unify boxing's world Welterweight championship.
• 1982 - Sabra and Shatila massacre 1982 -The massacre of hundreds of Palestinian men, women and children by Lebanese Christian militiamen began in west Beirut's Sabra and Chatilla (Shatilla) refugee camps / Começo do massacre de refugiados palestinianos nos campos de Sabra e Shatila, em Beirute ocidental, por milícias cristãs libanesas (os Falangistas). O exército israelita no local não interveio, levando à demissão do ministro da defesa, Ariel Sharon, após a realização de um inquérito à sua actuação.
• 1984 - Katie Melua was born. Georgian singer.
• 1986 - Kinross Miners 'killed where they stood' : At least 177 people die during a lethal fire in a South African gold mine.
• 1987 - The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion. Two-dozen countries signed the Montreal Protocol, a treaty designed to save the Earth's ozone layer by calling on nations to reduce emissions of harmful chemicals by the year 2000. It was amended in 1990 and 1992.
• 1991 - Manuel Noriega trial begins in the United States
• 1992 - UK crashes out of ERM : The government suspends Britain's membership of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism.
• 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 Deutschmark.
• 1993 - Rok Petrovič dies (b. 1966). Slovenian skier.
• 1996 - McGeorge Bundy dies (b. 1919). U.S. National Security Advisor.
• 1998 - Doris Day dies (b. 16 Apr 1910). American actress Federal Fugitives (1941) (Don't make confusion with "One of America's most prolific actresses", Doris Day :Doris Mary Ann Von Kapplehoff) .
• 1999 - Jesús Antonio Bejarano Ávila ("Chucho"), dies. Colombian economist.
• 2000 - Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze (b. 1969) is last seen alive.
• 2001 - Samuel Z. Arkoff dies (b. 1918). American film producer
• 2002 - James Gregory dies (b. 1911). American actor.
• 2003 - Erich Hallhuber dies (b. 1951). German actor.
• 2003 - Sheb Wooley dies (b. 1921). Singer and actor.
• 2004 - Presidente Hamid Karzai (Afeganistão) escapa de atentado.
• 2004 - In Nigeria an oil pipeline exploded near Lagos as thieves tried to siphon oil from it, sparking a fire that killed at least 30 people.
• 2004 - Hurricane Ivan touches land near Gulf Shores, Alabama, becoming the third costliest hurricane to strike the United States.
• 2004 - Assembleia da Republica aprova, por unanimidade, translado dos restos mortais de Manuel de Arriaga para o Panteão Nacional de Santa Engrácia.
• 2004 - Hurricane Ivan touches land near Gulf Shores, Alabama, becoming the third costliest hurricane to strike the United States.
• 2005 - 87 journalists are arrested at a protest in Nepal.
• In ancient Greece, the third day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, when the initiates walked to the sea at Phaleron and purified themselves in the water.
• RC Saints - Saint Cyprian, Pope Cornelius, Saint Ludmila
• Mexico - Independence Day (from Spain; proclaimed 1810, recognised 1821, instituted 1825; See Fiestas Patrias)
• Papua New Guinea - Independence Day (from Australia, 1975)
• Dia Internacional para a Preservação da Camada de Ozono