On this day in History - Sep. 16

• 0016 - Drusilla was born (d. 0038). Daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder.
• 0096 - Domitian dies (b. 0051). Roman Emperor.
• 0307 - Flavius Valerius Severus dies murdered. Deposed Roman Emperor.
• 0827 - Pope Valentine dies.
• 1087 - Pope Victor III dies (b. 1026).
• 1098 - Hildegarda von Bingen was born († 1179) . German composer and religious.
• 1100 - Bernold of Constance dies (b. 1054). German chronicler.
• 1345 - John IV, Duke of Brittany dies (b. 1295).
• 1380 - King Charles V of France dies (b. 1338).
• 1387 - King Henry V of England was born (d. 1422).
• 1394 - Avignon Pope Clement VII dies (b. 1342).
• 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
• 1406 - Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow dies.
• 1498 - Tomás de Torquemada dies (b. 1420). 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.
• 1630 - The Massachusetts village of Shawmut changed its name to Boston.
• 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.
• 1666 - Antoine Parent was born (d. 1716). French mathematician.
• 1672 - Anne Bradstreet dies in Andover, Massachusetts. American colonial poet.
• 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.
• 1722 - Gabriel Christie was born (d. 1799). British general.
• 1725 - Nicolas Desmarest was born (d. 1815). French geologist.
• 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.
• 1782 - Farinelli dies (b. 1705). Italian castrato singer.
• 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).
• 1827 - Jean Albert Gaudry was born (d. 1908). French geologist.
• 1829 - Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829 ends with the signing of the Treaty of Adrianople (Edirne).
• 1829 - Nikolay Raevsky dies (b. 1771). Russian general and statesman.
• 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 1910 Nobel Prize in Medicine laureate.
• 1853 - Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov was born († 1927) . French physician.
• 1858 - Andrew Bonar Law was born (d. 1923). Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• 1859 - Yuan Shikai was born (d. 1916). Chinese politician.
• 1863 - Robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
• 1864 - John Hanning Speke dies (b. 1827). English explorer.
• 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 - The first game of softball was played in Chicago, Illinois.
• 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.
• 1891 - Stephanie von Hohenlohe was born (d. 1972). Austrian-born German spy.
• 1893 - Settlers race in Oklahoma for prime land in the Cherokee Strip.
• 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.
• 1898 - H.A. Rey was born (d. 1977). American children's author, creator of "Curious George".
• 1898 - Ramón Emeterio Betances dies (b. 1827). Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat.
• 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.
• 1905 - Vladimír Holan was born (d. 1980). Czech poet.
• 1906 - Jack Churchill was born (d. 1996). English soldier.
• 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 - Erich Kempka was born (d. 1975). Adolf Hitler's chauffeur.
• 1910 - Karl Kling was born (d. 2003). German race car driver.
• 1911 - Edward Whymper dies (b. 1840). English mountain climber.
• 1914 - Allen Funt was born (d. 1999). American radio and television personality.
• 1916 - Frank Leslie Walcott was born (d. 1999). Barbadian labour leader.
• 1916 - M.S. Subbulakshmi was born (d. 2004). Indian singer.
• 1916 - Robert Bradshaw was born (d. 1978). Saint Kitts and Nevis politician.
• 1916 - José Echegaray dies. Playwright.
• 1919 - The American Legion is incorporated.
• 1919 - Laurence J. Peter was born (d. 1990). Canadian born educator and writer.
• 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 with 400 injured.
• 1921 - Jon Hendricks was born. American jazz singer.
• 1922 - Janis Paige was born. American actress.
• 1922 - Marcel Mouloudji was born (d. 1994). French actor and singer.
• 1923 - Lee Kuan Yew was born.Minister Mentor 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. Prime Minister 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).
• 1926 - Tommy Bond was born (d. 2005). American actor.
• 1927 - Jack Kelly was born (d. 1992). American actor.
• 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
• 1928 - Lady Gwen Thompson was born. British occultist.
• 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 (b. 1857). British physician and entomologist. 1902 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
• 1933 - George Gore dies (b. 1857). American baseball player.
• 1934 - 3rd Constituition of Brazil is promulgated / 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.
• 1934 - Ronnie Drew was born (d. 2008). Singer of The Dubliners and Solo Artist.
• 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.
• 1941 - Richard Perle was born. American political advisor.
• 1942 - Bernie Calvert was born. British musician (The Hollies).
• 1943 - James Alan McPherson was born. American writer.
• 1944 - Winston Grennan was born. Jamaican American drummer.
• 1944 - Gustav Bauer was born (d. 1870). Chancellor of Germany.
• 1945 - John McCormack dies (b. 1884). Irish tenor.
• 1946 - Cathee Dahmen was born. American fashion model.
• 1946 - Mike Reynolds was born. Australian politician.
• 1946 - Camilo Sesto was born in Alcoi, Alavcant, Comunitat Valencian. Spanish singer,
• 1947 - Enrique Krauze was born. Mexican historian and writer.
• 1947 - Russ Abbott was born. British comedian.
• 1948 - Ron Blair was born. American bassist.
• 1948 - Kenny Jones was born. English musician (The Small Faces; Faces; The Who)
• 1949 - Ed Begley, Jr. was born. American actor.
• 1950 - Loyd Grossman was born. American television presenter.
• 1950 - Pedro de Cordoba dies (b. 1881). American actor.
• 1953 - Alan Barton was born (d. 1995). English musician (Black Lace, Smokie).
• 1953 - Eric Vail was born. Canadian ice hockey player.
• 1953 - Nancy Huston was born. Canadian-born novelist and essayist.
• 1954 - Colin Newman was born. English musician (Wire).
• 1954 - Frank Reed was born. American singer (Chi-Lites).
• 1955 - Ron Brewer was born. American basketball player.
• 1955 - Janet Ellis was born. British television presenter.
• 1955 - Yolandita Monge was born. Puerto Rican singer.
• 1955 - Robin Yount was born. American baseball player.
• 1955 - Renan Calheiros was born. Brazilian senator.
• 1955 - Juan Perón is deposed in Argentina / Golpe militar na Argentina depõe o Presidente Juan Perón /
• 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 - Falcão was born. Brazilian musician.
• 1957 - Assumpta Serna was born in Barcelona, Cataluña. Spanish actress.
• 1957 - David McCreery was born. Irish footballer.
• 1957 - Qi Baishi dies (b. 1864). Chinese painter.
• 1958 - Neville Southall was born. Welsh footballer.
• 1958 - Orel Hershiser was born. Baseball player.
• 1958 - Jennifer Tilly was born. American actress.
• 1959 - Tim Raines was born. American baseball player.
• 1960 - Danny John-Jules was born. British actor.
• 1960 - Kurt Busiek was born. American comic book writer.
• 1960 - John Franco was born. Baseball player.
• 1960 - Mike Mignola was born. American cartoonist.
• 1961 - Bilinda Butcher was born. British singer (My Bloody Valentine).
• 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.
• 1964 - Mary Coustas was born. Austalian entertainer.
• 1964 - Rossy de Palma was born. Spanish actress.
• 1965 - The Dean Martin Show debuted on NBC-TV.
• 1965 - Katy Kurtzman was born. American actress.
• 1965 - Ahn Eak-tai dies (b. 1906). Korean musician, composer and conductor.
• 1966 - The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City to the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera, Antony and Cleopatra.
• 1966 - Kevin Young was born. American athlete.
• 1967 - Hiroya Oku was born. Japanese Manga-ka.
• 1968 - Marc Anthony was born. American singer.
• 1968 - Walt Becker was born. American director and writer.
• 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).
• 1969 - Justine Frischmann was born. English musician (Elastica).
• 1970 - King Hussein of Jordan declares military rule, resulting in formation of the Black September Palestinian paramilitary unit.
• 1970 - Mark Schultz was born. American musician.
• 1971 - Amy Poehler was born. American comedian (Saturday Night Live).
• 1972 - Mark Bruener was born. American football player.
• 1972 - Augusto Raúl Cortázar dies in Buenos Aires. Argentininan folklorist and Professor of literature.
• 1973 - Alexander Vinokourov was born. Kazakh cyclist.
• 1973 - George Corrie was born. English footballer.
• 1973 - Justin Haythe was born. American writer.
• 1973 - Enrique de Resende dies (b. 13 Ago 1899). Brazilian poet and essayst.
• 1973 - Victor Jara dies assassinated (b. 1932). Chilean singer and composer.
  1977 - Maria Callas, cantora lírica estadunidense de origem grega (n. 1923)
• 1974 - Tom Dolan was born. American swimmer.
• 1975 - Cabo Verde, Moçambique e São Tomé e Príncipe são admitidos como Estados-Membro da ONU.
• 1975 - Papua New Guinea gains its independence from Australia.
• 1975 - The first prototype of the MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
• 1975 - Shannon Noll was born. Australian singer and actor.
• 1975 - Irene Hayes dies (b. 1896). Ziegfeld girl and businesswoman.
• 1976 - Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from the trolleybus that had fallen into Erevan reservoir
• 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.
• 1976 - Tina Barrett was born. Former S Club 7 Member.
• 1976 - Greg Buckner was born. American basketball player.
• 1976 - Heather Hopper was born. American actress.
• 1977 - T-Rex singer killed in car smash: Pop star Marc Bolan is killed in a car crash in south-west London.
• 1977 - Greg Ball was born. American politician.
• 1977 - Marc Bolan dies (b. 1947). English musician.
• 1977 - Maria Callas dies (b. 1923). American-born Greek soprano.
• 1978 - An earthquake hits the city of Tabas, Iran measuring 7.5-7.9 on the Richter scale killing about 25,000 people.
• 1978 - Carolina Dieckman was born in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian actress.
• 1978 - Dan Dickau was born. American basketball player.
• 1978 - Matthew Rogers was born. American singer.
• 1979 - Bobby Korecky was born. American baseball player.
• 1979 - Jordan Edwards was born. Canadian hockey league commissioner.
• 1980 - Guðmundur Jóhannsson was born. Icelandic musician.
• 1980 - Patrik Stefan was born. Czech hockey player.
• 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.
• 1981 - Alexis Bledel was born. American actress (Gilmore Girls).
• 1981 - Fan Bingbing was born. Chinese actress.
• 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.
• 1982 - Leon Knight was born. English footballer.
• 1982 - Michael McCall was born. Irish chemist.
• 1983 - Kirsty Coventry was born. Zimbabwean Olympic swimmer.
• 1984 - Sabrina Bryan was born. American actress and singer.
• 1984 - Katie Melua was born. Georgian-British singer.
• 1985 - Madeline Zima was born. American actress.
• 1986 - Kinross Miners 'killed where they stood' : At least 177 people die during a lethal fire in a South African gold mine.
• 1986 - Kyla Pratt was born. American actress.
• 1986 - Paul Carroll was born. Absolute legend in the good parts of Dublin, Ireland.
• 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.
• 1987 - Anthony Padilla was born. American comedian and co-founder of Smosh.
• 1987 - Louis Clement Ngwat-Mahop was born. Cameroonian football player.
• 1987 - Travis Wall was born. American Dancer/Dance Instructor.
• 1987 - Daren Kagasoff was born. American actor.
• 1987 - Howard Moss dies (b. 1922). American poet, dramatist and critic.
• 1988 - Sarah Steele was born. American actress.
• 1988 - Teddy Geiger was born. American singer.
• 1990 - Jennifer Thomas was born. American soccer player.
• 1991 - Manuel Noriega trial begins in the United States.
• 1991 - The trial of Panamanian "strongman" Manuel Noriega begins in the United States.
• 1991 - Jéssica Esteves was born. Brazilian TV presenter and actress.
• 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.
• 1992 - Nick Jonas was born. American singer, member of The Jonas Brothers.
• 1992 - Millicent Fenwick dies (b. 1910). American politician and writer.
• 1993 - Rok Petrovič dies (b. 1966). Slovenian skier.
• 1996 - McGeorge Bundy dies (b. 1919). U.S. National Security Advisor.
• 1996 - Gene Nelson dies (b. 1920). American actor.
• 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.
• 2000 - Georgiy Gongadze dies (b. 1969). Ukrainian journalist.
• 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 - Hurricane Ivan touches land near Pensacola, Florida, becoming the third (now fourth) costliest hurricane to strike the United States.
• 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.
• 2005 - Camorra boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples.
• 2005 - Princess Jalilah bint Ali of Jordan was born.
• 2005 - Gordon Gould dies (b. 1920). Inventor of the laser.
• 2006 - Mário Teixeira Gurgel dies (b. 1921). Brazilian Catholic bishop.
• 2006 - Rob Levin dies (b. 1955). Creator of Freenode.
• 2006 - Floyd Curry dies (b. 1925). Canadian ice hockey player.
• 2007 - One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.
• 2007 - Robert Jordan dies (b. 1948). Author of the Wheel of Time series.
• 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).
• Malaysia - Hari Malaysia (formation of Malaysia, 1963).
• Papua New Guinea - Independence Day (from Australia, 1975).
• International Ozone Day.