16 September

Notable Births

Toby Couchman

b. 2003

Australian rugby league footballer

Avishag Semberg

b. 2001

Israeli female taekwondo practitioner

Sam Howell

b. 2000

American football player (born 2000)

Oliver Skipp

b. 2000

English footballer (born 2000)

Brady Tkachuk

b. 1999

American ice hockey player (born 1999)

Jackie Young

b. 1997

American basketball player (born 1997)

Aaron Gordon

b. 1995

American basketball player (born 1995)

Anthony Mantha

b. 1994

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1994)

Aleksandar Mitrović

b. 1994

Serbian footballer (born 1994)

Mitchell Moses

b. 1994

Australia & Lebanon international rugby league footballer

Metro Boomin

b. 1993

American record producer and songwriter (born 1993)

Sam Byram

b. 1993

English footballer (born 1993)

Bryson DeChambeau

b. 1993

American professional golfer (born 1993)

Joji (musician)

b. 1993

Japanese entertainer

Vytenis Čižauskas

b. 1992

Lithuanian basketball player (born 1992)

Nick Jonas

b. 1992

American singer (born 1992)

Jake Roche

b. 1992

English singer and actor (born 1992)

Alexandra Paul (figure skater)

b. 1991

Canadian ice dancer (1991–2023)

Robbie Grossman

b. 1989

American baseball player (born 1989)

Braden Holtby

b. 1989

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1989)

Notable Deaths

Robert Redford

d. 2025

American actor and director (1936–2025)

Song Binbin

d. 2024

Chinese revolutionary (1947–2024)

Jane Powell

d. 2021

American actress (1929–2021)

Clive Sinclair

d. 2021

English entrepreneur and inventor (1940–2021)

Maxim Martsinkevich

d. 2020

Russian neo-Nazi activist (1984–2020)

H. S. Dillon

d. 2019

Indonesian politician (1945–2019)

James B. Thayer

d. 2018

United States Army general (1922–2018)

Marcelo Rezende

d. 2017

Brazilian journalist and television presenter (1951–2017)

Arjan Singh

d. 2017

Marshal of the Indian Air Force

Tarık Akan

d. 2016

Turkish actor and film producer

Edward Albee

d. 2016

American playwright (1928–2016)

Gabriele Amorth

d. 2016

Italian Roman Catholic priest and exorcist

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

d. 2016

President of Italy from 1999 to 2006

W. P. Kinsella

d. 2016

Canadian author (1935–2016)

António Mascarenhas Monteiro

d. 2016

President of Cape Verde from 1991 to 2001

Guy Béart

d. 2015

French singer and songwriter

Julien J. LeBourgeois

d. 2012

Friedrich Zimmermann

d. 2012

German politician (1925–2012)

Willie "Big Eyes" Smith

d. 2011

American blues vocalist, harmonica player and drummer (1936–2011)

George N. Parks

d. 2010

American conductor

On This Day in History

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2022

During the Let Yet Kone massacre, the Burmese military kills 13 villagers, including eight children, after attacking a school in Sagaing Region, Myanmar.

Let Yet Kone massacre

2022

The death of Mahsa Amini occurred in Tehran, Iran, sparking worldwide protests.

Death of Mahsa Amini

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2021

A 6.0 Mw  earthquake strikes Lu County, Sichuan, China, killing three and injuring more than 88.

2021 Luxian earthquake

2021

Inspiration4, the first private orbital crewed spaceflight, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center.

Inspiration4

2015

A 8.3 Mw  earthquake strikes the Chilean city of Illapel, killing 15 people, injuring at least 34, leaving at least six missing, and causing extensive damage. One person also dies in Argentina.

2015 Illapel earthquake

2014

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces.

Siege of Kobanî

2013

A gunman kills twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.

Washington Navy Yard shooting

2007

One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269 carrying 130 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand, killing 90 people.

One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269

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2007

Security guards working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad.

Nisour Square massacre

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2005

The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.

Camorra

2004

Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane.

Hurricane Ivan

1996

Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-79 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.

Space Shuttle Atlantis

1994

The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988.

1988–1994 British broadcasting voice restrictions

1992

The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering.

Manuel Noriega

1992

Black Wednesday: The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.

Black Wednesday

1990

The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.

Dostyk