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What happened in history on this day: September 16?
On September 16 in ...
- 1782 - Great Seal of US used for first time.
- 1862 - CSA General Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, Kentucky, USA.
- 1887 - The first game of softball is played in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- 1893 - Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opened to white settlement homesteaders.
- 1908 - General Motors is founded by William C Durant.
- 1915 - US takes control of customs and finances of Haiti for ten years.
- 1919 - American Legion incorporated by an act of US Congress.
- 1940 - Samuel T Rayburn of Texas elected speaker of the US House of Representatives.
- 1944 - Adolf Hitler meets with military advisors at Wolfsschanze in East Prussia. Hitler announces he will launch an offensive through the Ardennes, with objective being Antwerp, Belgium. The idea is to isolate the British, Canadian, and two American armies in the north, and force their surrender. The reduced strength of the US might then cause them to make peace, fearful of communist Soviet Union.
- 1955 - US Auto Club forms to oversee four major auto racing categories.
- 1966 - Metropolitan Opera opens at New York's Lincoln Center.
- 1971 - Six Klansmen arrested in connection with bombing of ten school buses.
- 1974 - US President Gerald Ford announces conditional amnesty for American Vietnam War deserters.
- 1985 - Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs resigns as chairman of Apple Computer.
- 1990 - Iraq televises an 8-minute uncensored speech from US President George Bush.
- 1996 - Microsoft unveils Windows CE operating system for handheld computers. Code-name of the project was Pegasus. "CE" stands for Consumer Electronics.
- 1996 - The Space Shuttle STS 79 (Atlantis 17) launches into space.
- 2004 - The US Mint unveils the design of a new 5-cent coin showing a close-up of Thomas Jefferson, and two new reverse designs commemorating the Lewis and Clark expedition.
- 2004 - Hurricane Ivan strikes Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 3 storm, killing 25 in Alabama and Florida, becoming the third costliest hurricane in American history.
- 2008 - The U.S. House of Representatives passes legislation lifting a ban on offshore oil drilling, opening most of the U.S. coastline to exploration.
- 2008 - The U.S. Federal Reserve Board announces the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will lend up to US$85 billion to the American International Group, and the U.S. government will receive a 79.9 percent equity interest in AIG.
- 2019 - United Auto Workers stages a strike of workers at automobile plants in North America.
- 2020 - Hurricane Sally makes landfall on the Alabama coast as a high-end Category 2 hurricane, causing over $8 billion in damages and killing 8 people.
Births on September 16
- 1895 - Birth of Charles W Bidwill in Chicago, Illinois, USA; NFL hall of famer (Chicago Cardinals).
- 1912 - Birth of Jerry Wald in New York City, New York, USA; producer (Mildred Pierce, Johnny Belinda).
- 1914 - Birth of Allen Funt in Brooklyn, New York, USA; TV host and creator (Candid Camera).
- 1915 - Birth of Cy Walter in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; pianist (Three's Company).
- 1922 - Birth of Janis Paige in Tacoma, Washington, USA; actress (Lanigan's Rabbi, Trapper John MD).
- 1924 - Birth of Lauren Bacall in Staten Island, New York, USA; actress (Dark Passage, Key Largo).
- 1925 - Birth of B(lues) B(oy) King in Itta Bena, Mississippi, USA; blues singer ("The Thrill is Gone").
- 1927 - Birth of Jack Kelly in Astoria, Queens, New York, USA; actor (Bart - Maverick, Get Christie Love).
- 1927 - Birth of Peter Falk in Ossining, New York, USA; actor (Colombo, Scared Straight).
- 1932 - Birth of Anne Francis in Ossining, New York, USA; actress (Honey West, Pancho Villa).
- 1933 - Birth of George Chakiris in Norwood, Ohio, USA; actor (West Side Story).
- 1941 - Birth of Jim McBride in New York City, New York, USA; director/actor (Hot Times, Breathless, Big Easy).
- 1942 - Birth of Linda G Miller, New York City, New York, USA; actress (Night of the Juggler, Mississippi).
- 1949 - Birth of Ed Begley Junior in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Eating Raoul, St. Elsewhere, Parenthood).
- 1949 - Birth of Susan Ruttan in Oregon City, Oregon, USA; actress (Roxanne - L.A. Law).
- 1953 - Birth of Jerry Pate in Macon, Georgia, USA; PGA golfer (US Open 1976, Canadian Open 1976).
- 1956 - Birth of Kevin R Kregel in New York City, New York, USA; pilot/astronaut.
- 1958 - Birth of Jennifer Tilly in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Let it Ride, Off Beat, Psycho II).
- 1963 - Birth of Richard Marx in Chicago, Illinois, USA; rocker ("Hold on to the Night").
- 1964 - Birth of David Michael Sabo in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA; rocker (Skid Row - "Psycho Love").
- 1965 - Birth of Katy Kurtzman in Washington DC; actress (Lindsay - Dynasty).
- 1969 - Birth of Kathi Wolfgram in Minneapolis, USA; rocker (Jets - You Got it All).
- 1971 - Birth of Charlie Fields in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Shannon).
- 1987 - Birth of Anthony Padilla; American comedian and co-founder of Smosh.
Deaths on September 16
- 1977 - Maria Callas, American-born prima donna, dies in Paris, France at age 53.
- 2016 - Death of Edward Albee, American playwright (born 1928).
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