What are the important events that happened on September 16? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

September 16: Facts & Myths About This Day

September 16 is the 260^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 106 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 3, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,774,080 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectahexacontagon’ day.

Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 135 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,287 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 16 Historical Events

• 1795 –
  The first occupation by United Kingdom of Cape Colony, South Africa with the Battle of Hout Bay, after successive victories at the Battle of Muizenberg and Wynberg, after William V requested protection against revolutionary France’s occupation of the Netherlands.
• 1812 –
  The Fire of Moscow (1812) begins shortly after midnight and destroys three quarters of the city days later.
• 1908 –
  The General Motors Corporation is founded.
• 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 and 400 injured.
• 1975 –
  The Cape Verde Islands, Mozambique, and Sao Tome and Principe join the United Nations.
• 1975 –
  The first prototype of the MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
• 1978 –
  An earthquake measuring 7.5 to 7.9 on the Richter scale hits the city of Tabas, Iran killing about 25,000 people.
• 1990 –
  The railroad between the People’s Republic of China and Kazakhstan becomes complete at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.
• 2005 –
  The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro gets arrested in Naples, Italy.
• 2007 –
  One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.

Who were born on September 16?

• 1880 –
  Alfred Noyes, English poet (d. 1958)
• 1898 –
  H.A. Rey, American children’s author (d. 1977)
• 1911 –
  Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist (d. 1983)
• 1946 –
  Cathee Dahmen, American fashion model (d. 1997)
• 1955 –
  Robin Yount, American baseball player
• 1959 –
  Tim Raines, American baseball player
• 1960 –
  Yianna Katsoulos, French singer
• 1979 –
  Bobby Korecky, American baseball player
• 1989 –
  Dustin Tokarski, Canadian ice hockey goalie
• 2005 –
  Princess Jalilah bint Ali of Jordan

Who died on September 16?

• 307 –
  Severus II, Roman Emperor
• 827 –
  Pope Valentine
• 1736 –
  Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist (b. 1686)
• 1782 –
  Farinelli, Italian castrato singer (b. 1705)
• 1865 –
  Christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (b. 1792)
• 1975 –
  Irene Hayes, Ziegfeld girl and businesswoman (b. 1896)
• 1978 –
  Lavrentis Dianellos, Greek actor (b. 1911)
• 1984 –
  Louis Réard, French designer of the bikini (b. 1897)
• 1991 –
  Carol White, British actress (b. 1943)
• 2003 –
  Sheb Wooley, singer and actor (b. 1921)