Historical Events In September - 16

1953  On September - 16 colin G Fink, US chemist (electro-chemistry), dies   

1954  On this day in history cKLW TV channel 9 in Windsor, ON (CBC) begins broadcasting   

1955  On this day in history bauer & Berra homer in 9th beating Red Sox 5-4 taking over 1st   

1955  On this day in history leopold C M S Amery, Brit minister of Colonies (India), dies at 81   

1956  Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Clock Golf Open on September - 16.   

1957  On this day in history coup in Thailand (Premier Songgram deposed)   

1957  On this day in history ch'i Pai-shih, traditional Chinese painter, dies at 93   

1959  President De Gaulle recognizes Algerian right of self determination on this day in history.   

1961  On September - 16 a P F Chapman, cricketer (26 Tests for England), dies   

1962  Public TV channel 13 begins in NYC on September - 16.   

1962  Saif al-Islam Achmad, monarch of Yemen, dies at about 71 on September - 16.   

1963  On this day in history "Outer Limits" premiers on TV   

1963  Malaysia formed from Malaya, Singapore, Br. N. Borneo & Sarawak on September - 16.   

1963  Malaysian independence on September - 16.   

1964  On September - 16 "Shindig" premiers   

1964  On this day in history leo Weismantel, German writer (Das Totenliebespar), dies at 76   

1966  Metropolitan Opera opens at NY's Lincoln Center on September - 16.   

1968  Richard Nixon appears on "Laugh-in" on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history six Klansmen arrested in connection with bombing of 10 school buses   

1971  On September - 16 ferdinand LR Sassen, priest/philosopher (Descartes), dies at 77   

1972  On this day in history first TV series about mixed marriage-Bridgit Loves Bernie   

1972  Penny Marshall appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Fly Unfriendly Skies" on this day in history.   

1973  Buff Bill OJ Simpson rushes 250 yards (2 TDs), beating NE Pats 31-13 on September - 16.   

1973  Frederic Meyer, actor (Faraway Hill), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1974  On September - 16 bART begins regular transbay service   

1974  On September - 16 pres Ford announces conditional amnesty for US, Vietnam War deserters   

1975  Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day) on September - 16.   

1975  On September - 16 papua New Guinea independence   

1976  Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests & bishop on this day in history.   

1977  On September - 16 90 minute pilot of "Logan's Run" premiers on TV   

1977  Ringo releases "Drowning in the Sea of Love" on this day in history.   

1977  On September - 16 marc Bolan, rock vocalist/guitarist (T Rex), dies in a car crash at 29   

1978  On September - 16 25,000 die in 7.7 earthquake in Iran   

1979  Nur Mohammed Taraki, president of Afghanistan (1978-79), killed on September - 16.   

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0016  On September - 16 birth of drusilla, daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder (d. 38)   

1098  Hildegard of Bingen, German magistra and the first composer whose biography is known (d. 1179) was born on this day in history.   

1386  On this day in history birth of traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist//sciencist/general   

1387  On this day in history birth of henry V, king of England (1413-22)   

1507  On this day in history birth of jiajing, Emperor of China (d. 1567)   

1547  On this day in history birth of abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak Faizi, Persian-Dutch East Indies poet   

1557  On September - 16 birth of jacques Mauduit, composer   

1574  On September - 16 birth of samuel Coster, Dutch physician/playwright (Polyxena)   

0096  Death of Titus Flavius Domitianus, emperor of Rome (81-96), murdered at 45 on this day in history.   

0655  Martinus I, bannished Pope (649-53), dies on September - 16.   

0827  Death of Pope Valentine on September - 16.   

1087  Victor III, [Dauferio/Desiderius], Italian Pope (1086-87), dies on September - 16.   

1100  Death of Bernold of Constance, German chronicler (b. 1054) on this day in history.   

1345  Death of John IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1295) on September - 16.   

1380  On this day in history charles V, the Wise, King of France (1364-80), dies   

1394  On this day in history clement VII, [Robert de Geneve], Pope (1378-94), dies