Editing September 16

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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[681]] &ndash; [[Pope Honorius I]] is posthumously [[Excommunication|excommunicated]] by the [[Third Council of Constantinople|Sixth Ecumenical Council]].
*[[1400]] &ndash; [[Owain Glyndŵr]] is declared [[Prince of Wales]] by his followers.

===1601–1900===
*[[1620]] &ndash; [[Pilgrim Fathers|Pilgrims]] set sail for Virginia from Plymouth, England in the ''[[Mayflower]]''.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=238|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> 
*[[1701]] &ndash; [[James Francis Edward Stuart]], sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the [[Jacobitism|Jacobite claimant]] to the thrones of England and Scotland.
*[[1732]] &ndash; In [[Campo Maior, Portugal]], a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two-thirds of its inhabitants.
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The [[Battle of Harlem Heights]] is fought.
*[[1779]] &ndash; American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American [[Siege of Savannah]] begins.
*[[1810]] &ndash; With the ''[[Grito de Dolores]],'' Father [[Miguel Hidalgo]] begins [[Mexican War of Independence|Mexico's fight for independence from Spain]].
*[[1822]] &ndash; French physicist [[Augustin-Jean Fresnel]], in a "note" read to the [[French Academy of Sciences|Academy of Sciences]],<!-- signed 8 September, read 16 September --> reports a direct refraction experiment verifying [[David Brewster]]'s hypothesis that [[photoelasticity]] (as it is now known) is stress-induced [[birefringence]].<ref name=fresnel-1822s>A. Fresnel, "Note sur la double réfraction du verre comprimé" (read 16&nbsp;September 1822), ''Annales de Chimie et de Physique'', Ser.&nbsp;2, vol.&nbsp;20, pp.&nbsp;376–83 (nominally for August 1822); reprinted in H.&nbsp;de Senarmont, E.&nbsp;Verdet, and L.&nbsp;Fresnel (eds.), ''Oeuvres complètes d'Augustin Fresnel'', vol.&nbsp;1 (1866), [https://books.google.com/books?id=1l0_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA713 pp.&nbsp;713–18]; translated as "Note on the double refraction of compressed glass", {{Zenodo|4706834}}, 2021 (open&nbsp;access).</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Robert College]], in [[Istanbul]], the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by [[Christopher Robert]], an American philanthropist.
*[[1880]] &ndash; ''[[The Cornell Daily Sun]]'' prints its first issue in [[Ithaca, New York]]. 
*[[1893]] &ndash; Settlers make a [[Land Run of 1893|land run]] for prime land in the [[Cherokee Outlet|Cherokee Strip]] in [[Oklahoma]].

===1901–present===
*[[1908]] &ndash; The [[General Motors Corporation]] is founded.
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[Siege of Przemyśl]] (present-day Poland) begins.
*[[1920]] &ndash; The [[Wall Street bombing]]: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Italian troops [[Italian invasion of Egypt|conquer Sidi Barrani]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: The [[10th Army (Wehrmacht)|German Tenth Army]] reports that it can no longer contain the [[Operation Avalanche|Allied bridgehead around Salerno]].
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Japanese occupation of Hong Kong]] comes to an end.
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[American Airlines Flight 723]] crashes in [[Colonie, New York]], killing 28 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Convair CV-240-0 N94255 Albany Airport, NY (ALB) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19530916-0 |access-date=September 15, 2022 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; The military coup to unseat President [[Juan Perón]] of Argentina is launched at midnight.
*  1955   &ndash; A Soviet [[Zulu-class submarine]] becomes the first to launch a [[R-11 Zemlya|ballistic missile]]. 
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[TCN|TCN-9 Sydney]] is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
*[[1959]] &ndash; The first successful photocopier, the [[Xerox 914]], is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
*[[1961]] &ndash; The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of [[Hurricane Esther]]. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to [[Project Stormfury]].
*  1961   &ndash; [[Typhoon Nancy (1961)|Typhoon Nancy]], with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in [[Osaka]], Japan, killing 173 people.
*  1961   &ndash; Pakistan establishes its [[Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission]] with [[Abdus Salam]] as its head.
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Malaysia]] is formed from the [[Federation of Malaya]], [[Crown Colony of Singapore|Singapore]], [[Crown Colony of North Borneo|North Borneo]] ([[Sabah]]) and [[Crown Colony of Sarawak|Sarawak]]. However, Singapore is soon expelled from this new country.
*[[1966]] &ndash; The [[Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center)|Metropolitan Opera House]] opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera ''[[Antony and Cleopatra (1966 opera)|Antony and Cleopatra]]''.
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Hussein of Jordan|King Hussein]] of [[Jordan]] declares war against the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]], the conflict came to be known as [[Black September]].
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Papua New Guinea]] gains independence from Australia.
*  1975   &ndash; [[Cape Verde]], [[Mozambique]], and [[São Tomé and Príncipe]] join the United Nations.
*  1975   &ndash; The first prototype of the [[Mikoyan MiG-31]] interceptor makes its maiden flight.
*[[1976]] &ndash; Armenian champion swimmer [[Shavarsh Karapetyan]] saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a [[Yerevan]] reservoir.
*[[1978]] &ndash; The 7.4 {{M|w}} [[1978 Tabas earthquake|Tabas earthquake]] affects the city of [[Tabas]], Iran with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''). At least 15,000 people are killed.
*[[1979]] &ndash; Eight people [[East German balloon escape|escape from East Germany]] to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[1982 Lebanon War|Lebanon War]]: The [[Sabra and Shatila massacre]] in Lebanon takes place.
*[[1987]] &ndash; The [[Montreal Protocol]] is signed to protect the ozone layer from [[Ozone depletion|depletion]].
*[[1990]] &ndash; 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]].
*[[1992]] &ndash; 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.
*  1992   &ndash; [[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.
*[[1994]] &ndash; The British government lifts the [[1988–1994 British broadcasting voice restrictions|broadcasting ban]] imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988.
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] is launched on [[STS-79]] to dock to the Russian space station ''[[Mir]]''.<ref name="STS-79(79)">{{cite web |title=STS-79 (79) |url=http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-79/mission-sts-79.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518135705/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-79/mission-sts-79.html |archive-date=May 18, 2007 |access-date=December 20, 2011 |publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Hurricane Ivan]] makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a [[Category 3 hurricane]].
*[[2005]] &ndash; The [[Camorra]] organized crime boss [[Paolo Di Lauro]] is arrested in Naples, Italy.
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269]] carrying 130 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand, killing 90 people.
*  2007   &ndash; Security guards working for Blackwater Worldwide [[Nisour Square massacre|shoot and kill]] 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad.
*[[2013]] &ndash; A gunman [[Washington Navy Yard shooting|kills twelve people]] at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Starr|first1=Barbara|last2=Shoichet|first2=Catherine E.|last3=Brown|first3=Pamela|title=12 victims slain in Navy Yard shooting rampage; dead suspect ID'd|work=CNN|date=September 16, 2013|accessdate=September 16, 2023|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/16/us/dc-navy-yard-gunshots/index.html}}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its [[Siege of Kobanî|Kobani offensive]] against Syrian–Kurdish forces.
*[[2015]] &ndash; A 8.3 {{M|w}} [[2015 Illapel earthquake|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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=M 8.3 – 48 km W of Illapel, Chile |url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20003k7a/executive|access-date=September 10, 2022|website=earthquake.usgs.gov|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; Five months before the [[2020 stock market crash|COVID-19 stock market crash]], an overnight spike in lending rates in the United States prompts the [[Federal Reserve]] to conduct operations in the [[repo market]].
*[[2021]] &ndash; A 6.0 {{M|w}} [[2021 Luxian earthquake|earthquake strikes Lu County]], Sichuan, China, killing three and injuring more than 88.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 16, 2021|title=Earthquake shakes China's Sichuan province, killing 3 and injuring 88 |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3148919/earthquake-shakes-chinas-sichuan-province-killing-2-and|access-date=September 19, 2021|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; During the [[Let Yet Kone massacre]], the [[Tatmadaw|Burmese military]] kills 13 villagers, including eight children, after attacking a school in [[Sagaing Region]], [[Myanmar]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=November 23, 2022 |title=The Tabayin School Attack |url=https://www.myanmarwitness.org/reports/the-tabayin-school-attack |access-date=March 2, 2023 |website=Myanmar Witness |language=en}}</ref>
*  2022   &ndash; The [[death of Mahsa Amini]] occurred, which sparked worldwide [[Mahsa Amini protests|protests]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-09-16 |title=Fury in Iran as young woman dies following morality police arrest |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-62930425 |access-date=2022-12-11}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 16]] &ndash; [[Julia Drusilla]], Roman daughter of [[Germanicus]] (d. 38)
* [[508]] &ndash; [[Emperor Yuan of Liang|Yuan Di]], emperor of the [[Liang dynasty]] (d. 555)
*[[1295]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth de Clare]], English noblewoman (d. 1360)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Legacy of the de Lacy, Lacey, Lacy Family, 1066–1994|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rKAKXWXIa9gC&pg=PA59|year=1994|publisher=Gerry Lacey|pages=59}}</ref>
*[[1386]] &ndash; [[Henry V of England]] (d. 1422)<ref>{{cite book |last=Curry |date=2013 |first=A. |section=The Making of a Prince: The Finances of 'the young lord Henry', 1386–1400 |editor=Gwilym Dodd |title=Henry V: New Interpretations |publisher=York Medieval Press |isbn=978-1-903153-46-8 |page=11 |author-link=Anne Curry}}</ref>
*[[1462]] &ndash; [[Pietro Pomponazzi]], Italian philosopher (d. 1525)<ref>{{cite book|author=Martin L. Pine|title=Pietro Pomponazzi: Radical Philosopher of the Renaissance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y8vWAAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Antenore|page=48|isbn=9788884554024}}</ref>
*[[1507]] &ndash; [[Jiajing Emperor]] of China (d. 1567)
*[[1541]] &ndash; [[Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex]], English nobleman (d. 1576)
*[[1557]] &ndash; [[Jacques Mauduit]], French composer (d. 1627)

===1601–1900===
*[[1615]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Bach]], German organist and composer (d. 1692)
*[[1625]] &ndash; [[Gregorio Barbarigo]], Roman Catholic saint (d. 1697)
*[[1651]] &ndash; [[Engelbert Kaempfer]], German physician and botanist (d. 1716)
*[[1666]] &ndash; [[Antoine Parent]], French mathematician and theorist (d. 1716)
*[[1678]] &ndash; [[Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke]], English philosopher and politician, [[Secretary of State for the Southern Department]] (d. 1751)
*[[1716]] &ndash; [[Angelo Maria Amorevoli]], Italian tenor and actor (d. 1798)
*[[1722]] &ndash; [[Gabriel Christie (British Army officer)|Gabriel Christie]], Scottish-Canadian general (d. 1799)
*[[1725]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Desmarest]], French geologist, zoologist, and author (d. 1815)
*[[1745]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Kutuzov]], Russian field marshal (d. 1813)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Grossman |first1=Mark |title=World Military Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary |date=2007 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-0-8160-7477-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QSJoaugn2h8C&q=Mikhail+Kutuzov+Saint+Petersburg+16+September+1745&pg=PA187 |access-date=September 5, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[Nathan Mayer Rothschild]], German-English banker and financier (d. 1836)
*[[1782]] &ndash; [[Daoguang Emperor]] of China (d. 1850)
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint]], Dutch novelist (d. 1886)<ref>{{cite book|first=Lia|last=Van Gemert|title=Women's Writing from the Low Countries 1200–1875: A Bilingual Anthology|location=Amsterdam|publisher=Amsterdam University Press|year=2011|page=528|isbn=978-9-08964-129-8}}</ref>
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Charles Crocker]], American businessman (d. 1888)<ref name="CCObit1888">{{cite news|title=Obituary. Charles Crocker|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1888/08/15/archives/obituary-1-no-title.html|access-date=4 April 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=15 August 1888}}</ref>
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Francis Parkman]], American historian and author (d. 1893)
*  1823   &ndash; [[Ludwik Teichmann]], Polish anatomist (d. 1895)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.khm.cm-uj.krakow.pl/historia-wydzialow-lekarskich-w-polsce/#|title=Ludwik Karol Teichmann|website=khm.cm-uj.krakow.pl|language=pl|access-date=August 20, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[Jean Albert Gaudry]], French geologist and paleontologist (d. 1908)
*[[1828]] &ndash; [[Per Pålsson]], Swedish murderer (d. 1914)
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Patrick Francis Moran]], Irish-Australian cardinal (d. 1911)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Pedro V of Portugal]] (d. 1861)
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[James J. Hill]], Canadian-American railroad executive (d. 1916)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Paul Taffanel]], French flute player and conductor (d. 1908)
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Anna Kingsford]], English author, poet, and activist (d. 1888)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Albrecht Kossel]], German physician and biochemist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1927)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Edward Marshall Hall]], English lawyer and politician (d. 1927)
*  1858   &ndash; [[Bonar Law]], Canadian-Scottish banker and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1923)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Yuan Shikai]], Chinese general and politician, [[President of the Republic of China]] (d. 1916)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Miriam Benjamin]], African-American educator and inventor (d. 1947)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Georg Voigt (politician)|Georg Voigt]], German lawyer and politician, [[List of mayors of Marburg|Mayor of Marburg]] (d. 1927)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[John Pius Boland]], Irish tennis player and politician (d. 1958)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[James Cash Penney]], American businessman and philanthropist, founded [[J. C. Penney]] (d. 1971)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Marvin Hart]], American boxer (d. 1931)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Jacob Schick]], American-Canadian inventor and businessman, founded [[Schick (razors)|Schick Razors]] (d. 1937)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Karl Albiker]], German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (d. 1961)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Clara Ayres]], American nurse (d. 1917)
*  1880   &ndash; [[Alfred Noyes]], English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1958)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Clive Bell]], English philosopher and critic (d. 1964)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[T. E. Hulme]], English poet and critic (d. 1917)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Jean Arp]], Alsatian sculptor and painter (d. 1966)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Nadia Boulanger]], French composer and educator (d. 1979)<ref>{{cite book|first=Peter|last=Lavezzoli|title=The Dawn of Indian Music in the West|location=London|publisher=Continuum|year=2007|isbn=978-0-82642-819-6|page=126}}</ref>
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[W. O. Bentley]], English race car driver and engineer, founded [[Bentley|Bentley Motors Limited]] (d. 1971)
*  1888   &ndash; [[Frans Eemil Sillanpää]], Finnish author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1964)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Avigdor Hameiri]], Israeli author (d. 1970)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Karl Dönitz]], German admiral and politician, [[List of German presidents|President of Germany]] (d. 1980)
*  1891   &ndash; [[Stephanie von Hohenlohe]], Austrian-German spy (d. 1972)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Alexander Korda]], Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1956)
*  1893   &ndash; [[Albert Szent-Györgyi]], Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1986)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Albert Szent-Györgyi: Facts |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1937/szent-gyorgyi/facts/ |access-date=January 5, 2025 |website=The Nobel Prize}}</ref>
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Zainal Abidin Ahmad (writer)|Zainal Abidin Ahmad]], Malaysian author and scholar (d. 1973)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Milt Franklyn]], American composer (d. 1962)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[H. A. Rey]], American author and illustrator, co-created ''[[Curious George]]'' (d. 1977)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Hans Swarowsky]], Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator (d. 1975)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Josef Schächter]], Austrian rabbi and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1994)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Vladimír Holan]], Czech poet and author (d. 1980)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Jack Churchill]], Sri Lankan-British colonel (d. 1996)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Erich Kempka]], German colonel and chauffeur (d. 1975)
*  1910   &ndash; [[Karl Kling]], German race car driver and manager (d. 2003)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Wilfred Burchett]], Australian journalist and author (d. 1983)
*  1911   &ndash; [[Paul Henning]], American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Allen Funt]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Cy Walter]], American pianist (d. 1968)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw]], Caribbean politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis]] (d. 1978)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Frank Farrell (rugby league)|Frank Farrell]], Australian rugby league player and policeman (d. 1985)  
*  1916   &ndash; [[M. S. Subbulakshmi]], Indian [[Carnatic region|Carnatic]] vocalist (d. 2004) 
*  1916   &ndash; [[Frank Leslie Walcott]], Barbadian cricketer, umpire, and politician (d. 1999)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Marie Vieux-Chauvet]], Haitian writer (d. 1973)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJm4PX7JBFXhmpP7vGdJDq.html |title=Marie Vieux-Chauvet|website=[[WorldCat]]|access-date=June 10, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-date=June 10, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610111002/https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJm4PX7JBFXhmpP7vGdJDq.html}}</ref>
*  1916   &ndash; [[Raosaheb Gogte]], Indian industrialist (d. 2000)<ref>{{cite book|title=Gogte [[Kulavruttanta]]|publisher=Gogte Committee|year=2006|location=[[Pune]]|pages=445|language=mr|trans-title=The Gogte Family Genealogy Almanac|chapter=Belgav Gharana, Dusra|trans-chapter=The 2nd [[Noble house (term)|House]] of [[Belgaum]]}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Władysław Kędra]], Polish pianist (d. 1968)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Bill Daley (American football)|Bill Daley]], American football player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
*  1919   &ndash; [[Laurence J. Peter]], Canadian-American hierarchiologist and educator (d. 1990)
*  1919   &ndash; [[Andy Russell (singer)|Andy Russell]], American singer and actor (d. 1992) 
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Staryl C. Austin]], American air force general (d. 2015)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Sheila Quinn]], English nurse and educator (d. 2016)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Art Sansom]], American cartoonist (d. 1991)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Ursula Franklin]], German-Canadian [[Metallurgy|metallurgist]] (d. 2016)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Jon Hendricks]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2017)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Korla Pandit]], American pianist and composer (d. 1998)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Guy Hamilton]], French-English director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Janis Paige]], American actress and singer (d. 2024)<ref name="AP" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gates |first=Anita |date=2024-06-03 |title=Janis Paige, Star of Broadway's 'The Pajama Game,' Is Dead at 101 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/theater/janis-paige-dead.html |access-date=2024-06-04 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Lee Kuan Yew]], Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Singapore]] (d. 2015)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Lauren Bacall]], American actress (d. 2014)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Sept. 16: Nick Jonas, Mickey Rourke |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/09/16/Famous-birthdays-for-Sept-16-Nick-Jonas-Mickey-Rourke/3271663197940/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=14 September 2023 |date=16 September 2022}}</ref>
*  1924  &ndash; [[Raoul Coutard]], French cinematographer and director (d. 2016)<ref name="Williams 2016 h616">{{cite web | last=Williams | first=James S | title=Raoul Coutard obituary | website=the Guardian | date=2016-11-09 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/nov/09/raoul-coutard-obituary | access-date=2024-03-21}}</ref>
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Charlie Byrd]], American singer and guitarist (d. 1999)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Charles Haughey]], Irish accountant, lawyer, and politician, 7th [[Taoiseach|Taoiseach of Ireland]] (d. 2006)
*  1925   &ndash; [[B.B. King]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2015)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Eric Gross]], Austrian-Australian pianist and composer (d. 2011)
*  1926   &ndash; [[John Knowles]], American novelist (d. 2001)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Roger McKee]], American baseball player (d. 2014)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Robert Schuller|Robert H. Schuller]], American pastor and author (d. 2015)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Peter Falk]], American actor (d. 2011)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1927   &ndash; [[Jack Kelly (actor)|Jack Kelly]], American actor and politician (d. 1992)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1927   &ndash; [[Sadako Ogata]], Japanese academic and diplomat, [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] (d. 2019)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Rex Trailer]], American television host, actor, and singer (d. 2013)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Lady Gwen Thompson]], English author and educator (d. 1986)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Patricia Wald]], American judge (d. 2019)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar]], last sultan of Zanzibar
*  1929   &ndash; [[Stan Stephens]], Canadian-American politician, 20th [[Governor of Montana]] (d. 2021)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Anne Francis]], American actress (d. 2011)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[K. D. Arulpragasam]], Sri Lankan zoologist and academic (d. 2003)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Little Willie Littlefield]], American-Dutch singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2013)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[George Chakiris]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1932   &ndash; [[Micky Stewart]], English cricketer and coach
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Steve Shirley]], German-English businesswoman and philanthropist, founded [[Xansa]]
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Elgin Baylor]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2021)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1934   &ndash; [[Ronnie Drew]], Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist  (d. 2008)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Carl Andre]], American sculptor (d. 2024) 
*  1935   &ndash; [[Billy Boy Arnold]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1935   &ndash; [[Jules Bass]], American director, producer, composer, and author (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jules Bass, Producer Behind the 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' and 'Frosty the Snowman' TV Specials, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jules-bass-dead-frosty-the-snowman-1235248424/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=October 25, 2022 |access-date=October 28, 2022}}</ref>
*  1935   &ndash; [[Lilia Cuntapay]], Filipino actress (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/08/20/16/horror-queen-lilia-cuntapay-yumao-na|title='Horror Queen' Lilia Cuntapay, yumao na|language=fil|access-date=October 28, 2022|date=August 20, 2016|work=ABS-CBN News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=GMA News |url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/578328/showbiz/lilia-cuntapay-of-phl-horror-film-series-dies-at-80 |title=Lilia Cuntapay of PHL horror film series dies at 80 |publisher=GMA Network |access-date=October 28, 2022 |date=August 20, 2016}}</ref>
*  1935   &ndash; [[Bob Kiley]], American-English businessman (d. 2016)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Esther Vilar]], Argentinian-German author and playwright<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www1.wdr.de/stichtag/stichtag-esther-vilar-100.html|title=Stichtag – 16. September 1935 – Geburtstag von Esther Vilar|date=September 16, 2020|website=www1.wdr.de}}</ref>
*  1935   &ndash; [[Helen Williams (model)|Helen Williams]], American fashion model (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/02/fashion/helen-williams-dead.html|title=Helen Williams, Top Model in a Segregated Era, Is Dead at 87|last=Green|first=Penelope|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 2, 2023|access-date=November 5, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Aleksandr Medved]], Russian wrestler (d. 2024)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Vince Naimoli]], American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2019)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Breyten Breytenbach]], South African-French poet and painter (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 24, 2024 |title=Le peintre et poète sud-africain Breyten Breytenbach est mort |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/culture/20241124-le-peintre-et-po%C3%A8te-sud-africain-breyten-breytenbach-est-mort?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=x&utm_source=shorty&utm_slink=rfi.my/BA5C |access-date=November 25, 2024 |website=[[Radio France Internationale]] |language=fr}}</ref>
*  1939   &ndash; [[Bill McGill]], American basketball player (d. 2014)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Hamiet Bluiett]], American jazz saxophonist and composer (d. 2018)
*  1940 &ndash; [[Butch Buchholz]], American tennis player
*  1940 – [[Paul White, Baron Hanningfield]], British life peer (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Essex council leader Lord Hanningfield dies |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5z519nyrvo |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Joe Butler]], American singer, [[autoharp]] player, and drummer
*  1941   &ndash; [[Richard Perle]], American political scientist and politician
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Bernie Calvert]], English bass player and keyboard player 
*  1942   &ndash; [[Susan L. Graham]], American computer scientist and academic
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Wang Houjun]], Chinese footballer and manager (d. 2012)
*  1943   &ndash; [[James Alan McPherson]],  American short story writer and essayist (d. 2016)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Linda Kaye Henning]], American actress
*  1944   &ndash; [[Betty Kelly]], American soul/R&B singer<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Sonny LeMaire]], American country music singer-songwriter and bass player
*  1946   &ndash; [[Mike Reynolds (Australian politician)|Mike Reynolds]], Australian lawyer and politician
*  1946   &ndash; [[Camilo Sesto]], Spanish singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2019)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Dusty Hughes (playwright)|Dusty Hughes]], English director and playwright
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Ron Blair]], American bass player 
*  1948   &ndash; [[Rosemary Casals]], American tennis player and sportscaster
*  1948   &ndash; [[Julia Donaldson]], English author and playwright
*  1948   &ndash; [[Kenney Jones]], English drummer<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1948   &ndash; [[Susan Ruttan]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Ed Begley Jr.]], American actor and environmental activist<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for September 16, 2022 includes celebrities Molly Shannon, Richard Marx |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/09/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-september-16-2022-includes-celebrities-molly-shannon-richard-marx.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=14 September 2023 |date=16 September 2022}}</ref>   
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[The Bellamy Brothers|David Bellamy]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1950   &ndash; [[Henry Louis Gates Jr.]], American historian, scholar, and journalist
*  1950   &ndash; [[Loyd Grossman]], American-English singer, guitarist, and television host
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Vince Bell]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1951   &ndash; [[Andy Irvine (rugby union)|Andy Irvine]], Scottish rugby player and coach
*  1951   &ndash; [[Cornelius Sim]], Bruneian cardinal<ref>{{cite web |title=SIM Card. Cornelius |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_sim_c.html |access-date=14 January 2023 |work=Holy See Press Office |archive-date=29 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129021843/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_sim_c.html |url-status=live }}</ref> (d. 2021)
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Tony Cunningham (politician)|Tony Cunningham]], English educator and politician
*  1952   &ndash; [[Česlovas Laurinavičius]], Lithuanian historian
*  1952   &ndash; [[Karen Muir]], South African swimmer and physician (d. 2013)
*  1952   &ndash; [[Mickey Rourke]], American boxer and actor<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1953   &ndash; [[Kurt Fuller]], American character actor
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Alan Barton]], English singer and guitarist (d. 1995)
*  1953   &ndash; [[Nancy Huston]], Canadian-American author and translator
*  1953   &ndash; [[Earl Klugh]], American musician<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1953   &ndash; [[Mark Malloch Brown, Baron Malloch-Brown]], English journalist and politician, 2nd [[Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations]]
*  1953   &ndash; [[Jerry Pate]], American golfer and sportscaster
*  1953   &ndash; [[Manuel Pellegrini]], Chilean footballer and manager
*  1953   &ndash; [[Christopher Rich (actor)|Christopher Rich]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1953   &ndash; [[Eric Vail]], Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Sanjoy Bandopadhyay]], Indian [[sitar]] player and composer
*  1954   &ndash; [[William McKeen]], American author and academic
*  1954   &ndash; [[Colin Newman]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer 
*  1954   &ndash; [[Frank Reed (singer)|Frank Reed]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
*  1954   &ndash; [[Roger Woolley]], Australian cricketer
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Ron Brewer]], American basketball player
*  1955   &ndash; [[Robin Yount]], American baseball player and coach<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Maggie Atkinson]], English educator and civil servant
*  1956   &ndash; [[David Copperfield (illusionist)|David Copperfield]], American magician and actor<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1956   &ndash; [[Ross Greenberg]], American journalist and antivirus pioneer (d. 2017)
*  1956   &ndash; [[Dave Schulthise]], American bass player (d. 2004)
*  1956   &ndash; [[Kazuharu Sonoda]], Japanese wrestler (d. 1987)
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[D. C. Drake]], American wrestler
*  1957   &ndash; [[Clara Furse]], English businesswoman
*  1957   &ndash; [[Norman Lamb]], English lawyer and politician
*  1957   &ndash; [[David McCreery]], Northern Irish footballer and manager
*  1957   &ndash; [[Anca Parghel]], Romanian singer and pianist (d. 2008)
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Orel Hershiser]], American baseball player and coach
*  1958   &ndash; [[Neville Southall]], Welsh footballer and manager
*  1958   &ndash; [[Jennifer Tilly]], American actress and poker player<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Peter Keleghan]], Canadian actor and screenwriter
*  1959   &ndash; [[Tim Raines]], American baseball player, coach, and manager
*  1959   &ndash; [[Dave Richardson (South African cricketer)|Dave Richardson]], South African cricketer, manager, and lawyer
*  1959   &ndash; [[Victory Tischler-Blue]], American bass player, director, and producer 
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Jayne Brook]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1960   &ndash; [[Graham Haynes]], American trumpet player and composer
*  1960   &ndash; [[Mike Mignola]], American author and illustrator
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Bilinda Butcher]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1961   &ndash; [[Philip Lafon]], Canadian wrestler
*  1961   &ndash; [[Annamária Szalai]], Hungarian journalist, economist, and politician (d. 2013)
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Seth (cartoonist)|Seth]], Canadian author and illustrator
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Richard Marx]], American singer-songwriter and producer<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Mary Coustas]], Australian actress and screenwriter
*  1964   &ndash; [[Rossy de Palma]], Spanish-French model and actress
*  1964   &ndash; [[Dave Sabo]], American guitarist and songwriter 
*  1964   &ndash; [[Molly Shannon]], American actress, comedian and producer<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Katy Kurtzman]], American actress and producer
*  1965   &ndash; [[Karl-Heinz Riedle]], German footballer and manager
*  1965   &ndash; [[Stephen Shareaux]], American singer-songwriter 
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[John Bel Edwards]], American attorney and politician 
*  1966   &ndash; [[Wil McCarthy]], American author and playwright
*  1966   &ndash; [[Kevin Young (hurdler)|Kevin Young]], American hurdler
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Hiroya Oku]], Japanese author and illustrator
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Damon Thayer]], Kentucky State Senate Majority Leader<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://damonthayer.com/about|title=Meet Damon|first=Thayer for|last=Senate|website=damonthayer.com|date=August 10, 2023 }}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Marc Anthony]], American singer-songwriter, actor, and producer<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1968   &ndash; [[Walt Becker]], American director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1968   &ndash; [[Tommy Keane]], Irish footballer (d. 2012)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Justine Frischmann]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1969   &ndash; [[Janno Gibbs]], Filipino singer-songwriter and actor
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Mark Schultz (musician)|Mark Schultz]], American singer-songwriter
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Joel Heyman]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter
*  1971   &ndash; [[Charlie Jacobs]], American businessman
*  1971   &ndash; [[Amy Poehler]], American actress, comedian, and producer<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1971   &ndash; [[Richard Slinger]], American wrestler
*  1971   &ndash; [[Shawntel Smith]], American beauty pageant contestant
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Mark Bruener]], American football player
*  1972   &ndash; [[Mike Doyle (actor)|Mike Doyle]], American actor and producer
*  1972   &ndash; [[Alessandro Nunziati]], Italian singer-songwriter and producer 
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[George Corrie (footballer)|George Corrie]], English footballer
*  1973   &ndash; [[Camiel Eurlings]], Dutch businessman and member of the [[International Olympic Committee]]
*  1973   &ndash; [[Justin Haythe]], American author and screenwriter
*  1973   &ndash; [[Alexander Vinokourov (sportsman)|Alexander Vinokourov]], Kazakh cyclist and manager
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Loona (singer)|Loona]], Dutch singer-songwriter and dancer
*  1974   &ndash; [[Monique Brumby]], Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
*  1974   &ndash; [[Joaquin Castro]], American lawyer and politician 
*  1974   &ndash; [[Julian Castro]], American lawyer and politician, 16th [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]]
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Jason Leffler]], American race car driver (d. 2013)
*  1975   &ndash; [[Shannon Noll]], Australian singer-songwriter
*  1975   &ndash; [[Toks Olagundoye]], Nigerian actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Elīna Garanča]], Latvian soprano
*  1976   &ndash; [[Tina Barrett]], English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress 
*  1976   &ndash; [[Greg Buckner]], American basketball player and coach
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Greg Ball (politician)|Gregory Ball]], American captain and politician
*  1977   &ndash; [[Musiq Soulchild]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Dan Dickau]], American basketball player and coach
*  1978   &ndash; [[Claudia Marx]], German runner
*  1978   &ndash; [[Sensei (wrestler)|Sensei]], Mexican wrestler
*  1978   &ndash; [[Brian Sims]], American lawyer, politician, and LGBT activist
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Fanny (singer)|Fanny]], French singer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Bobby Korecky]], American baseball player
*  1979   &ndash; [[Flo Rida]], American rapper, singer, and songwriter<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Patrik Štefan]], Czech ice hockey player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Kenny van Weeghel]], Dutch wheelchair racer
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Fan Bingbing]], Chinese actress, singer, and producer<ref name="UPI" />
*  1981   &ndash; [[Alexis Bledel]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1981   &ndash; [[LaVerne Jones-Ferrette]], Virgin Islander sprinter
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Leon Knight]], English footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Michele Rizzo]], Italian rugby player
*  1982   &ndash; [[Fiete Sykora]], German footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Ryan Thomson (footballer, born 1982)|Ryan Thomson]], Scottish footballer
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[John Afoa]], New Zealand rugby player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Katerine Avgoustakis]], Belgian singer and pianist
*  1983   &ndash; [[Jennifer Blake (wrestler)|Jennifer Blake]], Canadian wrestler
*  1983   &ndash; [[Kirsty Coventry]], Zimbabwean swimmer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Brandon Moss]], American baseball player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Legedu Naanee]], American football player
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Sabrina Bryan]], American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress<ref name="AP" />  
*  1984   &ndash; [[Serginho Catarinense]], Brazilian footballer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Katie Melua]], Georgian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Matt Harrison (baseball)|Matt Harrison]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Matt Harrison |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/matt-harrison-457448 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=14 September 2023}}</ref>
*  1985   &ndash; [[Max Minghella]], English actor
*  1985   &ndash; [[Madeline Zima]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Gordon Beckham]], American baseball player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Ian Harding]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1986   &ndash; [[Kyla Pratt]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Merve Boluğur]], Turkish actress
*  1987   &ndash; [[Kyle Lafferty]], Irish footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Louis Ngwat-Mahop]], Cameroonian footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Anthony Padilla]], American internet personality and filmmaker<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/content/how-sacramentos-youtube-darlings-smosh-went-hollywood-and-scored-big-time/17591594/|title=How Sacramento's YouTube darlings Smosh went Hollywood and scored big time|first=Jane|last=Borden|website=[[Sacramento News & Review]]|date=July 16, 2015|access-date=February 14, 2023|archive-date=June 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607051932/https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/content/how-sacramentos-youtube-darlings-smosh-went-hollywood-and-scored-big-time/17591594/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Burry Stander]], South African cyclist (d. 2013)
*  1987   &ndash; [[Travis Wall]], American dancer and choreographer
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Teddy Geiger]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress<ref name="AP" />
*  [[1989]]  &ndash; [[Bailey De Young]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1989   &ndash; [[Robbie Grossman]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Robbie Grossman |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/robbie-grossman-543257 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=14 September 2023}}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[Braden Holtby]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1989   &ndash; [[Salomón Rondón]], Venezuelan footballer
*  1989   &ndash; [[Dustin Tokarski]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Diāna Bukājeva]], Latvian tennis player
*  1991   &ndash; [[Alexandra Paul (figure skater)|Alexandra Paul]], Canadian figure skater (d. 2023)
*  1991   &ndash; [[Kyle Smith (motorcyclist)|Kyle Smith]], English motorcycle racer
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Vytenis Čižauskas]], Lithuanian basketball player
*  1992   &ndash; [[Nick Jonas]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1992   &ndash; [[Jake Roche]], English singer-songwriter and actor 
*  1992   &ndash; [[Chase Stokes]], American actor<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Metro Boomin]], American record producer and songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Metro Boomin - Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/metro-boomin/670534462 |website=Apple Music |access-date=September 14, 2024}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Sam Byram]], English footballer
*  1993   &ndash; [[Bryson DeChambeau]], American golfer<ref>{{cite web |title=Bryson DeChambeau (United States) Golf Profile |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10046/bryson-dechambeau |website=ESPN.com |access-date=September 14, 2024}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Joji (musician)|Joji]], Japanese-Australian singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web|title=Routinary Joji's Age Post On Tumblr. |url=https://www.tumblr.com/jojisribosomes/629643455213240320/routinary-jojis-age-post|access-date=15 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Anthony Mantha]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Anthony Mantha |url=https://www.nhl.com/capitals/player/anthony-mantha-8477511 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=14 September 2023}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Aleksandar Mitrović]], Serbian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Aleksandar Mitrović|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/5879/Aleksandar-Mitrovic/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Mitchell Moses]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Aaron Gordon]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Aaron Gordon |url=https://www.nba.com/player/203932/aaron-gordon |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=14 September 2023}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Jackie Young]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jackie Young |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/1629498/jackie-young |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=14 September 2023}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Brady Tkachuk]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brady Tkachuk |url=https://www.nhl.com/senators/player/brady-tkachuk-8480801 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=14 September 2023}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Sam Howell]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Sam Howell Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HoweSa00.htm |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=16 September 2023}}</ref>
*   2000     &ndash; [[Oliver Skipp]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Oliver Skipp|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/21413/Oliver-Skipp/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Avishag Semberg]], Israeli Olympic [[taekwondo]] bronze medalist<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.taekwondodata.com/avishag-semberg.ajp3.html|title=TaekwondoData|website=TaekwondoData}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Ryan Couchman]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/ryan-couchman/summary.html|title=Ryan Couchman – Playing Career – RLP|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref>
*  2003   &ndash; [[Toby Couchman]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/toby-couchman/summary.html|title=Toby Couchman – Playing Career – RLP|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[307]] &ndash; [[Flavius Valerius Severus]], Roman emperor
* [[655]] &ndash; [[Pope Martin I]] 
*[[1087]] &ndash; [[Pope Victor III]] (b. 1026)
*[[1100]] &ndash; [[Bernold of Constance]], German priest and historian (b. 1054)
*[[1122]] &ndash; [[Vitalis of Savigny]], Catholic French saint and itinerant preacher (b. 1060)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Feiss |first1=Hugh |last2=O'Brien |first2=Maureen M. |last3=Pepin |first3=Ronald |title=The Lives of Monastic Reformers 2: Abbot Vitalis of Savigny, Abbot Godfrey of Savigny, Peter of Avranches, and Blessed Hamo |date=November 2014 |publisher=Liturgical Press |isbn=9780879076931 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JDcTBwAAQBAJ |access-date=March 8, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1226]] &ndash; [[Pandulf Verraccio]], Roman ecclesiastical politician
*[[1343]] &ndash; [[Philip III of Navarre]] (b. 1306)
*[[1345]] &ndash; [[John IV, Duke of Brittany]] (b. 1295)
*[[1360]] &ndash; [[William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton]] (b. 1319)
*[[1380]] &ndash; [[Charles V of France]] (b. 1338)
*[[1394]] &ndash; [[Antipope Clement VII]] (b. 1342)
*[[1406]] &ndash; [[Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow]] (b. 1336)
*[[1498]] &ndash; [[Tomás de Torquemada]], Spanish friar (b. 1420)
*[[1581]] &ndash; [[Peter Niers]], notorious German bandit (date of birth unknown)
*[[1583]] &ndash; [[Catherine Jagiellon]], queen of [[John III of Sweden]] (b. 1526)
*[[1589]] &ndash; [[Michael Baius]], Belgian theologian and academic (b. 1513)

===1601–1900===
*[[1607]] &ndash; [[Mary Stuart (1605–1607)|Mary Stuart]], English-Scottish princess (b. 1605)
*[[1672]] &ndash; [[Anne Bradstreet]], English poet (b. 1612)
*[[1701]] &ndash; [[James II of England]] (b. 1633)
*[[1736]] &ndash; [[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]], Polish-Dutch physicist and engineer, invented the [[Mercury-in-glass thermometer|thermometer]] (b. 1686)
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Nguyễn Huệ]], Vietnamese emperor (b. 1753)
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Baudin]], French explorer, hydrographer, and cartographer (b. 1754)
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[John Jeffries]], American physician and surgeon (b. 1744)
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Louis XVIII of France]] (b. 1755)
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[Ezekiel Hart]], Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1770)
*[[1845]] &ndash; [[Thomas Davis (Young Irelander)|Thomas Davis]], Irish poet and publisher (b. 1814)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Christian de Meza]], Danish general (b. 1792)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Sakaigawa Namiemon]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (b. 1841)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Antônio Carlos Gomes]], Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
*  1896   &ndash; [[Pavlos Kalligas]], Greek jurist and politician, [[List of foreign ministers of Greece|Foreign Minister of Greece]] (b. 1814)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Ramón Emeterio Betances]], Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)

===1901–present===
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Edward Whymper]], English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (b. 1840)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[C. X. Larrabee]], American businessman (b. 1843)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Maria Nikiforova]], Ukrainian anarchist partisan leader (b. 1885)<ref>{{cite book|last=Archibald|first=Malcolm|url=http://www.nestormakhno.info/english/marusya.htm|title=Atamansha: the Story of Maria Nikiforova, the Anarchist Joan of Arc|publisher=Black Cat Press|location=Dublin|year=2007|pages=41–42|isbn=978-0-9737827-0-7|oclc=239359065}}</ref>
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Leo Fall]], Czech-Austrian composer (b. 1873)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Alexander Friedmann]], Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1888)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Omar Mukhtar]], Libyan theorist and educator (b. 1862)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Peg Entwistle|Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle]], British stage and screen actress (b. 1908)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Ronald Ross]], Indian-English physician and mathematician, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1857)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[George Gore]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1857)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Charcot]], French physician and explorer (b. 1867)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington]], English-Scottish politician, 8th [[Governor of Queensland]] (b. 1860)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Gustav Bauer]], German journalist and politician, 11th [[Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)|Chancellor of Germany]] (b. 1870)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[John McCormack (tenor)|John McCormack]], Irish tenor and actor (b. 1884)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[James Hopwood Jeans]], English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1877)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Pedro de Cordoba]], American actor (b. 1881)
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Leo Amery]], Indian-English journalist and politician, [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]] (b. 1873)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Hasan Polatkan]], Turkish politician, 15th [[List of Finance Ministers of Turkey|Turkish Minister of Finance]] (b. 1915)
*  1961   &ndash; [[Fatin Rüştü Zorlu]], Turkish diplomat and politician, 21st [[List of Deputy Prime Ministers of Turkey|Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey]] (b. 1910)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Ahn Eak-tai]], North Korean composer and conductor (b. 1906)
*  1965   &ndash; [[Fred Quimby]], American animator and producer (b. 1886)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Víctor Jara]], Chilean singer-songwriter, teacher and theatre director (b. 1932)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Bertha Lutz]], Brazilian feminist and scientist (b. 1894)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Marc Bolan]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist  (b. 1947)
*  1977   &ndash; [[Maria Callas]], Greek operatic soprano (b. 1923)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Jean Piaget]], Swiss psychologist and philosopher (b. 1896)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Louis Réard]], French engineer and fashion designer, created the [[bikini]] (b. 1897)
*  1984   &ndash; [[Richard Brautigan]], American novelist, poet, and short story writer (b. 1935)
*  1987   &ndash; [[Christopher Soames]], English soldier and politician, [[Governor of Southern Rhodesia]] (b. 1920)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Olga Spessivtseva]], Russian-American ballerina (b. 1895)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Millicent Fenwick]], American journalist and politician (b. 1910)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[František Jílek]], Czech conductor (b. 1913)
*  1993   &ndash; [[Oodgeroo Noonuccal]], Australian poet and activist (b. 1920)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[McGeorge Bundy]], American intelligence officer and diplomat, 6th [[National Security Advisor (United States)|United States National Security Advisor]] (b. 1919)
*  1996   &ndash; [[Gene Nelson]], American actor, dancer, and director (b. 1920)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Samuel Z. Arkoff]], American producer (b. 1918)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[James Gregory (actor)|James Gregory]], American actor (b. 1911)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Sheb Wooley]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1921)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Michael Donaghy]], American-English poet and author (b. 1954)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Harry Freedman]], Canadian horn player, composer, and educator (b. 1922)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Gordon Gould]], American physicist and academic, invented the [[laser]] (b. 1920)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Floyd Curry]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Zsuzsa Körmöczy]], Hungarian tennis player and coach (b. 1924)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archivum.mtva.hu/photobank/item/MTI-FOTO-UGZ1QjZWeXlpSmxnM0JEaDBoMHFhZz09|title=Sport – Tenisz – Körmöczy Zsuzsa|website=MTVA Archívum}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Robert Jordan]], American engineer and author (b. 1948)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Norman Whitfield]], American songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Myles Brand]], American philosopher and academic (b. 1942)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Ernst Märzendorfer]], Austrian conductor (b. 1921)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Mary Travers]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[George N. Parks]], American educator and bandleader (b. 1953)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Jim Towers]], English footballer (b. 1933)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Willie "Big Eyes" Smith]], American singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and drummer (b. 1936)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Enamul Haque Chowdhury]], Bangladeshi politician (b. 1948)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Roman Kroitor]], Canadian director and producer, co-founded [[IMAX]] (b. 1926)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Julien J. LeBourgeois]], American admiral (b. 1923)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Friedrich Zimmermann]], German lawyer and politician, [[Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)|German Federal Minister of the Interior]] (b. 1925)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Scott Adams (American football)|Scott Adams]], American football player (b. 1966)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Ratiba El-Hefny]], Egyptian soprano and director (b. 1931)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Patsy Swayze]], American dancer and choreographer (b. 1927)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Guy Béart]], Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (b. 1930)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Julio Brady]], Virgin Islander lawyer, judge, and politician, 5th [[Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands]] (b. 1942)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Kurt Oppelt]], Austrian figure skater and coach (b. 1932)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Allan Wright]], English captain and pilot (b. 1920)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Edward Albee]], American director and playwright (b. 1928)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Gabriele Amorth]], Italian priest and exorcist (b. 1925)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Carlo Azeglio Ciampi]], Italian economist and politician, 10th [[President of Italy]] and 49th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (b. 1920)
*  2016   &ndash; [[W. P. Kinsella]], American novelist (b. 1935)
*  2016   &ndash; [[António Mascarenhas Monteiro]], Cabo Verdean politician, 2nd [[President of Cape Verde]] (b. 1944) 
*  2016   &ndash; [[Gérard Louis-Dreyfus]], French-born American businessman (b. 1932)
*  2016 -   [[Tarık Akan]], Turkish actor, director and activist (b.1949)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-09-17 |title=Turkish actor Tarik Akan passes away at 66 |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture-and-art/turkish-actor-tarik-akan-passes-away-at-66/647033 |website=Anatolian Agency}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Marcelo Rezende]], Brazilian journalist (b. 1951)
*  2017   &ndash; [[Arjan Singh]], Marshal of the Indian Air Force (b. 1919)
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[James B. Thayer|James Burdette Thayer]], American brigadier general (b. 1920)
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[H. S. Dillon]], Indonesian politician and human rights defender (b. 1945)
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Maxim Martsinkevich]], Russian social activist and media personality (b. 1984) <ref>{{cite news |title=Notorious Antigay Russian Ultranationalist Found Dead In Jail Cell |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/30841964.html |website=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |date=September 16, 2020 |access-date=October 9, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Jane Powell]], American actress (b. 1929)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Evans|first=Greg|date=September 16, 2021|title=Jane Powell Dies: Hollywood Golden Age Actress & 'Royal Wedding' Star Was 92|url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/jane-powell-dead-obituary-actress-royal-wedding-seven-brides-for-seven-brothers-was-92-1234838168/|url-status=live|access-date=September 20, 2021|website=Deadline|language=en-US|archive-date=September 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927231205/https://deadline.com/2021/09/jane-powell-dead-obituary-actress-royal-wedding-seven-brides-for-seven-brothers-was-92-1234838168/}}</ref>
*  2021 &ndash; [[Clive Sinclair]], English entrepreneur and inventor (b. 1940)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/17/sir-clive-sinclair |title=Sir Clive Sinclair |first=Stephan |last=Bates |date=September 17, 2021 |access-date=September 17, 2021 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
*  [[2024]] &ndash; [[Song Binbin]], Chinese revolutionary (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-26 |title=Song Binbin obituary: teenage symbol of the Cultural Revolution |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/song-binbin-obituary-teenage-symbol-of-the-cultural-revolution-60wsfb79s |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[calendar of saints|feast day]]:
** [[Andrew Kim Taegon]] (one of The [[Korean Martyrs]])
** [[Curcodomus]]
** [[Cyprian]] ([[Catholic Church]])
** [[Edith of Wilton]]
** [[Euphemia]]
** [[Ludmila of Bohemia|Ludmila]]
** [[Saint Ninian|Ninian]]
** [[Pope Cornelius]]
** [[Vitalis of Savigny]]
** [[September 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]].
*[[Cry of Dolores]], celebrates the declaration of independence of Mexico from Spain in 1810. ''See [[Fiestas Patrias (Mexico)|Fiestas Patrias]]''
* [[Independence Day (Papua New Guinea)]], celebrates the independence of [[Papua New Guinea]] from Australia in [[1975]].
* [[International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=January 2, 2021 |language=en |date=January 6, 2015}}</ref>
*[[Malaysian Armed Forces Day]] ([[Malaysia]])
* [[Malaysia Day]] ([[Malaysia]])
* [[Martyrs' Day (Libya)]]
* [[National Heroes Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/16 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=09|day=16}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/september/16 |title=Historical Events on September 16 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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