WillDekkard
09-16-2010, 04:13 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on
This Date in History - September 16th
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* 1400 Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
* 1620 Mayflower strarts its voyage to the North America
* 1701 James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
* 1776 American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
* 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.
* 1810 With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
* 1812 Russians set fire to Moscow shortly after midnight the city burns down completely days later.
* 1863 Robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
* 1893 Settlers race in Oklahoma for prime land in the Cherokee Strip.
* 1901 Alturas, California, is incorporated as the only city in Modoc County.
* 1908 General Motors is founded.
* 1919 The American Legion is incorporated.
* 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.
* 1931 Hanging of Omar Mukhtar.
* 1941 World War II: concerned that Reza Pahlavi the Shah of Persia was to align his petroleum-rich country with Germany during World War II, the United Kingdom and the USSR invade Iran in late August and force him to resign in favor of his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
* 1945 World War II: Surrender of the Japanese forces in Hong Kong. The ceremony was presided by British Admiral Cecil Harcourt.
* 1947 Typhoon Kathleen hit Saitama, Tokyo and Tone River area, at least 1,930 killed.
* 1955 Juan Perσn is deposed in Argentina.
* 1963 Malaysia is formed from Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak.
* 1966 The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera, Antony and Cleopatra.
* 1970 King Hussein of Jordan declares military rule following the hijacking of four civilian airliners by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). This results in the formation of the Black September Palestinian paramilitary unit.
* 1975 Papua New Guinea gains its independence from Australia.
* 1975 Cape Verde, Mozambique and Sao Tome and Principe join the United Nations.
* 1975 The first prototype of the MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
* 1976 Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from the trolleybus that had fallen into Erevan reservoir.
* 1978 An earthquake measuring 7.5-7.9 on the Richter scale hits the city of Tabas, Iran killing about 25,000 people.
* 1980 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines join the United Nations.
* 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon.
* 1987 The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
* 1990 A rail link between China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding an important connection to the Eurasian Land Bridge.
* 1991 The trial of deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega begins in the United States.
* 1992 Black Wednesday: the Pound Sterling is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the Deutschmark.
* 2005 Camorra boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples.
* 2007 One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.
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This Date in History - September 16th
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* 1400 Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
* 1620 Mayflower strarts its voyage to the North America
* 1701 James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
* 1776 American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
* 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.
* 1810 With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
* 1812 Russians set fire to Moscow shortly after midnight the city burns down completely days later.
* 1863 Robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
* 1893 Settlers race in Oklahoma for prime land in the Cherokee Strip.
* 1901 Alturas, California, is incorporated as the only city in Modoc County.
* 1908 General Motors is founded.
* 1919 The American Legion is incorporated.
* 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.
* 1931 Hanging of Omar Mukhtar.
* 1941 World War II: concerned that Reza Pahlavi the Shah of Persia was to align his petroleum-rich country with Germany during World War II, the United Kingdom and the USSR invade Iran in late August and force him to resign in favor of his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
* 1945 World War II: Surrender of the Japanese forces in Hong Kong. The ceremony was presided by British Admiral Cecil Harcourt.
* 1947 Typhoon Kathleen hit Saitama, Tokyo and Tone River area, at least 1,930 killed.
* 1955 Juan Perσn is deposed in Argentina.
* 1963 Malaysia is formed from Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak.
* 1966 The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera, Antony and Cleopatra.
* 1970 King Hussein of Jordan declares military rule following the hijacking of four civilian airliners by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). This results in the formation of the Black September Palestinian paramilitary unit.
* 1975 Papua New Guinea gains its independence from Australia.
* 1975 Cape Verde, Mozambique and Sao Tome and Principe join the United Nations.
* 1975 The first prototype of the MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
* 1976 Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from the trolleybus that had fallen into Erevan reservoir.
* 1978 An earthquake measuring 7.5-7.9 on the Richter scale hits the city of Tabas, Iran killing about 25,000 people.
* 1980 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines join the United Nations.
* 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon.
* 1987 The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
* 1990 A rail link between China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding an important connection to the Eurasian Land Bridge.
* 1991 The trial of deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega begins in the United States.
* 1992 Black Wednesday: the Pound Sterling is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the Deutschmark.
* 2005 Camorra boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples.
* 2007 One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.
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