September
16
Independence
Day
Mexico : September 16 1810
Papua New Guinea : September 16 1975
September
16 : International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
The United
Nations' (UN) International Day for the Preservation of the
Ozone Layer is celebrated on September 16 every year. This event
commemorates the date of the signing of the Montreal Protocol
on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer in 1987.
On this
day primary and secondary school educators throughout the world
organize classroom activities that focus on topics related to
the ozone layer, climate change and ozone depletion. Some teachers
use educational packages from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
that have been specifically tailored to address topics about
the earth's ozone layer.
Events
307 – Severus
II is captured and imprisoned at Tres Tabernae. He is later
executed (or forced to commit suicide) after Emperor Galerius
unsuccessfully invades Italy.
1400 – Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
1620 – The Mayflower starts her voyage to 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.
1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege
of Savannah begins.
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 – The Fire of Moscow (1812) begins shortly after midnight
and destroys three quarters of the city 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.
1880 – The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca,
New York. The Sun is the nation's oldest, continuously-independent
college daily in the United States.
1893 – Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee
Strip in Oklahoma.
1908 – The General Motors Corporation 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.
1940 – World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
1941 – World War II: Concerned that Reza Pahlavi the Shah of
Persia is about to ally his petroleum-rich empire with Nazi
Germany, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union invade Iran
in late August and force the Shah to abdicate in favor of his
son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
1943 – World War II: The Allied invasion of Italy concludes
when Heinrich von Vietinghoff, commander of the German Tenth
Army, orders his troops to withdraw from Salerno.
1945 – World War II: The surrender of the Japanese troops in
Hong Kong. The surrender is accepted by the Royal Navy Admiral
Sir Cecil Harcourt.
1947 – Typhoon Kathleen hits Saitama, Tokyo and Tone River area,
at least 1,930 killed.
1955 – Juan Perón is deposed as the ruler of Argentina.
1959 – The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced
in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
1961 – 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.
1963 – Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore,
British North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore
soon leaves this new country,
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.
1971 – Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever
measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan,
killing 173 people.
1975 – Papua New Guinea gains its independence from Australia.
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.
1976 – Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from the trolleybus
that had fallen into Erevan reservoir.
1978 – An earthquake measuring 7.5 to 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 – 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.
1991 – The trial of the 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 German mark.
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.
2007 – Mercenaries working for Blackwater Worldwide allegedly
shoot and kill 17 Iraqi civilians in Nisour Square, Baghdad;
all criminal charges against them are later dismissed, sparking
outrage in the Arab world.
Holidays
and observances
Christian
Feast Day:
Curcodomus
Cyprian (Roman Catholic Church)
Edith of Wilton
Euphemia
Ninian
Pope Cornelius
Ludmila
September 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
Heroes' Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Independence Day, celebrates the declaration of independence
of Mexico from Spain in 1810. See Fiestas Patrias
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Papua New Guinea
from Australia in 1975.
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (International)
Malaysia Day (Malaysia, Singapore)
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