16th September anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1387
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of King Henry V, English king whose victory at Agincourt was prefaced by one of the greatest motovational speeches ever made, written for him by Shakespeare long after the event." more
  • 1858
  • "Birth of Andrew Bonar Law, British Prime Minister (1922–23) ."
  • 1859
  • "Birth of Yuan Shikai, first President of the Republic of China (date uncertain)"
  • 1887
  • France
  • "Birth of Nadia Boulanger, musician and teacher whose pupils included George Gershwin, Daniel Barenboim and Clifford Curzon."
  • 1893
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Sir Alexander Korda, film director"
• event
  • 1400
  • Great Britain
  • Owen Glendower declared Prince of Wales – start of rebellion of against Henry IV
  • 1859
  • Scottish explorer David Livingstone discovered Lake Nyasa (also spelt Nyassa) (now Lake Malawi) in central Africa
  • 1908
  • General Motors was founded .
  • 1908
  • "Clark University, Massachusetts, launched the first course in Esperanto ."
  • 1968
  • "In the UK, the Post Office introduced a two-tier postal service: first class and second class."
  • 1976
  • United States
  • The oridination of women priests and bishops approved by the Episcopalian Church in the United States
  • 1978
  • "An earthquake hit south-eastern Iran, killing 26,000 people, flattening the town of Tabas, and damaging 40 villages. (Discontent at the way the."
  • 1984
  • The first episode of Miami Vice was broadcast on NBC in the USA
  • 1994
  • The British Government lifted its 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and Sinn Féin. (Note: the ban was lifted in Ireland in January 1994)
• Death
  • 1882
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Edward Pusey, theologian who was a leader of the Oxford Movement"
  • 1932
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Sir Ronald Ross, bacteriologist and Nobel Laureate"
  • 1977
  • "Death of Maria Callas, American opera singer"
  • 1977
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Marc Bolan, musician with Tyrannosaurus Rex killed in a car accident in Barnes, London."