Summary of the Day ✨ 16 September (16/09)
Violence struck multiple regions as Myanmar’s military killed 13 villagers including eight children in the Let Yet Kone massacre, while Mahsa Amini’s death in Iran sparked global protests and a powerful 8.3 earthquake in Chile killed 15 people and caused extensive damage. Meanwhile, a 6.0 earthquake in China injured over 88 people, and history was made with the launch of Inspiration4, the first private orbital crewed spaceflight from Kennedy Space Center.
Historical Events 📜
- 2022: During the Let Yet Kone massacre, the Burmese military kills 13 villagers, including eight children, after attacking a school in Sagaing Region, Myanmar.
- 2022: The death of Mahsa Amini occurred in Tehran, Iran, sparking worldwide protests.
- 2021: A 6.0 Mw earthquake strikes Lu County, Sichuan, China, killing three and injuring more than 88.
- 2021: Inspiration4, the first private orbital crewed spaceflight, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center.
- 2015: A 8.3 Mw 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.
- 2014: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces.
- 2013: A gunman kills twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
- 2007: One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269 carrying 130 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand, killing 90 people.
- 2007: Security guards working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad.
- 2005: The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.
- 2004: Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane.
- 1996: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-79 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
- 1994: The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988.
- 1992: 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: 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.
Famous Births 👶
- 2003: Toby Couchman, Australian rugby league player
- 2001: Avishag Semberg, Israeli Olympic taekwondo bronze medalist
- 2000: Sam Howell, American football player
- 2000: Oliver Skipp, English footballer
- 1999: Brady Tkachuk, American ice hockey player
- 1997: Jackie Young, American basketball player
- 1995: Aaron Gordon, American basketball player
- 1994: Anthony Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1994: Aleksandar Mitrović, Serbian footballer
- 1994: Mitchell Moses, Australian rugby league player
- 1993: Metro Boomin, American record producer and songwriter
- 1993: Sam Byram, English footballer
- 1993: Bryson DeChambeau, American golfer
- 1993: Joji, Japanese-Australian singer-songwriter
- 1992: Vytenis Čižauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2025: Robert Redford, American actor, producer and director (born 1936)
- 2024: Song Binbin, Chinese revolutionary (born 1947)
- 2021: Jane Powell, American actress (born 1929)
- 2021: Clive Sinclair, English entrepreneur and inventor (born 1940)
- 2020: Maxim Martsinkevich, Russian social activist and media personality (born 1984)
- 2019: H. S. Dillon, Indonesian politician and human rights defender (born 1945)
- 2018: James Burdette Thayer, American brigadier general (born 1920)
- 2017: Marcelo Rezende, Brazilian journalist (born 1951)
- 2017: Arjan Singh, Marshal of the Indian Air Force (born 1919)
- 2016: Tarık Akan, Turkish actor, director and activist (born 1949)
- 2016: Edward Albee, American director and playwright (born 1928)
- 2016: Gabriele Amorth, Italian priest and exorcist (born 1925)
- 2016: Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy and 49th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1920)
- 2016: W. P. Kinsella, Canadian novelist (born 1935)
- 2016: Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, French-born American businessman (born 1932)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Curcodomus - Christian feast day:
Cyprian (Catholic Church) - Christian feast day:
Edith of Wilton - Christian feast day:
Euphemia - Christian feast day:
Ludmila - Christian feast day:
Ninian - Christian feast day:
Pope Cornelius - Christian feast day:
Vitalis of Savigny - Christian feast day:
September 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics). - Cry of Dolores, celebrates the declaration of independence of Mexico from Spain in 1810. See 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
- Malaysian Armed Forces Day (Malaysia)
- Malaysia Day (Malaysia)
- Martyrs’ Day (Libya)