September 16
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[edit] Events
- 1795 - United Kingdom conquers Cape Town, South Africa.
- 1893 - Settlers race in Oklahoma for prime land in the Cherokee Strip.
- 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 with 400 injured.
- 1955 - Juan Perón is deposed in Argentina.
- 1963 - Malaysia is formed from Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak.
- 1975 - Papua New Guinea gains its independence from Australia.
- 1982 - Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon.
- 1991 - The trial of Panamanian "strongman" Manuel Noriega begins in the United States.
[edit] Births
- 1387 - King Henry V of England, (d. 1422)
- 1858 - Andrew Bonar Law, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1923)
- 1875 - James C. Penney, American department store founder (d. 1971)
- 1891 - Karl Dönitz, German naval leader (d. 1980)
- 1910 - Erich Kempka, Adolf Hitler's chauffeur (d. 1975)
- 1941 - Richard Perle, American political advisor
[edit] Deaths
- 1498 - Tomás de Torquemada, first grand inquisitor of Spain (b. 1420)
- 1736 - Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist (b. 1686)
- 1996 - McGeorge Bundy, U.S. National Security Advisor (b. 1919)
