Major Events
- 1620 The Mayflower departs Plymouth, England, with 102 Pilgrims and about 30 crew for the New World [O.S. Sep 6]
- 1795 British capture Cape Town, South Africa, from the Dutch
- 1810 Priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rings the church bells in Dolores, Mexico, issuing a call to arms known as the “Grito de Dolores (Cry of Dolores)”, calling for the end of Spanish rule. Celebrated today as Mexican Independence Day.
Sep 16 in Film & TV
- 1989 14th Toronto International Film Festival: “Roger & Me” directed by Michael Moore wins the People’s Choice Award
Sep 16 in Music
Sep 16 in Sport
- 1869 Golf’s first recorded hole-in-one is scored by Tom Morris at Prestwick’s 8th hole in Scotland
- 1957 Los Angeles City Council approves a 300-acre site in Chavez Ravine for the Dodgers
Did You Know?
700 million malaria cases prevented in Africa since 2000, according to a report by the University of Oxford in the “Nature” journal
Fun Fact About September 16
Carriage maker William C. Durant founds General Motors in Flint, Michigan
Famous Weddings
- 1862 Future Queen of Hawaii Lili’uokalani (24) weds American secretary John Owen Dominis (29) until his death in 1891
- 1936 American actor Henry Fonda (31) weds Canadian-American socialite Frances Ford Seymour (28) at Christ Church, New York City, until her death in1950
- 1967 American “Gilligan’s Island” actor Bob Denver (32) weds second wife Jean Webber; divorce in 1970
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