Public Holidays on September 16

• 🌍 Día de la Independencia (Mexico)
• 🌍 Hari Malaysia (Malaysia)
• 🌍 Independence Day (Mexico)

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On This Day in History — September 16

• 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 Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
• 2007 — One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.
• 2007 — Mercenaries 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.

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Notable Births on September 16

• 1994 — Mitchell Moses, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 — Sam Byram, English footballer
• 1992 — Vytenis Čižauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1992 — Nick Jonas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1992 — Jake Roche, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1991 — Diāna Bukājeva, Latvian tennis player

Notable Deaths on September 16

• 2017 — Marcelo Rezende, Brazilian journalist (b. 1951)
• 2017 — Arjan Singh, Marshal of the Indian Air Force (b. 1919)
• 2016 — Edward Albee, American director and playwright (b. 1928)
• 2016 — Gabriele Amorth, Italian priest and exorcist (b. 1925)
• 2016 — Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy and 49th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1920)
• 2016 — W. P. Kinsella, American novelist (b. 1935)

Sports on September 16

• MLB: Boston Red Sox @ Texas Rangers — 00:05 UTC Final
• MLB: Kansas City Royals @ Houston Astros — 00:10 UTC Final
• MLB: San Diego Padres @ Colorado Rockies — 00:40 UTC Final
• MLB: Seattle Mariners @ Los Angeles Angels — 01:38 UTC Final
• MLB: Miami Marlins @ Arizona Diamondbacks — 01:40 UTC In Progress
• UEFA Europa League: Sparta Prague @ Ararat-Armenia — 16:45 UTC Scheduled

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On This Day in History — September 17

• 2016 — Two bombs explode in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan, New York. 31 people are injured in the Manhattan bombing.
• 2011 — Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City.
• 2006 — Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the long-dormant volcano in at least 10,000 years.
• 2006 — An audio tape of a private speech by Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány is leaked to the public, in which he confessed that his Hungarian Socialist Party had lied to win the 2006 election, sparking widespread...
• 2001 — The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.
• 1992 — An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin, Germany.

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Notable Births on September 17

• 1997 — Auston Matthews, American ice hockey player
• 1996 — Ella Purnell, British actress
• 1993 — Sofiane Boufal, Moroccan footballer
• 1991 — Ryo Ishikawa, Japanese golfer
• 1991 — Justyna Jegiołka, Polish tennis player
• 1991 — Cameron King, Australian rugby league player

Notable Deaths on September 17

• 2016 — Bahman Golbarnezhad, Iranian racing cyclist (b. 1968)
• 2016 — Sigge Parling, Swedish footballer (b. 1936)
• 2015 — Ingrīda Andriņa, Latvian actress (b. 1944)
• 2015 — Dettmar Cramer, German footballer and manager (b. 1925)
• 2015 — Milo Hamilton, American sportscaster (b. 1927)
• 2015 — Vadim Kuzmin, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1937)

Sports on September 17

• MLB: Boston Red Sox @ Texas Rangers — 00:05 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Kansas City Royals @ Houston Astros — 00:10 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: San Diego Padres @ Colorado Rockies — 00:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Seattle Mariners @ Los Angeles Angels — 01:38 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Miami Marlins @ Arizona Diamondbacks — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Milwaukee Brewers @ Pittsburgh Pirates — 16:35 UTC Scheduled

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