Also on September 16
🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: Día de la Independencia (MX) · Hari Malaysia (MY) · Independence Day (MX)
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 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. ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 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