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Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 16 September.

1. Death of Tomas de Torquemada inquisitor who burned 10 000 people
2. Mayflower departs from Plymouth England with 102 pilgrims
3. Mass village of Shawmut changed its name to Boston
4. Flamsteed sees solar eclipse 1st known astronomical observation
5. Great Seal of US used for 1st time
6. British capture Capetown
7. Mexico 1st declares independence from Spain (National Day)
8. Fire of Moscow
9. Typesetting machine patent
10. 1st overland mail for California
11. Cherokee Strip Oklahoma opened to white settlement homesteaders
12. William Crapo Durant incorporates General Motors
13. US takes control of customs & finances of Haiti for 10 years
14. American Legion incorporated by an act of Congress
15. Cardinal Jim Bottomley bats in 12 RBIs in 1 game
16. Yanks clinch pennant #11
17. Samuel T Rayburn of Tx elected speaker of the House
18. 1st US peace-time draft in US enacted
19. Barometric pressure at 856 mb (25.55") off Okinawa (record low)
20. James Jeans dies
21. 1st automobile to exceed 400 mph John Cobb Bonneville Salt Flats
22. Bauer & Berra homer in the 9th beating Red Sox 5-4 taking over 1st
23. Shindig premiers
24. Metropolitan Opera opens at NY's Lincoln Center
25. Richard Nixon appears on Laugh-in
26. 1st TV series about mixed marriage - Bridgit Loves Bernie
27. Pres Ford announces conditional amnesty for Vietnam deserters
28. BART begins regular transbay service
29. Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day)
30. Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests & bishop
31. Maria Callas American-born prima donna dies in Paris at 53
32. Yanks beat Red Sox for 6th time in 2 weeks 3-2
33. Catfish Hunter Day at Yankee Stadium
34. massacre of 1000+ Palestinian refugees at Chatila & Sabra begins
35. Miami Vice premiers

These famous people were born on 16 September.

1. 1387 - Henry V, king of England (1413-22)
2. 1822 - Charles S Crocker, of Southern Pacific fame
3. 1823 - Francis Parkman, American historian, author (Oregon Trail)
4. 1838 - James J Hill, RR entrepreneur
5. 1858 - A Bonar Law, (C), British prime minister (1922-23)
6. 1877 - James J Jeans, cosmologist & astrophysicist
7. 1887 - Nadia Boulanger, in Paris Music teacher
8. 1888 - Frans Sillanp„„, Finnish writer (Meek Heritage) (Nobel 1939)
9. 1893 - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Hungarian biochemist (Nobel 1937)
10. 1911 - Wilfred Burchett, Australian Communist, journalist, writer
11. 1914 - Allen Funt, 'Candid Camera' creator
12. 1922 - Janis Paige, in Tacoma Washington
13. 1924 - Lauren Bacall, in Staten Island (Dark Passage, Key Largo)
14. 1924 - Bess Myerson in NY, Miss America 1945
15. 1925 - Charlie Byrd, guitarist
16. 1925 - B.B. King, singer, musician
17. 1926 - Robert Schuller, televangelist
18. 1927 - Peter Falk, Actor (Colombo)
19. 1932 - Anne Francis, in Ossining NY
20. 1934 - Elgin Baylor, NBA star
21. 1948 - Rosemary Casals, Tennis Player
22. 1949 - Ed Begley Jr, (St Elsewhere)
23. 1972 - Shalane McCall