26 Shahrivar 1395

Events

• 1776 (250 years ago) American Revolutionary War: American forces win the Battle of Harlem Heights after General George Washington orders a counterattack on advancing British light infantry.
• 1863 (163 years ago) Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
• 1914 (112 years ago) World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
• 1940 (86 years ago) World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
• 1963 (63 years ago) Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore is soon expelled from this new country.
• 1970 (56 years ago) King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict came to be known as Black September.
• 1975 (51 years ago) Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.
• 1975 (51 years ago) Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.

Births

• 1386 (640 years ago) Henry V of England,
• 1888 (138 years ago) Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964)
• 1891 (135 years ago) Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany (died 1980)
• 1893 (133 years ago) Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)
• 1923 (103 years ago) Lee Kuan Yew, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (died 2015)
• 1924 (102 years ago) Lauren Bacall, American actress (died 2014)
• 1925 (101 years ago) B.B. King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2015)
• 1956 (70 years ago) David Copperfield, American magician and actor

Deaths

• 1701 (325 years ago) James II of England,
• 1736 (290 years ago) Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-Dutch physicist and engineer, invented the thermometer (born 1686)
• 1824 (202 years ago) Louis XVIII of France,
• 1932 (94 years ago) Ronald Ross, Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1857)
• 1977 (49 years ago) Maria Callas, Greek operatic soprano (born 1923)
• 1980 (46 years ago) Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher (born 1896)
• 2016 (10 years ago) Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy and 49th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1920)
• 2025 (a year ago) Robert Redford, American actor, producer and director (born 1936)

All 459 events, births and deaths of September 16