All Events

Historical Events on September 16

  • American Revolutionary War

    1776

    American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.

  • General Motors Corporation

    1908

    The General Motors Corporation is founded.

  • World War I

    1914

    World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.

  • World War II

    1940

    World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.

  • Malaysia

    1963

    Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore soon leaves this new country.

  • Armenia

    1976

    Armenian champion swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir.

  • Kazakhstan

    1990

    The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.

  • Mercenary

    2007

    Mercenaries working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad

  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

    2014

    The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian-Kurdish forces.

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