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September 16th

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Mexican Independence Day

Mexican national holiday celebrating the beginning of Mexico's War of Independence on September 16, 1810.

national Observed September 16 each year.

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576 Notable birthdays

Jakob Sporrenberg

Nazi german ss-gruppenführer (1902-1952).

Born September 16th, 1902 in Düsseldorf.

Died December 6th, 1952 at 50 years old in Warsaw (hanging to death).

Waker-Uz-Zaman

18th chief of army staff.

Born September 16th, 1966 (age 59 years) in Sherpur District.

Yevgeny Petrosyan

Russian comedian.

Born September 16th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Baku. [ref]

Mark Malloch Brown, Baron Malloch-Brown

President of open society foundations and former british labour politician and united nations deputy secretary-general.

Born September 16th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Marylebone.

Eugene Garfield

American information and library scientist (1925–2017).

Born September 16th, 1925 in New York City.

Died February 26th, 2017 at 91 years old in Philadelphia (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Jan Johansson

Swedish jazz pianist (1931–1968).

Born September 16th, 1931 in Söderhamn.

Died November 9th, 1968 at 37 years old in Stockholm (traffic collision).

Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea

British politician (1810-1861).

Born September 16th, 1810 in Richmond.

Died August 2nd, 1861 at 50 years old in Wilton House.

Roger Ross Williams

American film director.

Born September 16th, 1973 (age 52 years) in Easton.

Mladen Ivanić

Bosnian serb politician (born 1958).

Born September 16th, 1958 (age 67 years) in Sanski Most. [ref]

Jerry Wald

American screenwriter and producer (1911–1962).

Born September 16th, 1911 in Brooklyn.

Died July 13th, 1962 at 50 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction).

Claude

Congolese-born dutch singer.

Born September 16th, 2003 (age 22 years) in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Mbulelo Mabizela

Association football player.

Born September 16th, 1980 (age 45 years) in Pietermaritzburg.

Serri

South korean singer and actress.

Born September 16th, 1990 (age 35 years) in Seoul.

Najwa Shihab

Indonesian television presenter and journalist.

Born September 16th, 1977 (age 48 years) in Makassar. [ref]

Raoul Coutard

French cinematographer (1924-2016).

Born September 16th, 1924 in 4th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]

Died November 8th, 2016 at 92 years old in Labenne. [ref]

Ron Brewer

American basketball player.

Born September 16th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Fort Smith.

Rebecca MacKinnon

American activist and journalist.

Born September 16th, 1969 (age 56 years) in Berkeley.

Blaž Kraljević

Bosnian croat soldier (1947–1992).

Born September 16th, 1947 in Lisice.

Died August 9th, 1992 at 44 years old in Kruševo, Mostar.

Traugott Herr

German general (1890-1976).

Born September 16th, 1890 in Weferlingen.

Died April 13th, 1976 at 85 years old in Achterwehr.

James Alan McPherson

American short story writer and essayist (1943–2016).

Born September 16th, 1943 in Savannah.

Died July 27th, 2016 at 72 years old in Iowa City (pneumonia). [ref]

Donald Antrim

Novelist.

Born September 16th, 1958 (age 67 years) in New York City.

Rodrigo Sorogoyen

Spanish film director.

Born September 16th, 1981 (age 44 years) in Madrid.

Nancy Huston

Canadian-born novelist and essayist who writes primarily in french.

Born September 16th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Calgary.

Dale Kildee

American politician.

Born September 16th, 1929 in Flint.

Died October 13th, 2021 at 92 years old

Shara Proctor

Anguillan long jumper.

Born September 16th, 1988 (age 37 years) in Christiansted.

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