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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

Alireza Dabir

Olympic wrestler.

Born September 16th, 1977 (age 48 years) in Tehran.

M. Leelavathy

Indian writer and academic.

Born September 16th, 1927 (age 98 years) in Kottappadi.

Cornelius Sim

Catholic bishop (1951–2021).

Born September 16th, 1951 in Seria.

Died May 29th, 2021 at 69 years old in Taipei. [ref]

Marco Höger

German footballer.

Born September 16th, 1989 (age 36 years) in Cologne.

Marcel Mouloudji

French recording artist; singer and actor (1922-1994).

Born September 16th, 1922 in 4th arrondissement of Paris.

Died June 14th, 1994 at 71 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

German duke (1826–1908).

Born September 16th, 1826 in Hildburghausen.

Died February 7th, 1908 at 81 years old in Altenburg.

Umberto Cassuto

Italian rabbi and scholar (1883-1951).

Born September 16th, 1883 in Florence.

Died December 18th, 1951 at 68 years old in Jerusalem.

Mirko Šarović

Politician from bosnia and herzegovina.

Born September 16th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Rogatica.

Karl Kling

German racing driver (1910-2003).

Born September 16th, 1910 in Giessen.

Died March 18th, 2003 at 92 years old in Hemmenhofen.

Rayhon

Uzbekistani singer.

Born September 16th, 1978 (age 47 years) in Tashkent.

Håkan Juholt

Swedish politician.

Born September 16th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Oskarshamn.

Gal Fridman

Israeli windsurfer.

Born September 16th, 1975 (age 50 years) in Pardes Hanna-Karkur. [ref]

Robert Coldwell Wood

American political scientist (1923-2005).

Born September 16th, 1923 in St. Louis.

Died April 1st, 2005 at 81 years old in Boston (stomach cancer).

Harold P. Brown

American inventor (1869-1932).

Born September 16th, 1857 in Janesville. [ref]

Died May 15th, 1944 at 86 years old in Volusia. [ref]

Chen Xi

Chinese politician.

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

Josep Maria Jujol

Spanish architect (1879–1949).

Born September 16th, 1879 in Tarragona.

Died May 1st, 1949 at 69 years old in Barcelona.

Paul Taffanel

French musician.

Born September 16th, 1844 in Bordeaux.

Died November 22nd, 1908 at 64 years old in avenue Gourgaud. [ref]

Rosemary Casals

Us tennis player.

Born September 16th, 1948 (age 77 years) in San Francisco.

Yumeji Takehisa

Japanese artist (1884-1934).

Born September 16th, 1884 in Honjōson.

Died September 1st, 1934 at 49 years old (tuberculosis).

Stan Stephens

Canadian-american politician (1929-2021).

Born September 16th, 1929 in Calgary.

Died April 3rd, 2021 at 91 years old in Kalispell. [ref]

Madge Syers

British figure skater (1881-1917).

Born September 16th, 1881 in Kensington.

Died September 9th, 1917 at 35 years old in Weybridge (endocarditis).

Branka Veselinović

Serbian actress (1918–2023).

Born September 16th, 1918 in Bečej.

Died February 8th, 2023 at 104 years old in Belgrade. [ref]

Günther Kleiber

German politician (1931-2013).

Born September 16th, 1931 in Borna.

Died March 29th, 2013 at 81 years old in Berlin.

Mike Smith

Canadian decathlete.

Born September 16th, 1967 (age 58 years) in Kenora.

Max O. Lorenz

American economist (1876–1959).

Born September 16th, 1876 in Burlington.

Died July 1st, 1959 at 82 years old in Sunnyvale.

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