September 16: Eid al-Mubahalah (Islam, 2017)
Italian tanks during Italy's invasion of Egypt
- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: American colonists defeated British troops at the Battle of Harlem Heights in present-day New York City.
- 1940 – Second World War: Italy captured the town of Sidi Barrani, but its invasion of Egypt (Italian tanks pictured) progressed no further.
- 1963 – Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (present-day Sabah), and Sarawak merged to form Malaysia.
- 1990 – Construction of the Northern Xinjiang Railway was completed between Ürümqi and Alashankou, linking the railway lines of China and Kazakhstan, and adding a sizable portion to the Eurasian Land Bridge.
- 2007 – Seventeen Iraqi civilians were shot and killed by Blackwater Worldwide mercenaries.
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (d. 1736) · Madge Syers (b. 1881) · Lauren Bacall (b. 1924)
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