41st year - Nr 259 Wednesday, 16 September 2026

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41st year - Nr 259 Wednesday, 16 September 2026

16 September / Today's 29 Events:

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(-) 290 years ago Sunday 16th of September 1736 Physicist, engineer and glass blower Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit dies of unknown causes at the age of 50 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

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(-) 244 years ago Monday 16th of September 1782 Castrato singer Farinelli, originally Carlo Maria Michelangelo Nicola Broschi dies of natural causes at the age of 77 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

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(+) 139 years ago Friday 16th of September 1887 Artist Jean / Hans Arp is born in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France.

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(+) 135 years ago Wednesday 16th of September 1891 Commander of the Kriegsmarine and successor of the Führer Karl Dönitz is born in Grünau, Brandenburg, Germany.

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(x) 106 years ago The Bombing was Never Solved Thursday 16th of September 1920 38 die in a a horse-drawn wagon bomb explosion in 23 Wall Street, New York City, New York, United States. The horse-drawn wagon passed by lunchtime crowds on Wall Street and stopped across the street from the headquarters of the J.P. Morgan bank. Inside the wagon 45 ks) of dynamite with 230 kgs of heavy cast-iron sash weights exploded in a timer-set detonation sending the weights tearing through the air.

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(+) 102 years ago Tuesday 16th of September 1924 Actress Lauren Bacall, originally Betty Joan Perske is born in Bronx, New York, New York, United States.

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(+) 101 years ago Wednesday 16th of September 1925 Singer-songwriter and musician B. B. Riley King aka The King of the Blues is born in Berclair, Mississippi, United States.

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(+) 99 years ago Friday 16th of September 1927 Actor Peter Michael Falk known for his role as Lt. Columbo is born in New York City, New York, United States. Falk's right eye was surgically removed when he was three because of a retinoblastoma; he wore an artificial eye for most of his life.

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(-) 94 years ago She Was Afraid, She Was a Coward Friday 16th of September 1932 Stage actress Peg Millicent Lilian Entwistle commits suicide by jumping off the Hollywood Sign at the age of 24 in Hollywood Sign, Los Angeles, California, United States. Entwistle died of multiple fractures of the pelvis. A suicide note read "I am afraid, I am a coward. I am sorry for everything. If I had done this a long time ago, it would have saved a lot of pain. P.E."

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(+) 91 years ago Monday 16th of September 1935 Minimal artist Carl Andre is born in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States.

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(+) 74 years ago Tuesday 16th of September 1952 Actor and retired boxer Mickey Philip Andre Rourke is born in Schenectady, New York, United States.

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(+) 70 years ago Sunday 16th of September 1956 Illusionist David Copperfield, originally David Seth Kotkin is born in Metuchen, New Jersey, United States.

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(x) 61 years ago Thursday 16th of September 1965 27-year-old Wiener Aktionist Hermann Nitsch performs his 13. Aktion along a street between Strebersdorf and Stammersdorf in Großjedlersdorf, Wien, Wien, Austria.

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(x) 60 years ago Friday 16th of September 1966 28-year-old Wiener Aktionist Hermann Nitsch performs his 21. Aktion 5. Abreaktionsspiel in St Bride Institute, Bride Lane, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 55 years ago Thursday 16th of September 1971 38-year-old Serial killer Joachim Georg Kroll aka Jockel aka Der Ruhrkannibale moves into his new flat in Friesenstraße 11, Laar, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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(-) 49 years ago She Was Lonely and Unhappy Friday 16th of September 1977 Soprano Maria Callas, originally Mengeghini-Calogeropoulou aka La Divina dies of a heart attack at the age of 54 in 36 Avenue Georges-Mandel, XVIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Callas spent her last years living largely in isolation.

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(-) 49 years ago He Rode a Black Swan Friday 16th of September 1977 Singer-songwriter and musician Marc Bolan, originally Mark Feld known from T. Rex dies in a car crash at the age of 30 in Queen's Ride, Barnes, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Bolan was a passenger in a purple Mini 1275GT (registration FOX 661L) driven by Gloria Jones as they headed home from Mortons drinking club and restaurant. Jones lost control of the car: it struck a steel reinforced chain link fence post and came to rest against a sycamore tree after failing to negotiate a small humpback bridge near Gipsy Lane. Neither occupant was wearing a seat belt and Bolan was killed instantly. A few days after the crash fans broke into Bolan 's home and stole most of his possessions.

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(x) 46 years ago She Was No Hillside Strangler Tuesday 16th of September 1980 24-year-old Serial killer groupie Veronica Ver Lyn Compton tries to strangle 26-year-old Kim Breed in an attempt to make a cover-up for serial killer Kenneth Alessio Bianchi aka The Hillside Strangler in Shangri-La Motel, 611 East Holly Street, Bellingham, Washington, United States. Compton smuggled a semen sample of Bianchi out of prison so that she could plant it on the murder victim. Compton bungled the murder attempt and she was arrested on 3 October for attempted murder.

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(x) 46 years ago Tuesday 16th of September 1980 51-year-old Serial killer Charles Ray Hatcher aka Evil Incarnate escapes from a mental health clinic for sex offenders in Norfolk Regional Center, Norfolk, Nebraska, United States.

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(-) 46 years ago Tuesday 16th of September 1980 Developmental psychologist and philosopher Jean Piaget dies of unknown causes at the age of 84 in Genève, Romandie, Switzerland. Per his request Piaget was buried with his family in an unmarked grave in the Cimetière des Rois in Genève.

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(x) 40 years ago Tuesday 16th of September 1986 177 die in gold mine fire in Kinross, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Another 235 miners were injured in the incident.

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(x) 38 years ago Friday 16th of September 1988 36-year-old Leader of Les Cellules Communistes Combattantes Pierre Carette starts hungerstriking in a campaign to acquire the status of political prisoner in Prison de St. Gilles, Avenue Ducpétiaux 106, Saint-Gilles, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium. Carette's three comrads Didier Chevolet, Bertrand Sassoye and Pascal Vandegeerde joined him.

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(-) 32 years ago He Just Loved Everybody Friday 16th of September 1994 Murderer Jessie Gutierrez is executed by lethal injection at the age of 29 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Gutierrez' last words were "I just love everybody, and that’s it."

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(x) 29 years ago Tuesday 16th of September 1997 Noise music band Club Moral play their 84th concert in Sala de Ball La Paloma, Carrer del Tigre, 25, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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(-) 24 years ago Monday 16th of September 2002 Serial killer Archibald Thomson Hall aka The Monster Butler aka Roy Fontaine dies of a stroke at the age of 78 in Kingston Prison, Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. Hall made numerous suicide attempts in prison which were all unsuccessful.

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21 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 16th of September 2005 Workers taking an obligatory power nap during the construction of a Piggery installation by Wim Delvoye at the Convergence exhibition in 798 Art District, Dashanzi, Beijing, Hebei, China.

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20 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 16th of September 2006 Dolfijntje is one of the four 'Reuskens' from Borgerhout dating from around 1712. On this day the original 'Reuskens' were taken out on for the annual street parade for the last time in Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(x) 10 years ago Friday 16th of September 2016 Noise music band Club Moral play their 146th concert at the Tower Transmissions VI festival in Club Pushkin, Leipziger Straße 12, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany.

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(-) 1 years ago Tuesday 16th of September 2025 Actor and film director Robert Charles Redford aka The Godfather of Indie Film dies of natural causes at the age of 89 in Provo, Utah, United States.

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