Today is Monday, September 16, the 260th day of the 12 months 2024. There are 106 days left within the 12 months.
Today in history:
On September 16, 2013, Aaron Alexis, a former U.S. Navy reservist, went on a shooting spree on the Washington Navy Yard, killing 12 people before being shot dead by police.
Also on this date:
In 1810, Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla called on his parishioners to hitch him in a revolt against Spanish rule, marking the start of the Mexican War of Independence.
General Motors was founded in 1908 by William C. Durant in Flint, Michigan.
In 1940, Samuel T. Rayburn, a native of Texas, was elected Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives for the primary time. He would serve a record 17 years within the office, spanning three terms.
In 1966, the Metropolitan Opera officially opened its latest opera house at New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts with the world premiere of Samuel Barber’s “Antony and Cleopatra.”
In 1974, President Gerald R. Ford signed a proclamation announcing a conditional amnesty program for deserters and conscientious objectors from the Vietnam War.
In 1982, the massacre of greater than 1,300 Palestinian men, women and youngsters by the Christian Phalange militiamen allied with Israel began within the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in western Beirut.
In 2007, OJ Simpson was arrested in reference to an alleged armed robbery of sports memorabilia collectors in Las Vegas. (Simpson was later sentenced to nine to 33 years in prison for kidnapping and armed robbery; he was released in 2017.)
In 2018, Hurricane Florence killed not less than 17 people as catastrophic flooding spread across the Carolinas.
Today's birthdays:
- Actor George Chakiris is 92.
- Actor Ed Begley Jr. is 75.
- The creator, historian and filmmaker Henry Louis Gates Jr. is 74.
- Country singer David Bellamy (The Bellamy Brothers) is 74.
- Actor Mickey Rourke is 72.
- Jazz musician Earl Klugh is 71.
- TV star Mark McEwen is 70.
- Robin Yount, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, is 69.
- The magician David Copperfield is 68.
- Actress Jennifer Tilly is 66.
- Former MLB All-Star pitcher Orel Hershiser is 66.
- Tim Raines, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, is 65.
- Singer Richard Marx is 61.
- Comedian Molly Shannon is 60.
- Singer Marc Anthony is 56.
- News anchor and talk show host Tamron Hall is 54.
- Comedian and actress Amy Poehler is 53.
- Singer-songwriter Musiq Soulchild is 47.
- Rapper Flo Rida is 45.
- Actor Alexis Bledel is 43.
- Actress Madeline Zima is 39.
- Actor Max Minghella is 39.
- Rock singer and musician Nick Jonas (The Jonas Brothers) is 32.
- Actor Chase Stokes is 32.
- Golfer Bryson Dechambeau is 31.
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