September 16 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on September 16, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♍︎ Virgo
Aug 23 – Sep 22
Birth stone
Sapphire
Birth flower
Aster
How common
#34 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous September 16 birthdays
Albrecht Kossel · German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics1853
Bonar Law · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1922 to 19231858
Karen Horney · American-German psychoanalyst1885
Frans Eemil Sillanpää · Finnish writer1888
Albert Szent-Györgyi · Hungarian biochemist1893
Lee Kuan Yew · 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore1923
Lauren Bacall · American actress1924
B. B. King · American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter1925
Peter Falk · American actor1927
Elgin Baylor · American basketball player, coach, and executive1934
David Copperfield · American illusionist1956
Jennifer Tilly · American actress1958
Richard Marx · American singer and songwriter1963
Marc Anthony · American singer1968
Amy Poehler · American actress1971
Flo Rida · American rapper and singer1979
Alexis Bledel · American actress1981
Fan Bingbing · Chinese actress1981
Kirsty Coventry · Zimbabwean swimmer, politician, and sports administrator1983
Nick Jonas · American singer, actor and musician1992
On this day in history
1776American Revolutionary War: American colonists defeated British troops at the Battle of Harlem Heights on the island of Manhattan.
1961The U.S. National Hurricane Research Project sought to weaken Hurricane Esther by seeding it with silver iodide, leading to the establishment of Project Stormfury.
1989During a tour of the United States, Soviet politician Boris Yeltsin visited a grocery store in Texas that had a major impact on his views regarding the Soviet Union's economic system.
1992The British pound (coin pictured) was forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism on Black Wednesday and suffered a major devaluation.
1963Malaysia was formed as an independent nation from the Federation of Malaya, the State of Singapore, the Crown Colony of North Borneo, and the Crown Colony of Sarawak.
1966The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.
1975The prototype of the Soviet Mikoyan MiG-31, one of the fastest combat jets in the world, made its maiden flight.
1979Eight people escaped from East Germany to West Germany in a home-made hot air balloon.
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