Holidays Calendar for September 16, 2026
Independence Day in Papua New Guinea is celebrated on September 16. This public holiday commemorates the country's independence from Australia in 1975.
Mexican Independence Day is celebrated on September 16. It commemorates the Grito de Dolores (Cry of Dolores) of 1810, which sparked the Mexican War of Independence. Independence Day is one of the five patriotic holidays (Fiestas Patrias) in Mexico.
Malaysia Day (Hari Malaysia) is one of the national holidays in Malaysia. It celebrates the establishment of the Malaysian federation on September 16, 1963. It should not be confused with Malaysia's Independence Day, which is observed on August 31.
National Heroes' Day is a public holidays in Saint Kitts and Nevis celebrated on September 16 each year. Such a date of chosen was chosen to commemorate the birth anniversary of Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, the country's first Premier.
Martyrs' Day is a Libyan public holiday observed on September 16. It was designated to honor the memory of Libyans who were killed or exiled under Italian rule and those who died during the so-called Day of Revolt (February 17, 2011) and the Libyan Civil War.
Armed Forces Day in Malaysia is celebrated annually on September 16. It is marked with an official ceremony and military parade.
Human Resource Manager Day is an unofficial professional holiday celebrated in Russia and some other countries on the third Wednesday in September each year. Despite not having an official status, it is quite popular in the professional community.
Owain Glyndŵr Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated in Wales on September 16. It is dedicated to the national hero of Wales who was the last native Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales. Many considered him an unofficial king of Wales.
On September 16, the residents and guests of Verona celebrate Juliet’s birthday. The holiday is dedicated to one of the most famous literary heroines in the world. It is celebrated with carnivals, costumed performances, concerts, film screenings and other events and activities inspired by the immortal love story described in the famous romantic tragedy.
If you like Mexican food and/or avocados, you'll be glad to learn that September 16 is the National Guacamole Day in the United States. Guacamole is a dip made of avocado that has been around since at least the 16th century.
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is an annual United Nations observance held on September 16. It was established in December 1994 to commemorate the signing of the Montreal Protocol on the Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer that took place on September 16, 1987.
The International Day for Interventional Cardiology is a United Nations observance held annually on September 16. It was created to highlight the importance of intervention cardiology for lowering preventable death rates.
The International Day of Science, Technology and Innovation for the South is a United Nations observance held annually on September 16. It was created to reaffirm the UN’s commitment to leaving no one behind as science and technology rapidly advance.
Lesbian Visibility Day (Día de la Visibilidad Lésbica) is observed in Paraguay on September 16 every year. It honors a group of lesbian inmates led by Feliciana “Chana” Coronel, who demanded the same right to meetings with their partners as straight inmates.
National Fitness Day is the biggest celebration of fitness and health in the United Kingdom. It is held annually on the third Wednesday of September.
This Day in History
- 2022 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini died in a hospital in Tehran, Iran, under suspicious circumstances. Her death resulted in a series of protests across the country.
- 2013 Aaron Alexis fatally shot twelve people and injured three others in a mass shooting at the NAVSEA headquarters in Washington, D.C.
- 2011 The Galloping Ghost, a P-51D Mustang flown by Jimmy Leeward, crashed into spectators at the Reno Air Races near Reno, Nevada.
- 2007 One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 crashed into a non-frangible embankment beside runway at Phuket International Airport, Thailand.
- 1999 Born: Brady Tkachuk, American professional ice hockey left winger in the NHL. He is the son of Keith Tkachuk and younger brother of Matthew Tkachuk.
- 1998 The French and Québécois musical Notre-Dame de Paris premiered in Paris. According to Guinness World Records, it had the most successful first year of any musical ever.
- 1992 Born: Nick Jonas, American singer, songwriter and actor. He rose to fame as a member of the Jonas Brothers, a band he formed with his older brothers, Kevin and Joe.
- 1992 The British government had to withdraw the pound sterling from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (the so-called Black Wednesday).
- 1985 Born: Max Minghella, English actor. He is known for his role as Nick Blaine in The Handmaid's Tale, which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 2021.
- 1985 Born: Madeline Zima, American actress. She is known for her roles as Grace Sheffield on The Nanny, Mia Lewis on Californication, and Gretchen Berg on Heroes.
- 1984 Born: Katie Melua, British singer and songwriter. Her debut album, Call Off the Search, was released in 2003 and sold 1.9 million copies in the United Kingdom.
- 1981 Born: Alexis Bledel, American actress and model. She is best known for her roles as Rory Gilmore on Gilmore Girls and as Emily Malek on The Handmaid's Tale.
- 1981 Born: Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress, singer, and television producer. She has appeared in many foreign-language films and is considered a fashion icon.
- 1980 Died: Jean Piaget, Swiss philosopher and developmental psychologist primarily remembered as the creator of genetic epistemology.
- 1979 Born: Flo Rida (stage name of Tramar Lacel Dillard), American rapper whose best known hits include "Low", "Right Round" and "Whistle".
- 1977 Died: Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld), English musician, singer-songwriter and poet best known as the frontman of the rock band T.Rex.
- 1977 Died: Maria Callas, American-born Greek soprano. She is considered to be one of the most influential opera singers of the 20th century.
- 1971 Born: Amy Poehler, American actress, comedian, voice artist, director, prouder and writer. She gained acclaim and recognition on Saturday Night Live and Parks and Recreation.
- 1968 Born: Marc Anthony, American actor, singer, record producer, and television producer. He is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time.
- 1965 Died: Fred Quimby, American animation producer best known for producing the Tom and Jerry cartoons, for which he won 7 Academy Awards for Best Animated Short Films.
- 1959 The world's first successful commercial plain paper copier, Xerox 914, was introduced to the public at the Sherry-Netherland Hotel in New York.
- 1956 Born: David Copperfield (born David Seth Kotkin), American illusionist who is regarded as the most commercially successful magician in history.
- 1952 Born: Mickey Rourke, American actor, screenwriter, and retired boxer. He is known for his roles in 9½ Weeks, Barfly, Sin City, The Wrestler, and other films.
- 1936 Died: Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French scientist, medical doctor, and polar explorer. He died when his ship was wrecked in a storm near Iceland.
- 1932 Died: Ronald Ross, Indian-born British medical doctor who was awarded the 1902 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work on malaria.
- 1927 Born: Peter Falk, American actor of stage and screen best known for his role as Lt. Columbo in the American television series Columbo.
- 1926 Died: Alexander Friedmann, Russian and Soviet mathematician and physicist. He is best known for developing the Friedmann equations.
- 1924 Born: Lauren Bacall, American actress who was named the 20th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute.
- 1919 American Legion was granted a national charter by the United States Congress. It was formed by veterans of the American Expeditionary Forces.
- 1908 William C. Durant, Charles Stewart Mott, and Frederic L. Smith founded General Motors in Flint, Michigan. In 2009, GM filed for bankruptcy.
- 1893 Born: Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian physiologist who was awarded the 1937 the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering vitamin C.
- 1880 The first issue of The Cornell Daily Sun was released in Ithaca, New York by students at Cornell University and hired employees.
- 1824 Died: Louis XVIII of France, King of France and Navarre from 1814 to 1824 except for a period in 1815 known as the Hundred Days.
- 1782 The Secretary of Congress Charles Thomson became the first person to use the Great Seal of the United States. He was its keeper until 1789.
- 1745 Born: Mikhail Kutuzov, Field Marshal of the Russian Empire. He took part in three of the Russo-Turkish Wars and in the Napoleonic War.
- 1736 Died: Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist, engineer, and glass blower, primarily remembered for developing a temperature scale.
- 1498 Died: Tomás de Torquemada, Spanish Dominican friar primarily remembered as the first Grand Inquisitor (the lead official of the Spanish inquisition).