Right this moment is Tuesday, Sept. 16, the 259th day of 2025. There are 106 days left within the yr.
Right this moment in historical past:
On Sept. 16, 1982, the bloodbath of greater than 1,300 Palestinian males, ladies and kids by the hands of Israeli-allied Christian Phalange militiamen started in west Beirut’s Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.
Additionally on this date:
In 1810, Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla referred to as on his parishioners to affix him in a insurrection towards Spanish rule, marking the start of the Mexican Battle of Independence.
In 1893, the most important land run in U.S. historical past occurred as greater than 100,000 white settlers rushed to assert over greater than 6 million acres of land in what’s now northern Oklahoma.
In 1908, Normal Motors was based in Flint, Michigan, by William C. Durant.
In 1940, Samuel T. Rayburn of Texas was first elected speaker of the U.S. Home of Representatives; he would maintain the submit for a document 17 years, spanning three separate phrases.
In 1966, the Metropolitan Opera formally opened its new opera home at New York’s Lincoln Heart for the Performing Arts with the world premiere of Samuel Barber’s “Antony and Cleopatra.”
In 1974, President Gerald R. Ford signed a proclamation asserting a conditional amnesty program for Vietnam conflict deserters and draft evaders.
In 2007, O.J. Simpson was arrested within the alleged armed theft of sports activities memorabilia collectors in Las Vegas. (Simpson was later convicted of kidnapping and armed theft and sentenced to 9 to 33 years in jail; he was launched in 2017.)
In 2013, Aaron Alexis, a former U.S. Navy reservist, went on a capturing rampage contained in the Washington Navy Yard, killing 12 folks earlier than being fatally shot police.
In 2018, at the very least 17 folks have been confirmed lifeless from Hurricane Florence as catastrophic flooding unfold throughout the Carolinas.
Right this moment’s Birthdays:
- Actor George Chakiris is 93.
- Actor Ed Begley Jr. is 76.
- Writer-historian-filmmaker Henry Louis Gates Jr. is 75.
- Nation singer David Bellamy (The Bellamy Brothers) is 75.
- Actor Mickey Rourke is 73.
- Jazz musician Earl Klugh is 72.
- TV character Mark McEwen is 71.
- Baseball Corridor of Famer Robin Yount is 70.
- Magician David Copperfield is 69.
- Actor Jennifer Tilly is 67.
- Retired MLB All-Star pitcher Orel Hershiser is 67.
- Baseball Corridor of Famer Tim Raines is 66.
- Singer Richard Marx is 62.
- Comic Molly Shannon is 61.
- Singer Marc Anthony is 57.
- Information anchor/discuss present host Tamron Corridor is 55.
- Comic-actor Amy Poehler is 54.
- Singer-songwriter Musiq Soulchild is 48.
- Rapper Flo Rida is 46.
- Actor Alexis Bledel is 44.
- Actor Madeline Zima is 40.
- Actor Max Minghella is 40.
- Rock singer-musician Nick Jonas (The Jonas Brothers) is 33.
- Actor Chase Stokes is 33.
- Golfer Bryson Dechambeau is 32.
