^B{^#!16!16 September^N! National Day of Mexico. Feast day of St Cornelius, pope, St Cyprian, St Ludmila, St Ninian, Saints Abundius and Abundantius, St Edith of Wilton, and St Euphemia.
^B{1847^B} The house in which Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon became the first building in Britain to be purchased for preservation. ^B{1859^B} David Livingstone discovered Lake Nyasa. ^B{1906^B} The US Buick and Oldsmobile automobile manufacturers merged to become General Motors. ^B{1941^B} The Shah of Iran, Reza Khan Pahlavi, abdicated. ^B{1963^B} Malaysia became independent and a mob of over 100,000 burned down the British Embassy. ^B{1969^B} Biba, considered London's trendiest store in the 'swinging 60s', opened on Kensington High Street. ^B{1976^B} The Episcopal Church in the US approved the ordination of women to the priesthood. ^B{1987^B} For the first time in South Africa, Othello was performed with a black actor, John Khani, playing the Moor. ^B{1991^B} All Iran-Contra charges against Oliver North were dropped.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}King Henry V, ^B{1387^B}; Alexander Korda, British film director and producer, ^B{1893^B}; Lauren Bacall, US actress, ^B{1924^B}; Charles Haughey, Irish politician, ^B{1925^B}; B B King, US blues singer, ^B{1926^B}; Peter Falk, US actor, ^B{1927^B}; Andy Irvine, British rugby footballer, ^B{1951^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Tomßs de Torquemada, Spanish Inquisitor-General, ^B{1498^B}; Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, German physicist, ^B{1736^B}; Louis XVIII, King of France, ^B{1824^B}; Leo Amery, British statesman and journalist, ^B{1955^B}; Walter Greenwood, English novelist, ^B{1974^B}; Maria Callas, US opera singer, ^B{1977^B}.
