^B{^#!16!8 September^N! Feast Day of St Corbinian, St Disibod, St Eusebius, Saints Adrian and Natalia, St Kingsmark or Cynfarch Oer, St Sergius I, pope, St Zeno, St Nestabus, and St Nestor.
^B{1664^B} The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam was surrendered to the British who renamed it New York in 1669. ^B{1831^B} William IV was crowned King of Great Britain. ^B{1886^B} Johannesburg, South Africa, was founded after the discovery of gold there. ^B{1888^B} The first English Football league matches were played. ^B{1900^B} Parts of Texas, US, were hit by a tornado and tidal waves, which caused over 6,000 deaths near Galveston. ^B{1926^B} Germany was admitted to the League of Nations. ^B{1944^B} The first German V2 flying bombs fell on Britain. ^B{1951^B} The Treaty of Peace with Japan was signed by 49 nations in San Francisco. ^B{1966^B} The Severn Road Bridge was officially opened. ^B{1974^B} US President Ford fully pardoned Richard Nixon for his part in the Watergate affair.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}King Richard I (the Lion Heart), ^B{1157^B}; Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet, ^B{1474^B}; Antonin Dvorßk, Czech composer, ^B{1841^B}; Siegfried Sassoon, English writer, ^B{1863^B}; Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director, ^B{1910^B}; Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian, ^B{1925^B}; Frankie Avalon, US singer, ^B{1940^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Francisco Gomez de Quevedo y Villegas, Spanish writer, ^B{1645^B}; George Bradshaw, British publisher of the first railroad guides, ^B{1853^B}; Richard Strauss, German composer, ^B{1949^B}; AndrΘ Derain, French painter, ^B{1954^B}; Jean Seberg, US actress, ^B{1979^B}.
