Pilgrims set sail for Virginia from Plymouth, England in the Mayflower. The Pilgrims on the Mayflower were a group of English Separatists and other settlers…
Tag: 16 September
16 September 1979
Eight people escape from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon. This took place in 1979 during the Cold War, when…
16 September 1961
Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people. Typhoon Nancy, also known…
16 September 1955
A Soviet Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
16 September 1987
The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Protocol’]
16 September 1975
Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia. AS THE SUN SET on the afternoon of 16 September 1975, the Australian flag came down for the…
16 September 1620
Pilgrims set sail on the Mayflower from England. The Mayflower sails from Plymouth, England, bound for the New World with 102 passengers. The ship was…
16 September 1987
The Montreal Protocol is signed in order to protect the ozone layer from further depletion.