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A total lunar eclipse took place on September 16, 1978.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_1978_lunar_eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on September 16, 2016
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_2016_lunar_eclipse

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_for_the_Preservation_of_the_Ozone_Layer

The Grito de Dolores was uttered from the small town of Dolores, near Guanajuato in Mexico, on September 16, 1810.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grito_de_Dolores

Grand opening of the Stephen Hawking Centre at Perimeter Institute on September 16, 2011
http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/outreach/general-public/special-events/grand-opening-2011

Super Typhoon Nancy made landfall in Osaka, Japan, in 1961
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Nancy_(1961)

Tabas was stricken by a destructive earthquake on September 16, 1978
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_Tabas_earthquake

The 1732 Montreal earthquake was a 5.8 magnitude earthquake that struck on September 16, 1732
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1732_Montreal_earthquake

The Mayflower departed Plymouth, England on September 6/16, 1620
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower#Voyage

Soviet submarine B-67 successfully launched the first ballistic missile on 16 September 1955.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu_class_submarine

The Cirrus sounding rocket was first launched on September 16, 1961
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrus_(rocket)

The first WAC Corporal dummy round was launched on September 16, 1945 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAC_Corporal

The first Thor Burner 2 launch occurred on September 16, 1966
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burner_(rocket_stage)

Space monkey Albert III died in an explosion of his V2 rocket on September 16, 1949
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys_and_apes_in_space#United_States

STS-79 was launched on the 16 September 1996
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-79



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People

Kevin Kregel is an American astronaut who was born on September 16, 1956
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/kregel.html

Evry Léon Schatzman (16 September 1920 - 25 April 2010) was a French astrophysicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89vry_Schatzman

Seth Carlo Chandler (September 16, 1846 - December 31, 1913) was an American astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Carlo_Chandler

Andrea Boattini (born September 16 1969) is an Italian astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Boattini

Antoine Parent (September 16, 1666 - September 26, 1716) was a French mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Parent

Francesco Maurolico (September 16, 1494-July 21 or July 22, 1575) was a Greek mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Maurolico

Liz Bonnin (born 16 September 1975) is a French-born television presenter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Bonnin

Frans Eemil Sillanpää (16 September 1888 - 3 June 1964) was a famous Finnish writer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Eemil_Sillanp%C3%A4%C3%A4

Hans Augusto Rey (born September 16, 1898 - August 26, 1977) was an illustrator and writer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._A._Rey

Nick Sagan (born September 16, 1970 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American novelist and screenwriter. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Sagan

Anne Francis (September 16, 1930 - January 2, 2011) was an American actress known for her role in the science fiction film classic Forbidden Planet (1956)  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Francis

UFO is a 1970-1971 British television science fiction series about an alien invasion of Earth
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3268862/ufo-tv-series/



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NGC Discovered

NGC 688 is a barred spiral galaxy discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 16th September 1865.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58560158/ngc-688/

NGC 717 is a spiral galaxy discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 16th September 1865.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58560153/ngc-717/

NGC 753 is a spiral galaxy discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 16th September 1865.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58560145/ngc-753/

NGC 843 is a group of three stars discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 16th September 1865.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58560135/ngc-843/

NGC 1184 is an edge-on spiral galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 16th September 1787.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58560120/ngc-1184/

NGC 6497 is a barred spiral galaxy discovered by Lewis A. Swift on the 16th September 1884.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58560089/ngc-6497/

NGC 7557 is a spiral galaxy discovered by Bindon Blood Stoney on the 16th September 1852
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58560059/ngc-7557/



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GRB 080916C is a gamma-ray burst (GRB) that was recorded on September 16, 2008 in the Carina constellation and detected by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. It is the most powerful gamma-ray burst ever recorded.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRB_080916C

Swift J1745-26 is a stellar-mass black hole discovered on September 16th, 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_J1745-26

HD 102117 b was discovered on September 16, 2004
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_102117_b

Hyperion, a moon of Saturn was discovered on 16 September 1848
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_%28moon%29

Asteroid (105) Artemis is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by J. C. Watson on September 16, 1868 at Ann Arbor, Michigan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/105_Artemis



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Meteorites

The Klein-Wenden (H6) meteorite fell in Thuringen, Germany, on the 16th September 1843.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45013750/klein-wenden-meteorite/

The Kushiike (OC) meteorite fell in Tohoku, Japan, on the 16th September 1920.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45013760/kushiike-meteorite/

The Suchy Dul (L6) meteorite fell in Vychodocesky, Czech Republic, on the 16th September 1969.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45013770/suchy-dul-meteorite/



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