{"id":208214,"date":"2020-01-01T13:33:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T13:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/day\/september-16\/"},"modified":"2024-01-14T00:35:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T00:35:15","slug":"september-16","status":"publish","type":"otd_day","link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/day\/september-16\/","title":{"rendered":"September 16: Facts & Historical Events On This Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

September 16th is officially celebrated as Guacamole Day & Play Doh Day.

This day marks the 259th day of the year, and there are only days remaining in 2025.

Looking for knowledge on or about September 16? Let us quench that thirst with these intriguing historical events that all happened on this day.

Did you know that on this day in 1983, Arnold Schwarzenegger gained US citizenship at 36 years old? He had been dreaming of moving to America from his farm in Austria since he was only 10.

Keep reading for more fun & interesting facts about September 16th in history!\r\n\r\n

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What memorable events happened on September 16 in history? Keep reading to find out!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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2023\r\n\r\n

Rolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n

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2019\r\n\r\n

The New York Times published an investigation declaring Guantanamo Bay Prison as the most costly prison in the world.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The study showed that it costs around $13 million for every prisoner in Guantanamo Bay, which is considerably higher than any other prison in the world.\r\n\r\n

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2019\r\n\r\n

Personal information of Ecuador’s entire population (16.6 million) became available online on an unsecured cloud server in Miami.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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2015\r\n\r\n

Nature magazine announced that more than 3 million people die yearly from air pollution.\r\n\r\n
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This number is more than HIV\/Aids and malaria combined. Worryingly, this figure is expected to double by 2050.\r\n\r\n

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2014\r\n\r\n

Barbra Streisand’s album “Partners” was released, featuring duets with many hugely famous male artists.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The all-male line-up included artists such as Stevie Wonder, Michael Bublé, Billy Joel, John Legend, Andrea Bocelli, and Lionel Richie.\r\n\r\n

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2011\r\n\r\n

The movie “Drive,” based on James Sallis’s novel, was released in the US.\r\n\r\n
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Drive premiered at the Cannes film festival on May 20 and received a standing ovation. The American action drama grossed $78.1–81.4 million worldwide at the box office.\r\n\r\n

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1997\r\n\r\n

Steve Jobs was named interim CEO of Apple Computers.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1983\r\n\r\n

Arnold Schwarzenegger gained US citizenship.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission was the first of its kind in the Muslim world and the developing world. Pakistan’s renowned theoretical physicist, Abdus Salam, was placed at the head of the program. By the early 1960s, the agency was already launching imported rockets.\r\n\r\n