This day in History - September 16

434 Historic Events for September 16
1925 Death Leopold Fall, composer, dies at 52
1925 Death Leo Fall, Austria operetta composer (That Pink von Stambul), dies
1926 Death Rudolf C Eucken, German philosopher (Nobel 1908), dies at 80
1926 Event St Louis Cards beat Phillies 23-3
1926 Birth Lee Kuan Yew, PM (Singapore)
1926 Event Philip Dunning and George Abbott's "Broadway," premieres in NYC
1926 Event Italian-Romanian peace treaty signed
1926 Event -22] Hurricane in Florida and Alabama, kills 372
1926 Birth Robert Schuller, televangelist (Glass Cathedral, Hour of Power)
1926 Birth Tommy "Butch" Bond, actor (Butch-Our Gang)
1926 Birth John Knowles, US writer (Morning in Antibes)
1927 Birth Jack Kelly, Astoria Queens, actor (Bart-Maverick, Get Christie Love)
1927 Birth Peter Falk, Ossining NY, actor (Colombo, Scared Straight)
1927 Event Rene Lacoste beats Bill Tilden for US Lawn Tennis Assn title
1928 Event Hurricane hits West Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee Florida; 3,000 die
1928 Birth Lamine Diakhat‚, Senegal, poet (Primordiale du Sixieme Jour)
1929 Event Police shoots at strikers at Maastricht, 2 killed
1929 Birth Dale E Kildee, (Rep-D-Michigan, 1977- )
1930 Event Phillies trailing 10-5, score 5 in 9th, then Pirates score 4 in top of 10th, so Phillies score 5 in bottom of 10th to win 15-14
1930 Birth Ken Coates, MEP (Labour)
1931 Birth Jan Johansson, composer
1931 Event St Louis Cards repeat as NL champions with a 6-3 win over Phillies
1931 Event Blimp is moored to Empire State Building (NYC)
1932 Event 30.8 cm rainfall at Westerly, Rhode Island (state record)
1932 Birth Mickey Stewart, manager (England Cricket Team)