How Many Days Until September 16?

This day in history: September 16

1. 1979

   Eight people escaped from East Germany to West Germany in a home-made hot air balloon.

2. 1982

   A Lebanese militia under the direct command of Elie Hobeika carried out a massacre in the Palestinian refugee camp of Sabra and Shatila, killing at least 460 civilians.

3. 1989

   During a tour of the United States, Soviet politician Boris Yeltsin visited a grocery store in Texas that had a major impact on his views regarding the Soviet Union's economic system.

4. 1992

   The British pound was forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism on Black Wednesday and suffered a major devaluation.

5. 2007

   Seventeen Iraqi civilians were shot and killed by Academi guards in Baghdad.

6. 2007

   One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269 crashed after attempting a poorly executed go-around while landing in Thailand, killing 90 of the 130 people on board.

7. 2013

   A lone gunman fatally shot twelve people and injured three others at the headquarters of the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C.

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