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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_16" title="September 16">September 16</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/681" title="681">681</a> – At the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Council_of_Constantinople" title="Third Council of Constantinople">Third Council of Constantinople</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Honorius_I" title="Pope Honorius I">Pope Honorius I</a></b> was posthumously <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excommunication" title="Excommunication">excommunicated</a>, with his support for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monothelitism" title="Monothelitism">monothelitism</a> deemed to be <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heresy" title="Heresy">heretical</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1844" title="1844">1844</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Mendelssohn" title="Felix Mendelssohn">Felix Mendelssohn</a></b> completed the score of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin_Concerto_(Mendelssohn)" title="Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn)">Violin Concerto</a></b>, his final <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerto" title="Concerto">concerto</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963" title="1963">1963</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a></b> was formed as an independent nation from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Malaya" title="Federation of Malaya">Federation of Malaya</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_of_Singapore" title="Colony of Singapore">Colony of Singapore</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_North_Borneo" title="Crown Colony of North Borneo">Crown Colony of North Borneo</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_Sarawak" title="Crown Colony of Sarawak">Crown Colony of Sarawak</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979" title="1979">1979</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Germany_balloon_escape" title="East Germany balloon escape">Eight people escaped</a></b> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">East Germany</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a> in a home-made <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_air_balloon" title="Hot air balloon">hot air balloon</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990" title="1990">1990</a> – Construction of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Xinjiang_railway" title="Northern Xinjiang railway">Northern Xinjiang railway</a> was completed between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Cr%C3%BCmqi_South_railway_station" title="Ürümqi South railway station">Ürümqi South</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alashankou_railway_station" title="Alashankou railway station">Alashankou</a>, linking the railway lines of China and Kazakhstan and adding a sizeable portion to the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Land_Bridge" title="Eurasian Land Bridge">Eurasian Land Bridge</a></b>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalis_of_Savigny" title="Vitalis of Savigny">Vitalis of Savigny</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1122); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Bagr%C3%A9eff-Speransky" title="Elisabeth Bagréeff-Speransky">Elisabeth Bagréeff-Speransky</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1799); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesta_Tilley" title="Vesta Tilley">Vesta Tilley</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1952); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Ngwat-Mahop" title="Louis Ngwat-Mahop">Louis Ngwat-Mahop</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1987)</p>