At A Glance

15 September 2016 at a glance

Day of the week
15 September 2016 was a Thursday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Closer” by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey.
Top Film of 2016
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.
Top-Rated TV Show
“The Big Bang Theory” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2016–17 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 15 September is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 15 September 2016 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 15 September 2016 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 15 September

  • 1983 Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
  • 2001 During a CART race at the Lausitzring in Germany, former Formula One driver Alex Zanardi suffers a heavy accident resulting in him losing both his legs.
  • 2004 National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players' union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
  • 2008 Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
  • 2020 Signing of the Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement occurs in Washington, D.C., normalizing relations between Israel and two Arab nations, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

Famous people born on September 15

  • Tom Hardy, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1977)
  • Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Duke of Sussex (born 1984)
  • Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (1890–1976)
  • Josh Charles, American actor and director (born 1971)

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Events of 2016 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2016 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • January 10 – 73rd Golden Globe Awards: The Revenant wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, with Leonardo DiCaprio winning the award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and Alejandro G. Iñárritu winning Best Director.
  • January 14 – The nominees for the 88th Academy Awards are announced at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California. The nominees for Best Picture are The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Room, and Spotlight.
  • March 4 – Walt Disney Animation Studios' 55th feature film, Zootopia, is released in theatres to acclaim as the studio's most critically well-received film since 1994's The Lion King.

Life in the US in 2016

President

Barack Obama

Gas (per gallon)

$2.14

Loaf of Bread

$1.99

Average House

$307,800

Weekly Wage

$843

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