Page 8: Historical Events In September - 16
Saturday, 22 February 2025
2019 A gas explosion in Koltsovo, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia sets off a fire in a bioweapons plant that houses viruses including smallpox, ebola and anthrax on September - 16.
2020 On September - 16 yoshihide Suga confirmed as Prime Minister by the Japanese government after Shinzo Abe stood down due to ill health
2020 On September - 16 a United Nations Human Rights Council fact-finding mission formally accuses the Venezuelan government of crimes against humanity, including cases of killings, torture, violence against political opposition and disappearances since 2014. President Nicolás Maduro and other senior Venezuelan officials are among those implicated in the charges.
2020 On this day in history yoshihide Suga becomes the new Prime Minister of Japan, replacing Shinzo Abe.
2021 On this day in history french President Emmanuel Macron says France has killed leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi
2021 Inspiration4 launched by SpaceX becomes the first all-civilian spaceflight, carrying a four-person crew on a three-day orbit of the Earth on September - 16.
2024 On September - 16 american music mogul Sean Combs is arrested and charged the next day with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution [1]