^B{^#!16!10 September^N! Feast Day of St Theodard of Maestricht, St Salvius or Salvy of Albi, St Ambrose Barlow, St Aubert of Avranches, Saints Menodora, Metrodora and Nymphodora, St Finian of Moville, St Nemesian, St Nicholas of Tolentino, and St Pulcheria.
^B{1721^B} The Peace of Nystad was concluded between Russia and Sweden. ^B{1823^B} Sim≤n Bolφvar, known as The Liberator, became the dictator of Peru. ^B{1894^B} George Smith, a London cab driver, became the first person in Britain to be convicted for drunken driving; he was fined 20s (ú1). ^B{1919^B} The Treaty of Saint-Germain was signed; the new boundaries it set brought about the end of the Austrian Empire. ^B{1942^B} In a single raid, the RAF dropped 100,000 bombs on Dusseldorf. ^B{1945^B} Former Norwegian Premier Vidkun Quisling, who had collaborated with the Germans during World War II, was sentenced to death. ^B{1981^B} Picasso's ^I{Guernica^I} was returned to Spain after 40 years in US custodianship; the artist had refused to show the painting in Spain before the restoration of democracy. ^B{1989^B} Hungary opened its border to the West allowing thousands of East Germans to leave, much to the anger of the East German government.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Giovanni Tiepolo, Italian painter, ^B{1727^B}; John Soane, English architect, ^B{1753^B}; Mungo Park, Scottish explorer, ^B{1771^B}; Franz Werfel, Austrian novelist and poet, ^B{1890^B}; Robert Wise, US film director, ^B{1914^B}; Arnold Palmer, US golfer, ^B{1929^B}; JosΘ Feliciano, US singer, ^B{1945^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Louis IV, King of France, 954^B}; Mary Wollstonecraft, British feminist, ^B{1797^B}; Huey Long, US politician, assassinated, ^B{1935^B}; Charles Cruft, British dog expert, ^B{1938^B}; Balthazar Johannes Vorster, South African Nationalist politician, ^B{1983^B}.
