Page 8: Historical Events In September - 16
Tuesday, 18 November 2025
2019 On this day in history a gas explosion in Koltsovo, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia sets off a fire in a bioweapons plant that houses viruses including smallpox, ebola and anthrax. 

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 this day in history 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 Yoshihide Suga becomes the new Prime Minister of Japan, replacing Shinzo Abe on this day in history. 

2021 French President Emmanuel Macron says France has killed leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi on September - 16. 

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] 

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