Today in history

• 1672

  Anne Bradstreet – On September the 16th 1672 at the age of 60 Anne Bradstrret passes away in North Andover, Massachusetts [North Andover, Massachusetts, United States]

• 1832

  Herman Melville – On the 16th of September 1832 Melville's grandfather Melvill passes away [New York, United States]

• 1857

  James Russell Lowell – On the 16th of September, 1857 Lowell marries Frances Dunlap [Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States]

• 1880

  Alfred Noyes – On the 16th of September 1880 Alfred Noyes is born in Wolverhampton, England [Wolverhampton, United Kingdom]

• 1984

  Richard Brautigan – Brautigan died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1984. His body lay undiscovered for some time and was badly decomposed when it was found. [Bolinas, California, United States]

• 1993

  Oodgeroo Noonuccal – Noonuccal died in 1993 at the age of 72. She is still best known as the first Aboriginal Australian to publish a book of poetry. [Victoria, Australia ]

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