Historical Events for 16th September 2022

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1597 - French troops chase away Albrecht of Austria
1869 - Golf's 1st recorded hole-in-one by Tom Morris at Prestwick's 8th hole, Scotland
1901 - French painter Paul Gauguin settles in Atuona in the Marquesas Islands
1940 - Samuel T Rayburn of Texas elected speaker of US House of Representatives
1947 - Typhoon Kathleen hits Saitama, Tokyo and Tone River area, killing at least 1,930
1948 - "Mr Strauss Goes to Boston" closes at Century NYC after 12 performances
1975 - Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day)
1978 - New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox, 3-2; at Yankee Stadium; Blue Bombers 6th win over arch rivals in 2 weeks
2018 - Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: At age 40, American Angela Stanford wins her first major title by 1 stroke from Amy Olson, Austin Ernst, Mo Martin and Kim Sei-young
2021 - Earliest evidence announced for humans making clothes discovered from bone tools 100,000 years old found at Contrebandiers Cave, Morocco

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