User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/September 16

September 16

 * 1776 - American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
 * 1941 - Concerned that Reza Pahlavi the Shah of Persia was about to align his petroleum-rich country with Germany during World War II, the United Kingdom and the USSR occupy Iran and forced him to resign in favor of his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.