Event:
Poverty rates in the United States hit a 15-year high of 14.3 percent, or 43.6 million people
More Notable Events on September 16:
1997 Apple Computer Inc names co-founder Steve Jobs temporary CEO
1991 U.S. trial of Panamanian leader Noriega begins
1983 Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a U.S. citizen
1974 President Ford announces conditional amnesty for U.S., Vietnam War deserters
1970 Jordan king Hussein forms military government
