September 16
Today in America's Present Past
1620 | The Mayflower departs Plymouth, England, with 102 Pilgrims.
1776 | Revolutionary War hero Thomas Knowlton died.
1782 | The Great Seal of the United States of America was used for the first time.
1803 | Author Orestes Augustus Branson was born.
1804 | Inventor Squire Whipple was born.
1819 | Physician John Jeffries died.
1822 | Entrepreneur Charles Crocker was born.
1823 | Historian Francis Parkman was born.
1830 | Oliver Wendell Holmes writes the poem "Old Ironsides" as a tribute.
1875 | Entrepreneur James Cash Penny was born.
1889 | Journalist Claude Albert Barnett was born.
1896 | Author Stephen Crane is threatened with arrest after intervening when a woman he was interviewing, Dora Clark, is arrested on suspicion of prostitution.
1908 | General Motors was founded in Flint, Michigan, by William Durant.
1919 | Congress: The American Legion was incorporated.
1920 | Wall Street Bombing, which remains a cold case, was suspected of being the actions of communists or anarchists.
1924 | Actress Lauren Bacall was born.
1925 | Musician B. B. King was born.
1926 | Cleric Robert Schuller was born.
1927 | Actor Peter Falk was born.
1940 | POTUS: Democrat President Roosevelt signs the first peacetime draft.
1942 | Yachtsman Dennis Conner was born.
1953 | Film: “The Robe” debuted.
1956 | Magician David Copperfield was born.
1968 | Musician Marc Anthony was born.
1971 | Comedian Amy Poehler was born.
1974 | POTUS: Republican President Ford announces amnesty for Vietnam War deserters.
1984 | TV: “Miami Vice” debuted.
1985 | Entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan was born.
1992 | Entertainer Nick Jonas was born.
2016 | Playwright Edward Albee died.