ON SEPTEMBER 16… 1620 – The Mayflower, with 102 passengers and crew, set sail from Plymouth, England. 1845 – Phineas Wilcox was stabbed to death by fellow Mormons in Nauvoo, Illinois, because he was believed to be a Christian spy. 1875 – James Cash Penney, founder of J.C. Penney, was born. 1893 – The largest land run in history began with more than 100,000 people pouring into the Cherokee Strip of Oklahoma to claim valuable land that had once belonged to Native Americans. With a single shot from a pistol, the mad dash began and land-hungry pioneers on horseback and in carriages raced forward to stake their claims to the best acres. 1908 – General Motors was founded. 1920 – A bomb exploded on Wall Street in New York City. The blast killed 38 and seriously injured 143. The bombing was never solved, although investigators and historians believe it was carried out by Italian anarchists. 1927 – Peter Falk of "Columbo" fame was born. 1928 – The Okeechobee hurricane blasted Palm Beach, FL. Over 1,700 homes were demolished but thanks to well-issued hurricane warnings, the number of lives lost in the coastal area was only 26. 1940 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Selective Service and Training Act, which required all male citizens between the ages of 26 and 35 to register for the military draft. 1953 – The St. Louis Browns of the American League were given approval to move to Baltimore, MD, where they became the Baltimore Orioles. 1960 – Amos Alonzo Stagg announced his retirement from football coaching. He was 98 years old at the time! The legendary coach was elected a charter member of the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951 as both a player and a coach. 1963 – "The Outer Limits" debuted on ABC. 1964 – "Shindig" premiered on ABC-TV. 1965 – "The Dean Martin Show" debuted on NBC-TV. 1966 – The Metropolitan Opera House opened at Lincoln Center in New York City. 1978 – An earthquake measuring 7.5 to 7.9 on the Richter scale hit the city of Tabas, Iran, killing about 25,000 people. 1982 – Hours after Israeli forces entered West Beirut, Lebanese militiamen began a massacre of Palestinians at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps. Within two days, approximately 2,500 men, women, and children were dead. The massacre was presented as retaliation for the assassination of newly elected Lebanese president Bachir Gemayel. It was assumed that Palestinian militants had carried out the assassination, but it was later learned the assassination had been perpetrated by Lebanese militants with ties to Syria. 1984 – "Miami Vice" premiered on NBC. 1993 – "Frasier", a spin-off of the long-running mega-hit sitcom "Cheers", made its debut on NBC. 2009 – Legendary folk singer Mary Travers (Peter, Paul & Mary) died as a result of complications arising from chemotherapy treatments for leukemia.
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