CoM Moderators Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 1915 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia adjourns 4th Duma 1920 - The "Wall Street bombing" occurs at 12:01 when a horse-drawn wagon explodes on Wall Street, New York, killing 38 and injuring 143 1940 - US President FDR signs Selective Training and Service Act - 1st US peacetime draft 1941 - Jews of Vilna, Poland, confined to the Ghetto 1954 - CKLW TV channel 9 in Windsor, ON (CBC) begins broadcasting 1961 - CDU loses West German election 1965 - Boston Red Sox Dave Morehead no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0 1965 - Sobibor trial opens in Hagen, West Germany 1974 - US President Gerald Ford announces conditional amnesty for US Vietnam War deserters 1997 - Mark McGwire signs with the St Louis Cardinals for $26M More Historical Events » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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