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Old 09-15-2009, 08:05 PM
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September 16th
1736 ~ Death of Gabriel Fahrenheit, German Physicist.

1810 ~ Fr. Miguel Hidalgo proclaimed Mexico's independence from Spain.

1940 ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Selective Training and Service Act.

1959 ~ French President De Gaulle recognized Algerian right of self determination.

1968 ~ Candidate Richard Nixon appeared on Laugh-in.

1974 ~ U.S. President Ford announced a conditional amnesty program for Vietnam War deserters and draft evaders.

1987 ~ The Montreal Protocol was signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.

1991 ~ The trial of Manuel Noriega began.

1992 ~ The Pound Sterling was forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and devalued against the Deutschmark.

1996 ~ The Howard Stern Radio Show premiered.
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