My Birthday is September 16, 1993
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1498 - Death of Tomas de Torquemada inquisitor who burned 10 000 people
1620 - Mayflower departs from Plymouth England with 102 pilgrims
1630 - Mass village of Shawmut changed its name to Boston
1662 - Flamsteed sees solar eclipse 1st known astronomical observation
1782 - Great Seal of US used for 1st time
1795 - British capture Capetown
1810 - Mexico 1st declares independence from Spain (National Day)
1812 - Fire of Moscow
1857 - Typesetting machine patent
1858 - 1st overland mail for California
1893 - Cherokee Strip Oklahoma opened to white settlement homesteaders
1908 - William Crapo Durant incorporates General Motors
1915 - US takes control of customs & finances of Haiti for 10 years
1919 - American Legion incorporated by an act of Congress
1924 - Cardinal Jim Bottomley bats in 12 RBIs in 1 game
1939 - Yanks clinch pennant #11
1940 - Samuel T Rayburn of Tx elected speaker of the House
1940 - 1st US peace-time draft in US enacted
1945 - Barometric pressure at 856 mb (25.55") off Okinawa (record low)
1946 - James Jeans dies
1947 - 1st automobile to exceed 400 mph John Cobb Bonneville Salt Flats
1955 - Bauer & Berra homer in the 9th beating Red Sox 5-4 taking over 1st
1964 - Shindig premiers
1966 - Metropolitan Opera opens at NY's Lincoln Center
1968 - Richard Nixon appears on Laugh-in
1972 - 1st TV series about mixed marriage - Bridgit Loves Bernie
1974 - Pres Ford announces conditional amnesty for Vietnam deserters
1974 - BART begins regular transbay service
1975 - Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day)
1976 - Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests & bishop
1977 - Maria Callas American-born prima donna dies in Paris at 53
1978 - Yanks beat Red Sox for 6th time in 2 weeks 3-2
1979 - Catfish Hunter Day at Yankee Stadium
1982 - massacre of 1000+ Palestinian refugees at Chatila & Sabra begins
1984 - Miami Vice premiers