16 Sept, 1963 Beatles "She Loves You"
1963 : The Beatles release "She Loves You" in the United States. The song went to claim the Number 1 position on the charts on March 21st 1964 and remained there for 2 weeks. "She Loves You" helped set a record in the United States by being one of the five Beatles songs which held the top five positions in the American charts simultaneously. "She Loves You" had already been released in the UK on August 23rd.
16 Sept, 1810 Mexico Independence
1810 : Mexico declared its independence from Spain after 300 years of Spanish Rule.
16 Sept, 1920 Wall Street Bombing
1920 : A bomb believed to be planted by radical anarchists rocked Wall Street killing 38 people and wounded over 400. It was never solved but was widely attributed to radical anarchists.
16 Sept, 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane
1928 : The Okeechobee Hurricane strikes Lake Okeechobee, Florida with winds of around 140 mph a major levee broke with the resulting flood covering an area of hundreds of square miles with water that in some places was over 20 ft (6 m) deep and some 2,500 people drowned.
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16 Sept, 1931 Great Britain Great Depression
1931 : As the world recession continues the British economy is heading for an all time low with thousands of ships rusting in harbors because there are no goods to export, the budget deficit continues to grow and currently stands at $600 million budget deficit this year.
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16 Sept, 1932 India Mahatma Gandhi
1932 : Mahatma Gandhi begins his hunger strike in opposition to Britain's new Caste Separation Laws.
16 Sept, 1940 Selective Training and Service Act
1940 : President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the Selective Training and Service Act, requiring all men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register with local draft boards (later changed to between 18 and 45), becoming the first peacetime military draft in United States history.
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16 Sept, 1949 US Census Bureau
September 16th, 1949 : The Census Bureau has released the latest figures for the population of the United States of 149,452,000 on August 1 showing an increase of 237,000 since July 1st.
16 Sept, 1951 Stunt Plane Crash
1951 : 19 people die as a stunt plane crashes into crowd at a Colorado Air show. The plane, a low wing monoplane, was performing a snap roll when the wing caught on the ground and the plane crashed into spectators.
16 Sept, 1951 England King George VI
September 16th, 1951 : King George is still very unwell and has been admitted to hospital for further special treatment for a lung disease.
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16 Sept, 1968 UK New First Class Postal Service
1968 : The British Post Office begins New First Class Postal Service costing 5d (equiv to 2 new pence) promising overnight delivery for first class. The new service has has met mixed reactions with about 25% of the letters posted using the new first class service.
16 Sept, 1971 U.S.A. Value Of The Dollar
September 16th, 1971 : Following President Nixon's tax reduction program and defense of the US dollar value to boost a flagging economy and help with the current trade deficit, plus his proposal to impose a 10% import tax on certain goods and tax reductions for US exporters. Many countries around the world are angry and insist that the US should devalue the dollar which is causing major problems to the worlds money markets, and not impose trade tariffs on importers into the US.
16 Sept, 1974 Amnesty for Vietnam Draft Dodgers
1974 : President Ford has announced an amnesty program for Vietnam War deserters and draft evaders, just in Canada during the Vietnam war there were between 30,000 – 90,000 Americans seeking asylum from fighting in the war.
16 Sept, 1978 U.S.A. Leon Spinks
September 16th, 1978 : Leon Spinks lost his WBA heavyweight title to Muhammed Ali last night to become World Champion for a record 3rd time with a 15 round unanimous decision.
16 Sept, 1978 Iran Earthquake
1978 : A 7.7 Magnitude earthquake rocks Tabas, Iran, killing more than 20,000 people and flattening the town to the ground. Rescue operations are continuing in the hope of finding survivors who were buried but may still be alive.
16 Sept, 1981 U.S.A. Anti Nuclear Protesters
September 16th, 1981 : Hundreds of anti nuclear protesters invaded the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Reactor in California again today even after the 560 arrests yesterday in their continued protest and blockade of the Reactor, When arrested they do not put up any resistance they just walk up to the waiting police and the demonstration will not allow any protesters who are violent in their ranks.
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