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September 16, 2016

National POW/MIA Recognition Day

Today is Friday September 16, 2016 The 260th day of 2016-- 106 left It is a leap year Sunrise this morning 6:53 a.m. set: 7140 p.m. 12:20 hours of daylight Moonrise: 7:28 p.m. set: 6:40 a.m. And this year the Full Harvest Moon brings with it at 12:45 p.m. today, a Penumbral Lunar Eclipse. SPECIAL CELEBRATIONS TODAY; Today is National Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day,Ntil. Guacamole Day, Mayflower Day, Ntl. POW/MIA Recognition Day, Stepfamily Day, Constitution Pledge Across America Day, International Day for the preservation of the ozone layer. This day in History:1400 - Owain Glyndwr was proclaimed Prince of Wales after rebelling against English rule. He was the last Welsh-born Prince of Wales. 1620 - The Mayflower departed from Plymouth, England. The ship arrived at Provincetown, MA, on November 21st and then at Plymouth, MA, on December 26th. There were 102 passengers onboard. 1630 - The village of Shawmut changed its name to Boston. 1782 - The Great Seal of the United States was impressed on document to negotiate a prisoner of war agreement with the British. It was the first official use of the impression. 1810 - The Mexicans began a revolt against Spanish rule. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Catholic priest of Spanish descent, declared Mexico's independence from Spain in the small town of Dolores. 1893 - The "Cherokee Strip" in Oklahoma was swarmed by hundreds of thousands of settlers. 1908 - General Motors was founded by William Crapo "Billy" Durant. The company was formed by merging the Buick and Olds car companies. 1924 - Jim Bottomley knocked in 12 runs in a single game setting a major league baseball record. 1940 - U.S. President Roosevelt signed into law the Selective Training and Service Act, which set up the first peacetime military draft in U.S. history. 1940 - Samuel T. Rayburn of Texas was elected Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. He served for 17 years. 1941 - "The Arkansas Traveler" debuted on CBS Radio. The show was later renamed "The Bob Burns Show." 1953 - "The Robe" premiered at the Roxy Theater in New York. It was the first movie filmed in the wide screen CinemaScope process. 1953 - The St. Louis Browns of the American League were given permission to move to Baltimore, MD, where they became the Baltimore Orioles. 1963 - "The Outer Limits" premiered on ABC-TV. 1965 - "The Dean Martin Show" debuted on NBC-TV. 1968 - "The Andy Griffith Show" was seen for the final time on CBS. 1972 - "The Bob Newhart Show" premiered on CBS-TV. 1974 - U.S. President Ford announced a conditional amnesty program for draft-evaders and deserters during the Vietnam War. 1976 - The Episcopal Church formally approved women to be ordained as priests and bishops. 1982 - In west Beirut, the massacre of hundreds of Palestinian men, women and children began in refugee camps of the Lebanese Christian militiamen. 1985 - The Communist Party in China announced changes in leadership that were designed to bring younger officials into power. 1987 - The Montreal Protocol was signed by 24 countries in an effort to save the Earth's ozone layer by reducing emissions of harmful chemicals by the year 2000. 1988 - Tom Browning pitched the 12th perfect game in major league baseball. 1990 - An eight-minute videotape of an address by U.S. President George H.W. Bush was shown on Iraqi television. The message warned that action of Saddam Hussein could plunge them into a war "against the world." 1994 - Exxon Corporation was ordered by federal jury to pay $5 billion in punitive damages to the people harmed by the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill. 1994 - Two astronauts from the space shuttle Discovery went on the first untethered spacewalk in 10 years. 1998 - Universal paid $9 million for the rights to the Dr. Seuss classics "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and "Oh, the Places You'll Go." 1998 - Meryl Streep received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. If Today is your Birthday you share your special day with: Louis XIV (France) 1638 Francis Parkman 1823 J.C. Penney 1875 George Whitney Calhoun 1890 Buster Mills 1908 Allen Funt 1914 Arleen Whelan 1916 Marvin Middlemark 1919 Janis Paige 1923 Lauren Bacall 1924 B.B. King 1925 Charlie Byrd 1925 Morgan Woodward 1925 John Knowles 1926 Peter Falk 1927 Jack Kelley 1927 Anne Francis 1930 George Chakiris 1933 Elgin Baylor 1934 Bernie Calvert (The Hollies) 1942 Linda Henning 1944 Betty Kelly (Martha and the Vandellas) 1944 Susan Ruttan 1948 Kenney Jones 1948 - Musician (Faces, The Who) Ed Begley, Jr. 1949 David Bellamy (The Bellamy Brothers) 1950 Ron Blair 1952 Earl Klugh 1953 Colin Newman 1954 Robin Yount 1955 Mickey Rourke 1956 David Copperfield 1956 Peter Zaremba (Fleshtones) 1956 Terry McBride 1958 Orel Hershiser 1958 Rodney Franklin 1958 Jane Brook 1962 Richard Marx 1963 Molly Shannon 1964 Marc Anthony 1968 Madeline Zima 1985 Nick Jonas 1992 - Singer, actor Tags: almanac