A look back: What happened in history on September 16th...

1498 - Tomas de Torquemada inquisitor who burned 10,000 people, dies.

1630 - Mass village of Shawmut changes name to Boston.

1654 - Russian troops occupy Smolensk on Poland.

1662 - Flamsteed sees solar eclipse, 1st known astronomical observation.

1702 - Emperor Leopold I declares war on France, Cologne & Bavaria.

1782 - Great Seal of US used for 1st time.

1795 - British capture Capetown South Africa.

1812 - Russians set fire to Moscow after midnight - city is burned completely down days later.

1908 - General Motors founded by William C. Durant.

1938 - George E T Eyston sets world auto speed record at 357.5 MPH.

1941 - Hitler orders for every dead German, 100 Yugoslavian be killed.

1947 - John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH.

1948 - "Heaven on Earth" opens at Century Theater NYC for 12 performances.

1961 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR.

1976 - Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests & bishop.

1977 - Maria Callas American-born prima donna, dies in Paris at 53.

1983 - Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a US citizen.

1987 - NASA launches space vehicle S-209.

1992 - 900 die in flood in Pakistan.

1997 - Apple Computer Inc names co-founder Steve Jobs temporary CEO.

2000 - 27th Olympic games open at Sydney, Australia (sched).


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