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Today in History: September 16

1620 The Pilgrims sail from England on the Mayflower.

1893 Some 50,000 "Sooners" claim land in the Cherokee Strip during the first day of the Oklahoma land rush.

1940 Congress passes the Selective Service Act, which calls for the first peacetime draft in U.S. history.

1945 Japan surrenders Hong Kong to Britain.

1950 The U.S. 8th Army breaks out of the Pusan Perimeter in South Korea and begins heading north to meet MacArthur's troops heading south from Inchon.

1991 The trial of Manuel Noriega, deposed dictator of Panama, begins in the United States.

2007 Military contractors in the employ of Blackwater Worldwide allegedly kill 17 Iraqis in Baghdad's Nisour Square, further straining relations between the US and the people of Iraq.

Born on September 16

1925 B.B. King, blues guitarist.

1927 Peter Falk, actor, best known for his role as detective Columbo in the TV series of the same name.

1956 David Copperfield, magician.


JOTD
After my accident, I woke up in hospital with a sexy nurse standing over me.

She said, “You may not feel anything from the waist down.”
“Fair enough,” I replied, and felt her breasts.