| September 16th 1873 | | German troops leave France
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| September 16th 1885 | | Puritan (US) beats Genesta (England) in 6th running of America's Cup
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| September 16th 1890 | | Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team Packers
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| September 16th 1892 | | Amsterdam swim club renamed "The Y"
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| September 16th 1893 | | Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opens white settlement homesteaders
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| September 16th 1906 | | Kaarlo Nieminen wins 1st Finnish marathon
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| September 16th 1906 | | Roald Amundsen discovers Magnetic South Pole
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| September 16th 1908 | | William Crapo Durant incorporates General Motors in Janesville Wisc
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| September 16th 1908 | | Carriage-maker, William Durant, founded General Motors Corp
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| September 16th 1913 | | 1000s of women demonstrate for Dutch female suffrage
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| September 16th 1915 | | Czar Nicolas II adjourns 4th Duma
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| September 16th 1915 | | US takes control of customs & finances of Haiti for 10 years
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| September 16th 1919 | | American Legion incorporated by an act of Congress
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| September 16th 1919 | | Dutch Ruether beats Giants 4-3 to clinch Cincinnati 1st NL pennant
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| September 16th 1920 | | Bomb explosion in Wall Street, kills 30
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