Today In History
Today is Thursday, Sept. 16, the 259th day of 2021. There are 106 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1974: President Gerald R. Ford announced a conditional amnesty program for Vietnam war deserters and draft-evaders.
ON THIS DATE
› 1630: The Massachusetts village of Shawmut changed its name to Boston.
› 1987: Two dozen countries signed the Montreal Protocol, a treaty designed to save the Earth’s ozone layer by calling on nations to reduce emissions of harmful chemicals by the year 2000.
› 2012: In appearances on Sunday news shows, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, said there was no evidence that the attack on the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, was premeditated. But Libya’s interim president, Mohammed el-Megarif, told CBS he had no doubt attackers spent months planning the assault and purposely chose the date, September 11.
› 2014: President Barack Obama declared that the Ebola epidemic in West Africa could threaten security around the world and ordered 3,000 U.S. troops to the region in emergency aid muscle.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Actor Janis Paige is 99. Actor George Chakiris is 89. Bluesman Billy Boy Arnold is 86. Movie director Jim McBride is
80. Actor Linda Miller is 79. R&B singer Betty Kelley (Martha & the Vandellas) is 77. Actor Ed Begley Jr. is 72. Country singer David Bellamy (The Bellamy Brothers) is
71. Actor Mickey Rourke is 69. Jazz musician Earl Klugh is 68. Actor Christopher Rich is 68. TV personality Mark McEwen is 67. Baseball Hall of Famer Robin Yount is
66. Magician David Copperfield is 65. Actor Jayne Brook is 61. Singer Richard Marx is 58. Comedian Molly Shannon is 57. Singer Marc Anthony is 53. News anchor/talk show host Tamron Hall is
51. Comedian-actor Amy Poehler is 50. Actor Toks Olagundoye is 46. Country singer Matt Stillwell is 46. Singer Musiq is 44. Actor Michael Mosley is 43. Rapper Flo Rida is
42. Actor Daren Kagasoff is 34. Rock singer Teddy Geiger is 33. Actor-dancer Bailey De Young is 32. Rock singer-musician Nick Jonas (The Jonas Brothers) is 29. Actor Elena Kampouris is 24.