New Haven Register (New Haven, CT)
TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS Sept. 16, 1974
President Gerald R. Ford announced a conditional amnesty program for Vietnam war deserters and draft-evaders.
ON THIS DATE 1908
General Motors was founded in Flint, Mich., by William C. Durant.
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.