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.