What Happened on September 16, 1940

Day of the Week: Monday

Historical Events


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FDR signs Selective Training & Service Act (1st peacetime draft)

32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd US President
Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Leo Durocher suspended from Ebbetts Field for "inciting a riot"

Baseball Player and Manager Leo Durocher
Baseball Player and Manager
Leo Durocher
  • Luftwaffe attacks central London
  • Samuel T Rayburn of Texas elected speaker of US House of Representatives
  • St Louis Browns Johnny Lucadello is 2nd to HR from each side of plate