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AP US History This Day in American History September 16

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1 AP US History This Day in American History September 16
1620 – The Mayflower sails from Plymouth, England, bound for the New World with 102 passengers.

2 AP US History This Day in American History September 16
1776 – General George Washington arrives at Harlem Heights, on the northern end of Manhattan, and takes command of a group of retreating Continental troops.

3 AP US History This Day in American History September 16
1845 – Phineas Wilcox is stabbed to death by fellow Mormons in Nauvoo, Illinois, because he is believed to be a Christian spy.

4 AP US History This Day in American History September 16
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Selective Service and Training Act, which requires all male citizens between the ages of 26 and 35 to register for the military draft, beginning on October 16.

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