Today in History – September 16
Early on the morning of September 16, 1810, Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla summoned the congregation of his small Dolores parish church and urged them to take up arms and fight for Mexico’s independence from Spain. Continue reading.
On September 16, 1960, college football coach Amos Alonzo Stagg (1862-1965), then ninety-eight years old, announced his retirement after seventy years on the field. Continue reading.
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