On This Day - September 16, A Shot of History

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1810 – With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_War_of_Independence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uzjnzzjtg8

1920 – The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_bombing
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wall_Street_bombing_1920_wreckage.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_bombing#/media/File:Wallstreetbmb.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ry8s8Ft0Rg

1975 – Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oK0Qtg1tsg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Fs0n54fJg

1971 – Amy Poehler, American actress, is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Poehler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMF9S68O780

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet