On this day: September 16 A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J.P. Morgan building in New York City -- 38 are killed and 400 injured (1920)
Sam Rayburn elected Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1940)
Juan Perón is deposed in Argentina (1955)
President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the South Lawn of the White House to promote Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics (2009)
b: Stephanie von Hohenlohe (1891); d: McGeorge Bundy (1996)
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