Birthdays: Jennifer Tilly, Mike Mignola, Michael Mosley, Madeline Zima Movie releases: Street Trash, Cry_Wolf, Blair Witch Video game releases: Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance Television premieres: The Outer Limits
Wall Street Bombing
September 16, 1920 Manhattan, New York City, New York A horse-drawn wagon carrying 100 lbs. of dynamite and 500 lbs. of cast iron shrapnel explodes in front if the J.P. Morgan bank on Wall Street, killing 38 people as well as the horse carrying the bomb, and injuring 143 The bombing was believed to be…
“Christian spy” stabbed to death
September 16, 1845 Nauvoo, Illinois Phineas Wilcox is stabbed to death after members of the Church of Latter-day Saints suspect him of being a Christian spy The members of the Church of Latter-day Saints had been facing religious persecution from the community since at least 1838 when Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs signed a military order…
Vintage forensics: fingerprints on gun
September 16, 1930 Los Angeles, California This vintage forensics photograph shows the detail of a fingerprint on a gun
Massive fight breaks out in church (1885)
September 16, 1885 St. Paul, Minnesota 1000 women and children run screaming as a fight breaks out during church The fight broke out between two groups in the church taking opposing sides regarding a scandal of a former pastor and his alleged adulterous affair with a girl from the congregation ("girl" in newspapers from the…
