President Gerald Ford announced a conditional amnesty program
for draft-evaders and deserters during the Vietnam War on this day
in 1974.
President Gerald R. Ford.
On this day in 1982, In west Beirut, the massacre of hundreds
of Palestinian men, women and children began in refugee
camps of the Lebanese Christian militiamen.
A painting of Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.
The Mexicans began a revolt against Spanish rule on this day in 1810.
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Catholic priest of Spanish descent, declared Mexico’s independence from Spain in the small town of Dolores.
B.B. King (Riley B. King) (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015)
Legendary blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter B.B. King won a Grammy
Hall of Fame Award for his 1969 song "The Thrill is Gone." He grew up with
his grandmother because his mother was too poor to take care of him. His
mother’s cousin gave him his first guitar.
