SEPTEMBER 16
1810:Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla issues the "Cry of Dolores," exhorting his countrymen to break away from Spain. Hidalgo and his populist, racially diverse peasant army will be defeated in their attempts to capture Mexico City, but they set in motion the process of independence for Mexico that will ultimately be achieved in August 1821. Sept. 16 is celebrated annually as Mexican Independence Day.
1908: Successful horse-drawn carriage manufacturer William Crapo Durant moves to a more promising industry — he incorporates the future automotive giant General Motors in New Jersey.
1955: Juan Perón is deposed from the presidency of Argentina during a coup staged in his second term in office by the Revolución Libertadora, a nationalist uprising comprising members of the Catholic clergy and the Argentine military.
1980:The Grenadines and Saint Vincent joined the United Nations
1975:Papua New Guinea, a country in Oceania which occupies the eastern half of New Guinea, gains its independence from Australia
1620:The Mayflower leaves port in England.
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