Tuesday, September 16, 2025

85 Years Ago, Monday, 16 September 1940

US NAVY

            President Roosevelt signs Selective Training and Service Act, thus establishing the first peacetime draft in the history of the United States.

            Light cruiser St. Louis (CL49), with Greenslade Board embarked, arrives at St. John's, Newfoundland (see 18September).


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