Page 6: Historical Events In September - 15

1940  On this day in history 3rd American Football League plays 1st game (Milw 14, Columbus 2)   

1940  Dick Ket, painter/cartoonist, dies at 37 on September - 15.   

1941  On September - 15 nazis kill 800 Jewish women at Shkudvil Lithuania   

1942  On September - 15 uS aircraft carrier Wasp torpedoed at Guadalcanal   

1942  Jack Singer, US war reporter (Wasp), dies on this day in history.   

1943  On September - 15 benito Mussolini forms a rival fascist government in Italy   

1943  Hans Ulrich Humpert, composer, dies at 2 on September - 15.   

1944  British bombers hit Tirpitz with Tallboy bombs on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history a hurricane in southern Florida and the Bahamas destroys 366 planes and 25 blimps at NAS Richmond.   

1945  Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern, Austrian composer, dies at 61 on September - 15.   

1946  Dodgers beat Cubs 2-0 in 5 inns, games called because of gnats on September - 15.   

1947  First 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh on September - 15.   

1947  On this day in history 1st 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh   

1948  On September - 15 f-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record of 1080 kph   

1948  "Small Wonder" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 134 performances on this day in history.   

1949  On September - 15 the Lone Ranger premiers on ABC-TV   

1950  During Korean conflict, UN forces land at Inchon in the south on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history vojtech Rihovsky, composer, dies at 79   

1951  On September - 15 jacinto Guerrero, composer, dies at 56   

1952  UN turns over Eritrea to Ethiopia on this day in history.   

1953  On September - 15 jacques Thibaud, French violinist, dies   

1956  Henry Clough-Leiter, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history 48 die in a train crash in Elizabethport NJ   

1958  Commuter train crashes through drawbridge, killing 48 (Newark NJ) on September - 15.   

1959  Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in US to begin a 13-day visit on September - 15.   

1961  Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 mph on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history australia's first entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins)   

1963  On this day in history 4 children killed in bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham   

1963  On September - 15 fred Hillebrand, actor (Martin Kane), dies at 69   

1964  On September - 15 robert Dower, cricketer (Test for South Africa), dies   

1965  On September - 15 "Lost in Space" premiers   

1966  On this day in history gemini XI returns to Earth   

1967  Eva McKenzie, sister of Ida Mae/actress (Virtuous Husband), dies at 78 on September - 15.   

1968  Launch of Zond 5, the first lunar fly around with Earth reentry on this day in history.   

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0973  On September - 15 birth of al-Biruni, mathematician (d. 1048)   

1254  On September - 15 birth of marco Polo, Italian explorer (d. 1324)   

1505  On September - 15 birth of maria, queen of Hungary/wife of Louis II/governess of Neth (1531-55)   

1533  On September - 15 birth of catherine of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1572)   

1572  On this day in history birth of erasmus Widmann, composer   

1580  On this day in history birth of charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659)   

1586  Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer was born on this day in history.   

1613  On September - 15 birth of françois de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (d. 1680)   

0009  Death of Publius Quinctilius Varus, Roman viceroy of Syria, suicide at 59 on September - 15.   

0668  Death of Constans II, Byzantine emperor (b. 630) on September - 15.   

0866  Death of Robert the Strong, Margrave of Neustria on September - 15.   

0921  Ludmilla, wife of 1st christian Bohemian king Borijov I/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0928  Louis III, the Blind Proveneaals king of Lombardije/Germany, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1231  On this day in history louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach, dies   

1352  Death of Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (b. 1273) on this day in history.   

1500  On September - 15 death of john Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury