Historical Events In September - 15

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

1940  On this day in history dick Ket, painter/cartoonist, dies at 37  

1941  Nazis kill 800 Jewish women at Shkudvil Lithuania on this day in history.  

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

1942  On this day in history jack Singer, US war reporter (Wasp), dies  

1943  On this day in history benito Mussolini forms a rival fascist government in Italy  

1943  On September - 15 hans Ulrich Humpert, composer, dies at 2  

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

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

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

1946  On this day in history dodgers beat Cubs 2-0 in 5 inns, games called because of gnats  

1947  On September - 15 first 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh  

1947  1st 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh on September - 15.  

1948  On this day in history f-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record of 1080 kph  

1948  On September - 15 "Small Wonder" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 134 performances  

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

1950  On this day in history during Korean conflict, UN forces land at Inchon in the south  

1950  Vojtech Rihovsky, composer, dies at 79 on September - 15.  

1951  Jacinto Guerrero, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1952  On this day in history uN turns over Eritrea to Ethiopia  

1953  Jacques Thibaud, French violinist, dies on this day in history.  

1956  On this day in history henry Clough-Leiter, composer, dies at 82  

1958  48 die in a train crash in Elizabethport NJ on September - 15.  

1958  On September - 15 commuter train crashes through drawbridge, killing 48 (Newark NJ)  

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

1961  On this day in history hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 mph  

1962  On September - 15 australia's first entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins)  

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

1963  Fred Hillebrand, actor (Martin Kane), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

1965  "Lost in Space" premiers on this day in history.  

1966  On this day in history gemini XI returns to Earth  

1967  On September - 15 eva McKenzie, sister of Ida Mae/actress (Virtuous Husband), dies at 78  

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

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0973  Al-Biruni, mathematician (d. 1048) was born on September - 15.  

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

1505  Maria, queen of Hungary/wife of Louis II/governess of Neth (1531-55) was born on this day in history.  

1533  On this day in history birth of catherine of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1572)  

1572  Erasmus Widmann, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (d. 1680) was born on September - 15.  

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

0668  On this day in history death of constans II, Byzantine emperor (b. 630)  

0866  On September - 15 death of robert the Strong, Margrave of Neustria  

0921  On September - 15 ludmilla, wife of 1st christian Bohemian king Borijov I/saint, dies  

0928  On September - 15 louis III, the Blind Proveneaals king of Lombardije/Germany, dies at 48  

1231  On September - 15 louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach, dies  

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

1500  On this day in history death of john Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury