Page 6: Historical Events In September - 15

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

1940  Dick Ket, painter/cartoonist, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history nazis kill 800 Jewish women at Shkudvil Lithuania   

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

1942  On September - 15 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  On September - 15 british bombers hit Tirpitz with Tallboy bombs   

1945  A hurricane in southern Florida and the Bahamas destroys 366 planes and 25 blimps at NAS Richmond on September - 15.   

1945  On September - 15 anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern, Austrian composer, dies at 61   

1946  Dodgers beat Cubs 2-0 in 5 inns, games called because of gnats on this day in history.   

1947  First 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh on this day in history.   

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

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 September - 15.   

1949  The Lone Ranger premiers on ABC-TV on September - 15.   

1950  On September - 15 during Korean conflict, UN forces land at Inchon in the south   

1950  On September - 15 vojtech Rihovsky, composer, dies at 79   

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

1952  On September - 15 uN turns over Eritrea to Ethiopia   

1953  Jacques Thibaud, French violinist, dies on September - 15.   

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

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

1958  On this day in history commuter train crashes through drawbridge, killing 48 (Newark NJ)   

1959  On this day in history soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in US to begin a 13-day visit   

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  On this day in history fred Hillebrand, actor (Martin Kane), dies at 69   

1964  On this day in history robert Dower, cricketer (Test for South Africa), dies   

1965  On September - 15 "Lost in Space" premiers   

1966  Gemini XI returns to Earth on September - 15.   

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

1968  On September - 15 launch of Zond 5, the first lunar fly around with Earth reentry.   

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0973  On this day in history birth of al-Biruni, mathematician (d. 1048)   

1254  Marco Polo, Italian explorer (d. 1324) was born on this day in history.   

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

1533  Catherine of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1572) was born on September - 15.   

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

1580  Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659) was born on September - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Louis III, the Blind Proveneaals king of Lombardije/Germany, dies at 48 on September - 15.   

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

1352  Death of Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (b. 1273) on September - 15.   

1500  Death of John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury on September - 15.