Page 6: Historical Events In September - 15

1940  3rd American Football League plays 1st game (Milw 14, Columbus 2) on September - 15.   

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

1941  Nazis kill 800 Jewish women at Shkudvil Lithuania on September - 15.   

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

1942  On September - 15 jack Singer, US war reporter (Wasp), dies   

1943  On September - 15 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  On September - 15 a hurricane in southern Florida and the Bahamas destroys 366 planes and 25 blimps at NAS Richmond.   

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  On this day in history first 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh   

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

1948  F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record of 1080 kph on September - 15.   

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

1950  Vojtech Rihovsky, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1951  Jacinto Guerrero, composer, dies at 56 on September - 15.   

1952  UN turns over Eritrea to Ethiopia on September - 15.   

1953  On this day in history jacques Thibaud, French violinist, dies   

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

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

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 this day in history 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  Robert Dower, cricketer (Test for South Africa), dies on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history "Lost in Space" premiers   

1966  Gemini XI returns to Earth on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  Catherine of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1572) was born on this day in history.   

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 September - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

0921  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1352  On September - 15 death of ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (b. 1273)   

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