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  US aircraft carrier Wasp torpedoed at Guadalcanal on this day in history.   

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

1944  British bombers hit Tirpitz with Tallboy bombs on September - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

1946  On September - 15 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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1956  On September - 15 henry Clough-Leiter, composer, dies at 82   

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

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 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 September - 15.   

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

1965  On September - 15 "Lost in Space" premiers   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1505  On this day in history 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 September - 15 birth of erasmus Widmann, composer   

1580  Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659) was born on this day in history.   

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  On September - 15 death of publius Quinctilius Varus, Roman viceroy of Syria, suicide at 59   

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

0866  Death of Robert the Strong, Margrave of Neustria on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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