Page 6: Historical Events In September - 15

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

1940  On September - 15 dick Ket, painter/cartoonist, dies at 37   

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

1942  On this day in history uS aircraft carrier Wasp torpedoed at Guadalcanal   

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

1943  Benito Mussolini forms a rival fascist government in Italy on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  On September - 15 dodgers beat Cubs 2-0 in 5 inns, games called because of gnats   

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

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

1948  On this day in history 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  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  Vojtech Rihovsky, composer, dies at 79 on September - 15.   

1951  On this day in history jacinto Guerrero, composer, dies at 56   

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

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

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

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

1958  Commuter train crashes through drawbridge, killing 48 (Newark NJ) on this day in history.   

1959  On September - 15 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  Australia's first entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins) on September - 15.   

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 this day in history eva McKenzie, sister of Ida Mae/actress (Virtuous Husband), dies at 78   

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

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

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

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

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

1352  On this day in history death of ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (b. 1273)   

1500  Death of John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.