Historical Events In September - 15

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

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

1941  On September - 15 nazis kill 800 Jewish women at Shkudvil Lithuania   

1942  US aircraft carrier Wasp torpedoed at Guadalcanal on September - 15.   

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

1943  Benito Mussolini forms a rival fascist government in Italy on September - 15.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1946  Dodgers beat Cubs 2-0 in 5 inns, games called because of gnats on September - 15.   

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

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

1948  F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record of 1080 kph on this day in history.   

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  During Korean conflict, UN forces land at Inchon in the south on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1956  Henry Clough-Leiter, composer, dies at 82 on September - 15.   

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  On September - 15 soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in US to begin a 13-day visit   

1961  Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 mph on September - 15.   

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

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

1963  On September - 15 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  On this day in history gemini XI returns to Earth   

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

1968  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

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  On September - 15 birth of cristobal de Isla Diego, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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

0866  Death of Robert the Strong, Margrave of Neustria on September - 15.   

0921  Ludmilla, wife of 1st christian Bohemian king Borijov I/saint, dies on September - 15.   

0928  Louis III, the Blind Proveneaals king of Lombardije/Germany, dies at 48 on September - 15.   

1231  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach, dies on September - 15.   

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.