Page 6: Historical Events In September - 15

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

1940  On this day in history dick Ket, painter/cartoonist, dies at 37   

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

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 September - 15.   

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 September - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

1947  On September - 15 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  On September - 15 "Small Wonder" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 134 performances   

1949  On this day in history the Lone Ranger premiers on ABC-TV   

1950  During Korean conflict, UN forces land at Inchon in the south on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history vojtech Rihovsky, composer, dies at 79   

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

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

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

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

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

1958  On September - 15 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  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  Fred Hillebrand, actor (Martin Kane), dies at 69 on September - 15.   

1964  Robert Dower, cricketer (Test for South Africa), dies on September - 15.   

1965  On September - 15 "Lost in Space" premiers   

1966  On this day in history gemini XI returns to Earth   

1967  On September - 15 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  Al-Biruni, mathematician (d. 1048) was born on September - 15.   

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

1505  Maria, queen of Hungary/wife of Louis II/governess of Neth (1531-55) was born on September - 15.   

1533  On September - 15 birth of catherine of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1572)   

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

1580  On September - 15 birth of charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659)   

1586  Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer was born on September - 15.   

1613  François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

0009  On this day in history death of publius Quinctilius Varus, Roman viceroy of Syria, suicide at 59   

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

1352  Death of Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (b. 1273) on this day in history.   

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