Historical Events In September - 15

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

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

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 September - 15 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 this day in history.   

1944  British bombers hit Tirpitz with Tallboy bombs on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 September - 15.   

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 September - 15.   

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

1951  Jacinto Guerrero, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

1959  On this day in history soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in US to begin a 13-day visit   

1961  On September - 15 hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 mph   

1962  Australia's first entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins) on this day in history.   

1963  4 children killed in bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham on September - 15.   

1963  Fred Hillebrand, actor (Martin Kane), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history robert Dower, cricketer (Test for South Africa), dies   

1965  "Lost in Space" premiers on September - 15.   

1966  On September - 15 gemini XI returns to Earth   

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 September - 15.   

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0973  Al-Biruni, mathematician (d. 1048) was born on this day in history.   

1254  On September - 15 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 September - 15.   

1533  Catherine of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1572) was born on September - 15.   

1572  Erasmus Widmann, composer was born on September - 15.   

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

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

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  Death of Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (b. 1273) on September - 15.   

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