Page 6: Historical Events In September - 15

1940  On September - 15 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 this day in history nazis kill 800 Jewish women at Shkudvil Lithuania   

1942  On September - 15 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  On this day in history british bombers hit Tirpitz with Tallboy bombs   

1945  On September - 15 a hurricane in southern Florida and the Bahamas destroys 366 planes and 25 blimps at NAS Richmond.   

1945  On this day in history 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 September - 15 f-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record of 1080 kph   

1948  "Small Wonder" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 134 performances on September - 15.   

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

1950  On September - 15 during Korean conflict, UN forces land at Inchon in the south   

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

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

1952  On September - 15 uN turns over Eritrea to Ethiopia   

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

1956  Henry Clough-Leiter, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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  Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in US to begin a 13-day visit on September - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1966  On September - 15 gemini XI returns to Earth   

1967  Eva McKenzie, sister of Ida Mae/actress (Virtuous Husband), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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  Maria, queen of Hungary/wife of Louis II/governess of Neth (1531-55) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  Death of Constans II, Byzantine emperor (b. 630) on this day in history.   

0866  On September - 15 death of robert the Strong, Margrave of Neustria   

0921  On this day in history 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 this day in history louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach, dies   

1352  On September - 15 death of ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (b. 1273)   

1500  On this day in history death of john Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury