Page 6: 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 September - 15.   

1941  Nazis kill 800 Jewish women at Shkudvil Lithuania on this day in history.   

1942  US aircraft carrier Wasp torpedoed at Guadalcanal on this day in history.   

1942  Jack Singer, US war reporter (Wasp), dies on September - 15.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1949  On September - 15 the Lone Ranger premiers on ABC-TV   

1950  During Korean conflict, UN forces land at Inchon in the south on September - 15.   

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

1951  Jacinto Guerrero, composer, dies at 56 on September - 15.   

1952  On this day in history 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 September - 15.   

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

1958  On this day in history 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  On this day in history hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 mph   

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

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

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

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

1965  "Lost in Space" premiers on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1968  Launch of Zond 5, the first lunar fly around with Earth reentry on this day in history.   

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0973  Al-Biruni, mathematician (d. 1048) was born on September - 15.   

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

1613  On this day in history birth of françois de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (d. 1680)   

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 this day in history.   

0866  Death of Robert the Strong, Margrave of Neustria on this day in history.   

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

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