Page 6: Historical Events In September - 15

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

1940  On September - 15 dick Ket, painter/cartoonist, dies at 37   

1941  Nazis kill 800 Jewish women at Shkudvil Lithuania on September - 15.   

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  On this day in history hans Ulrich Humpert, composer, dies at 2   

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  On September - 15 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 this day in history.   

1947  On September - 15 1st 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh   

1948  On this day in history f-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record of 1080 kph   

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

1949  The Lone Ranger premiers on ABC-TV on this day in history.   

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

1950  Vojtech Rihovsky, composer, dies at 79 on September - 15.   

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

1952  On this day in history uN turns over Eritrea to Ethiopia   

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

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

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 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 this day in history australia's first entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins)   

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 September - 15.   

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

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0973  On September - 15 birth of al-Biruni, mathematician (d. 1048)   

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

1505  On September - 15 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  Erasmus Widmann, composer was born on September - 15.   

1580  Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659) was born on September - 15.   

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

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