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  On September - 15 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  On this day in history hans Ulrich Humpert, composer, dies at 2   

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  On this day in history anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern, Austrian composer, dies at 61   

1946  On this day in history 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  1st 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh on this day in history.   

1948  F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record of 1080 kph on September - 15.   

1948  On this day in history "Small Wonder" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 134 performances   

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

1950  On this day in history during Korean conflict, UN forces land at Inchon in the south   

1950  On this day in history 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 September - 15 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 this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On September - 15 4 children killed in bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham   

1963  On this day in history fred Hillebrand, actor (Martin Kane), dies at 69   

1964  Robert Dower, cricketer (Test for South Africa), dies on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history "Lost in Space" premiers   

1966  Gemini XI returns to Earth on September - 15.   

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

1968  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1505  On this day in history birth of maria, queen of Hungary/wife of Louis II/governess of Neth (1531-55)   

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

1572  Erasmus Widmann, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1586  On September - 15 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  On September - 15 death of constans II, Byzantine emperor (b. 630)   

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 this day in history.   

0928  On this day in history 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  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