Historical Events In September - 15

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

1940  On this day in history dick Ket, painter/cartoonist, dies at 37   

1941  On this day in history nazis kill 800 Jewish women at Shkudvil Lithuania   

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

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  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 September - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history commuter train crashes through drawbridge, killing 48 (Newark NJ)   

1959  On September - 15 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  On September - 15 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 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  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  On this day in history birth of al-Biruni, mathematician (d. 1048)   

1254  On this day in history 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 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  On September - 15 birth of charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659)   

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 September - 15.   

0668  Death of Constans II, Byzantine emperor (b. 630) on September - 15.   

0866  Death of Robert the Strong, Margrave of Neustria on September - 15.   

0921  Ludmilla, wife of 1st christian Bohemian king Borijov I/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0928  On September - 15 louis III, the Blind Proveneaals king of Lombardije/Germany, dies at 48   

1231  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach, dies on this day in history.   

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

1500  Death of John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury on September - 15.