Page 6: Historical Events In September - 15

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

1940  Dick Ket, painter/cartoonist, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

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

1942  US aircraft carrier Wasp torpedoed at Guadalcanal on September - 15.   

1942  On September - 15 jack Singer, US war reporter (Wasp), dies   

1943  On September - 15 benito Mussolini forms a rival fascist government in Italy   

1943  On September - 15 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 September - 15.   

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 September - 15.   

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

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

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

1949  The Lone Ranger premiers on ABC-TV on September - 15.   

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

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

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

1952  UN turns over Eritrea to Ethiopia on September - 15.   

1953  Jacques Thibaud, French violinist, dies on this day in history.   

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  Commuter train crashes through drawbridge, killing 48 (Newark NJ) on September - 15.   

1959  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1966  Gemini XI returns to Earth on this day in history.   

1967  Eva McKenzie, sister of Ida Mae/actress (Virtuous Husband), dies at 78 on September - 15.   

1968  On September - 15 launch of Zond 5, the first lunar fly around with Earth reentry.   

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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 September - 15.   

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  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 this day in history.   

0009  On this day in history death of publius Quinctilius Varus, Roman viceroy of Syria, suicide at 59   

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  On September - 15 ludmilla, wife of 1st christian Bohemian king Borijov I/saint, dies   

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

1231  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach, dies on September - 15.   

1352  On this day in history death of ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (b. 1273)   

1500  On September - 15 death of john Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury