Page 6: Historical Events In September - 15

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

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 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  On this day in history british bombers hit Tirpitz with Tallboy bombs   

1945  On September - 15 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 September - 15 dodgers beat Cubs 2-0 in 5 inns, games called because of gnats   

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

1947  On this day in history 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 this day in history "Small Wonder" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 134 performances   

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

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

1950  Vojtech Rihovsky, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1951  On September - 15 jacinto Guerrero, composer, dies at 56   

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

1953  Jacques Thibaud, French violinist, dies on September - 15.   

1956  On this day in history henry Clough-Leiter, composer, dies at 82   

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  Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in US to begin a 13-day visit on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 4 children killed in bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham   

1963  On September - 15 fred Hillebrand, actor (Martin Kane), dies at 69   

1964  On this day in history robert Dower, cricketer (Test for South Africa), dies   

1965  "Lost in Space" premiers on September - 15.   

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 September - 15.   

1968  On September - 15 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  On September - 15 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 September - 15.   

1533  On September - 15 birth of catherine of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1572)   

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

1580  On this day in history birth of charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659)   

1586  Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer was born on September - 15.   

1613  François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

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  On September - 15 death of robert the Strong, Margrave of Neustria   

0921  On this day in history 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  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.