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What happened in history on this day: September 15?
On September 15 in ...
- 53 - Birth of Trajan, 13th Roman emperor (98-117), conqueror of Ctesiphon.
- 608 - Saint Boniface IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 1541 - At Brömsebro, the Kings of Sweden and Denmark conclude a treaty of friendship and alliance between their countries.
- 1613 - Birth of Francois duc de la Rochefoucald Paris France, writer (Memoires).
- 1776 - British forces capture Kip's Bay Manhattan during the Revolution.
- 1789 - Birth of James Fenimore Cooper; first major American novelist (Prairie).
- 1808 - Gabriel J. de Yermo stages a coup in Mexico, replacing provisional governor José de Iturrigaray with General Pedro de Garibay.
- 1810 - Father Hidalgo calls on parishoners to join the cause of independece of Mexico from Spanish rule, with a cry of "Grito de Dolores".
- 1821 - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua declare independence from Spanish authority.
- 1830 - Liverpool and Manchester Railway in England makes first carriage of mail by railway.
- 1830 - William Huskisson is the first person to be run-over by a railroad train, in England.
- 1830 - Birth of Porfirio Díaz; soldier, president of Mexico (1877-1911).
- 1847 - Antonio López de Santa Anna resigns (10th time) as President of Mexico.
- 1852 - Luxembourg issues its first postage stamps, depicting Grand Duke William III.
- 1857 - Birth of William Howard Taft in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; (Republican) 27th US President (1909-13), chief justice.
- 1862 - CSA General Thomas Jackson takes Harper's Ferry.
- 1874 - (to October 9) The first postal congress convenes in Berne, Switzerland. Representatives of 21 nations attend, to implement principles reached at Paris Postal Conference in 1863.
- 1876 - Birth of Bruno Walter (B.W. Schlesinger) in Berlin, Germany; conductor (New York Philharmonic).
- 1876 - Birth of Frank E Gannett in Rochester, New York, USA; newspaper publisher (Gannett).
- 1881 - Birth of Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti in Milan, Italy; race car builder (Amaz Bugattis).
- 1885 - Jumbo the elephant is struck by a freight train and killed, in Saint Thomas, Ontario.
- 1889 - Birth of Robert Benchley; author (My Ten Years in a Quandary).
- 1890 - Birth of Agatha Christie; mystery writer (Murder on the Orient Express).
- 1890 - Birth of Frank Martin in Geneva, Switzerland; composer (In Terra Fax).
- 1894 - Birth of Jean Renoir in Paris, France; French director (La Grand Illusion, La Règle du Jeu, La Béte Humane), screenwriter, actor, author (Renoir, My Father) (died 1979).
- 1894 - Japan defeats China in Battle of Ping Yang.
- 1899 - Birth of Milton S Eisenhower; Dwight's brother, Pennsylvania State president.
- 1903 - Birth of Roy Acuff in Maynardville, Tennessee, USA; country musician (Hee Haw).
- 1904 - Birth of Tom Conway in Russia; actor (Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show).
- 1904 - Birth of Umberto II; king of Italy (1946).
- 1904 - Wilbur Wright makes his first airplane flight.
- 1906 - Birth of Kathryn Murray in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party).
- 1906 - Birth of Penny Singleton in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; voice (Jane - The Jetsons), actress (Blondie).
- 1907 - Birth of Fay Wray in Alberta, Canada; actress (King Kong).
- 1907 - Birth of Jack Bailey in Hampton, Iowa, USA; TV host (Queen for a Day).
- 1913 - Birth of Henry Dreyfus in Brant, Montreal, Canada; composer (Great American Goot).
- 1914 - Battle of Aisne begins between Germans and French.
- 1914 - Birth of Creighton Abrams; US army general (Vietnam War).
- 1915 - Birth of John Conte in Plamer, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Mantovani).
- 1916 - First tank used in war, British Mark I "Little Willies" at Battle of Flors, France.
- 1916 - Birth of Margaret Lockwood; actress (The Lady Vanishes).
- 1921 - Birth of Jackie Cooper in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor/director (Hennesey, People's Choice).
- 1924 - Birth of Bobby Short; singer/pianist ("Carlisle Hotel").
- 1925 - Birth of Forrest Compton in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Gomer Pyle USMC, Edge of Night).
- 1927 - Birth of Norm Crosby in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; comedian/double talker (Liar's Club).
- 1928 - Birth of Cannonball Adderley; singer ("Black Messiah", "Beginnings").
- 1928 - Saint Louis Cardinals set National League record of 18 men left on base beating Philadelphia Phillies 8-6.
- 1929 - Birth of Murray Gell-Mann; physicist who predicted quarks.
- 1930 - First international Bridge (card game) match is held in London, England. US team defeats England.
- 1931 - Invergordon Mutiny: Strikes are called in the British Royal Navy due to decreased salaries.
- 1933 - Birth of Henry Darrow in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Harry O, New Dick Van Dyke Show).
- 1933 - Birth of Rafael Frübeck de Burgos in Burgos, Spain; conductor (World of Song).
- 1935 - Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship and makes the swastika the official symbol of Nazi Germany.
- 1938 - Birth of Gaylord Perry; baseball player (1972 American League Cy Young winner).
- 1938 - British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain meets with Adolf Hitler in the Berghof in Germany. Chamberlain agrees to Hitler's demand to annex the Sudetenland.
- 1938 - John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 350.2 MPH (lasts one day).
- 1938 - Only time brothers hit back-to-back home runs (Lloyd and Paul Waner, Pittsburgh Pirates).
- 1939 - Japan calls for a ceasefire in its local conflict with the Soviet Union at Nomonhan near the shared border with Mongolia. During the fighting since mid-May, Japan suffered 50,000 casualties. Both sides conclude the Soviet tanks were better in quality and quantity.
- 1939 - Soviet Russia and Japan agree to an armistice in the war on the Manchukuo - Outer Mongolia border.
- 1939 - The government of Paraguay formally declares neutrality.
- 1939 - The Argentine Minister of Marine announces the entire Argentine naval fleet is ordered to patrol the coast to protect the country's neutrality.
- 1940 - Romanian General Ion Antonescu allows the Iron Guard to take over the government.
- 1940 - Third American Football League plays first game (Milwaukee 14, Columbus 2).
- 1940 - Birth of Merlin Olsen in Utah, USA; NFL tackle (Los Angeles Rams)/sportscaster/actor (Father Murphy).
- 1940 - Chicago Tribune sponsors Ted Lyons Day (Chicago White Sox pitcher).
- 1940 - Tide turns in Battle of Britain in war, RAF beats Luftwaffe.
- 1941 - Birth of Miroslaw Hermaszewski; first Polish space traveler (Soyuz 30).
- 1941 - German armored columns meet up at Lokhutsa, 125 miles east of Kiev, surrounding about 500,000 Soviet forces inside.
- 1941 - Germans kill 800 Jewish women at Shkudvil Lithuania.
- 1946 - Birth of Oliver Stone in New York City, New York, USA; director (Wall Street, Good Morning Vietnam, Platoon, JFK).
- 1946 - Birth of Tommy Lee Jones; actor (Executioner's Song, Bloody Monday, Men in Black).
- 1946 - Czar Simeon II of Bulgaria and family are forced into exile.
- 1946 - Brooklyn Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs 2-0 in five innings, games called because of gnats.
- 1947 - First four-engine jet-propelled fighter-plane tested, Columbus, Ohio.
- 1947 - New York Yankees clinch pennant #15.
- 1947 - Paris peace treaty is ratified between Allies and Italy.
- 1948 - Palestine Currency Board coins and bank notes are demonetized in Israel.
- 1948 - F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record of 1080 kph.
- 1949 - ABC-TV debuts The Lone Ranger TV show, starring Clayton Moore (Lone Ranger) and Jay Silverheels (Tonto).
- 1950 - During Korean conflict, United Nations forces land at Inchon in the south.
- 1950 - Longest game in Philadelphia's Shribe Park, Philadelphia Phillies beat Cincinnati Reds 8-7 in 19 innings.
- 1950 - New York Yankees' player Johnny Mize hits three homers (sixth time he has done that).
- 1952 - United Nations turns over Eritrea to Ethiopia.
- 1953 - Birth of Jerry Page; golfer (largest PGA victory margin).
- 1953 - Boxing's NBA adopts 10-point-must-scoring-system (10 points to round winner).
- 1956 - Birth of Jaki Graham; British personality.
- 1956 - Birth of Tawny Schneider in Portland, Maine, USA; newscaster (Eye on Hollywood).
- 1957 - CBS-TV debuts the family sitcom Bachelor Father, starring John Forsythe.
- 1957 - San Francisco Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their last game.
- 1958 - Commuter train crashes through drawbridge, killing 48 (Newark, New Jersey).
- 1959 - Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrives in US to begin a 13-day visit.
- 1960 - Birth of Scott Thompson in Baker, Minneapolis, USA; actor (General Hospital, All My Children).
- 1961 - Birth of Dan Marino; NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins).
- 1961 - Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 mph.
- 1962 - Australia's first entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins).
- 1962 - Birth of Wendie Jo Sperber in Glendale, California, USA; actress (Amy - Bossom Buddies).
- 1962 - Kansas City Athletics' Bill Fischer sets record of 69 1/3 innings without a walk.
- 1963 - Four children killed in bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
- 1963 - Fred Hillebrand, actor (Martin Kane), dies at age 69.
- 1964 - ABC premieres the Peyton Place 30-minute serial drama TV show.
- 1964 - CBS airs the last The Jack Benny Program TV show. A total of 304 episodes aired. The show continues on the NBC network.
- 1965 - CBS-TV debuts the rural comedy Green Acres, starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor.
- 1965 - NBC premieres the I Spy 60-minute TV show.
- 1965 - CBS-TV premieres Lost in Space.
- 1965 - ABC premieres The Big Valley 60-minute western TV show.
- 1966 - Gemini XI returns to Earth.
- 1967 - Birth of Jerry Dixon; heavy metal bassist (Warrant - "Cherry Pie").
- 1968 - Birth of Danny Nucci; actor (Gabriel Ortega - Falcon Crest).
- 1968 - Launch of USSR's Zond 5, the first lunar flyaround with Earth reentry. Probable test flight for a manned fly-around (scooped by Apollo 8).
- 1969 - The NBC TV network airs the first My World... And Welcome To It 30-minute comedy TV show in the USA.
- 1969 - Saint Louis Cardinals' pitcher Steve Carlton strikes out nineteen batters of the New York Mets, establishing a new a new major league mark for strikeouts in a single game.
- 1970 - Decca awards Bing Crosby a second platinum disc for selling 300 million.
- 1971 - The NBC TV network airs the first NBC Mystery Movie 90-minute drime drama TV movie series in the USA.
- 1971 - NBC-TV debuts Columbo, starring Peter Falk.
- 1973 - Star Trek-Animated premieres on TV.
- 1973 - King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden dies.
- 1976 - Soyuz 22 carries two cosmonauts into Earth orbit for eight days.
- 1976 - In Northeastern Italy, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurs, followed by a 5.9 earthquake six hours later. Extensive damage in the area already stricken in May, leaving an additional 20,000 people homeless. The earthquakes were also felt sharply throughout central Europe.
- 1978 - Muhammad Ali beats WBA heavyweight champion Leon Spinks.
- 1978 - New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox 4-0, Guidry wins number 22, Yankees lead 2.5 games.
- 1979 - Boston Red Sox player Bob Watson is first to hit for the cycle in American League and National League (Houston Astros).
- 1979 - Tommy Leonetti, singer/actor (Gomer Pyle USMC), dies at age 50.
- 1981 - The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world, at 150 years old, when it operates under its own power outside Washington, DC.
- 1981 - Sara Haden, actress (A Family Affair), dies at age 83.
- 1981 - US Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor for Supreme Court.
- 1982 - Massacre of 1000+ Palestinian refugees at Chatila and Sabra begins.
- 1982 - Israeli forces begin pouring into west Beirut, Lebanon.
- 1982 - Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Iran's former foreign minister, executed by Iran.
- 1982 - First issue of today usa published by Gannett Company Inc.
- 1983 - LeRoy Prinz, choreographer, dies at age 88.
- 1983 - Willie Bobo, jazz drummer (Cos), dies at age 49.
- 1984 - Birth of Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales, third in British sucession.
- 1985 - European team beats US team for golf's Ryders Cup (first since 1957).
- 1985 - Death of Charles 'Cootie' Williams at age 77; trumpeter (Duke Ellington Orchestra, Benny Goodman).
- 1986 - Virginia Gregg, actress (Little Women), dies at age 69.
- 1988 - Lillehammer, Norway upsets Anchorage, Alaska to host 1994 Winter Olympics.
- 1990 - Florida lottery goes over US$100 million.
- 1990 - France announces it will send 4,000 troops to the Persian Gulf.
- 1991 - The NBC TV network begins airing the series Pacific Station.
- 1991 - The final show of The Party Machine with Nia Peeples airs.
- 1991 - South Dakota State freshman Marshall Faulk sets NCAA rushing record of 386 yards.
- 1991 - General elections are held for Swedish Parliament. Carl Bildt is elected new Prime Minister, the country's first Conservative leader in 63 years.
- 1992 - Mihkel Mathiesen assumes presidency of the pre-WW II Republic of Estonia in exile, and appoints a new government in pursuit to avoid abolition of the government in exile.
- 1994 - Disney Chairman Michael Eisner meets with Peter Rummell to discuss the Disney's America project. Projections of revenues and expenses show that the park would operate at a loss. Eisner decides to abandon the idea to build the historical theme park in Virginia, for financial reasons and due to negative press.
- 1995 - The Buena Vista Television - Syndication TV series The Stephanie Miller Show debuts.
- 1995 - United Artists releases the film Hackers to theaters in the US.
- 1995 - The first episode of US TV show Xena: Warrior Princess airs in syndication.
- 1998 - Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
- 1999 - For the first time in its 28-year history, most of Walt Disney World in Florida is closed for the day, due to the threat of Hurricane Floyd. Disney's Animal Kingdom re-opens at 12:00 PM for resort guests.
- 1999 - DreamWorks releases the film American Beauty to theaters.
- 2000 - (to October 1) The Games of the XXVII Olympiad are held in Sydney, Australia.
- 2001 - President George W. Bush says that the United States of America is at war against terror.
- 2001 - The Queen Isabella Causeway in Texas collapses after being hit by a tugboat, killing eight.
- 2002 - The Swedish parliamentary election leaves Prime Minister Göran Persson and the Social Democrats in power.
- 2003 - The ELN kidnaps eight foreign tourists in the Ciudad Perdida in Colombia; they demand a human rights investigation and release the last hostages three months later.
- 2003 - Barry Bonds walks for the 2,063rd time in his career, passing Babe Ruth on the all-time walks list to become number two on the list.
- 2004 - Death of Johnny Ramone, American guitarist (The Ramones) (cancer) (born 1948).
- 2004 - Davíð Oddsson, Prime Minister of Iceland, steps down after serving as prime minister since April 30, 1991. Oddsson trades posts with his foreign minister Halldór Ásgrímsson, who then becomes Prime Minister.
- 2004 - Security at the Palace of Westminster in London England is compromised, when the House of Commons is stormed by a small group of protestors during a debate about fox hunting.
- 2006 - Spinach contaminated with E. coli kills one person and poisons over 100 others in 20 states of the United States.
- 2007 - Over 3000 Taiwanese Americans and their supporters rally in front of United Nations in New York City to demonstrate the dedication that UN should accept Taiwan. At the same time, over 300,000 Taiwanese people rally in Taiwan to make the same plea.
- 2007 - A stony meteorite estimated with 1m diameter travelling at 24,000 km/h plows into a dry riverbed near Lake Titicaca in Carancas in the Puno region of Peru.
- 2008 - 158-year-old American investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc files for bankruptcy protection, becoming the largest U.S. bankruptcy. Lehman's assets total about US$639 billion, leveraged by only US$30 billion of equity.
- 2008 - American investment bank Merrill Lynch & Company agrees to sell itself to Bank of America Corp, for US$50 billion. Stock in Bank of America drops 21.3 percent, reducing market value by US$33 billion.
- 2008 - Following negotiations, President Robert Mugabe and opposition leaders Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara sign a power-sharing deal, making Tsvangirai the new Prime Minister of Zimbabwe.
- 2009 - Consortium Grupo Unidos por el Canal begins construction on third locks of the Panama Canal, with an estimated 1883 days to completion. The company's bid for the project was US$3.12 billion.
- 2009 - Keith Floyd, pioneer of the modern British TV cooking show (Floyd on Fish), dies after a heart attack at the age of 65.
- 2014 - Death of Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (born 1922).
- 2017 - Cassini-Huygens ends its 13-year mission by plunging into Saturn, becoming the first spacecraft to enter the planet's atmosphere.
- 2017 - Death of Violet Brown, Jamaican supercentenarian (born 1900).
- 2020 - Death of Moussa Traoré, 2nd President of Mali (born 1936).
- 2021 - A trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States is formed, to counter the influence of China. This includes enabling Australia to build its first nuclear-powered submarine fleet.
- 2021 - Several ministers of the Argentine president Alberto Fernández's cabinet resign after the government's defeat in the primary elections.
- 2022 - Death of Eddie Butler at age 65; Welsh rugby union player, commentator, journalist.
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