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What happened in history on this day: September 15?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On September 15 in ...
- 1982 - Texas Instruments and IBM enter a joint agreement for Texas Instruments to produce chips for cards for networking office machines with computers.
- 1986 - Apple Computer introduces the Apple IIGS computer. It features a 16-bit Western Design Center W65C816 microprocessor operating at 1 MHz or 2.8 MHz, 7 expansion slots, built-in ports, QuickDraw II in ROM, Apple Desktop Plus, and Apple 3.5 Drive. Compatibility with Apple II software is about 90 percent. Base price is US$1000, with a full system priced at US$1900. "GS" stands for Graphics and Sound.
- 1995 - United Artists releases the film Hackers to theaters in the US. Various personal computers are used throughout the film to control television programming, a supercomputer, traffic lights, building lights, and more. Apple Computer products appear (3.5-inch disk drive, portable computer, windowing software).
- 1997 - Apple Computer announces several Power Macintosh 6500 systems with 275 to 300 MHz PowerPC 603e processors, and the Mac OS 8 operating system.
- 1998 - Microsoft releases Office 97 Service Pack 2.
- 1925 - M.J. Winkler Productions releases the Alice Comedy film Alice the Jail Bird to theaters.
- 1928 - Walt Disney hires an orchestra in New York to record the soundtrack for Steamboat Willie. The session cost over $1000, but is a complete failure.
- 1944 - The Goofy film How to Play Football is released to theaters.
- 1958 - The Viewliner Train of Tomorrow attraction is permanently closed, to make way for new attractions. In its 15-month operational life, it carried 1,430,683 passengers.
- 1980 - Togo issues eleven postage stamps depicting various Disney characters, for the 50th anniversary of Pluto.
- 1981 - Disney releases the 16-mm film Popeye.
- 1984 - The Circle-Vision film American Journeys opens in Tomorrowland in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
- 1986 - The Character Shop in Tomorrowland at Disneyland closes.
- 1990 - The NBC TV network airs a second preview of the series Hull High.
- 1991 - The NBC TV network begins airing the series Pacific Station.
- 1994 - 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. Disney decides to abandon the idea to build the historical theme park in Virginia, for financial reasons and due to negative press.
- 1995 - The Café des Visionnaires restaurant in Discoveryland at Disneyland Paris closes.
- 1995 - Buena Vista Pictures makes a limited release of the feature film Unstrung Heroes to theaters in the USA.
- 1995 - The ABC TV network previews the TV series Maybe This Time.
- 1995 - The Buena Vista Television - Syndication TV series The Stephanie Miller Show debuts.
- 1996 - The WB Network begins airing a new season of Brotherly Love.
- 1996 - The Universe of Energy pavilion in EPCOT Center at Walt Disney World is updated, incorporating Ellen's Energy Adventure.
- 1997 - The Candy Cauldron shop opens at Downtown Disney West Side at Walt Disney World.
- 1998 - Sierra Leone issues fourteen postage stamps depicting characters from The Lion King II: Simba's Pride.
- 1999 - For the first time in its 28-year history, most of Walt Disney World 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.
- 2000 - Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Duets to theaters in the USA.
- 2000 - The TV series The Ainsley Harriott Show ends.
- 2005 - Disney releases the Platinum Edition DVD of Cinderella.
- 2006 - Disney releases the film The Guardian to theaters in the USA.
- 2010 - La Hacienda de San Angel dining area opens adjacent to Cantina de San Angel in the Mexico pavilion in Epcot center at Walt Disney World.
- 2001 - In Effingham, Illinois, Mid America Designs hosts the Funfest Corvette gathering, over two days. 6500 Corvettes and almost 30,000 people attend.
- 2002 - At Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant in Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada, Round 9 of the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series is held.
- Finishing 2nd in AGT class and 9th overall is the ACP Motorsports #19 Corvette, driven by Kerry Hitt, Doug Mills, and Owen Trinkler.
- Finishing 3rd in AGT class and 10th overall is the Morgan Dollar Motorsports #46 Corvette, driven by Andrew Richards, Stephen Richards, and Rob Morgan.
- 2006 - In Effingham, Illinois, Mid-America Motorworks hosts the 13th annual FunFest Corvette show, over three days. A record 45,000 people and 14,063 Corvettes attend.
- 2007 - At the Miller Motorsport Park in Tooele, Utah, the Sunchaser 1000 race is held, round thirteen (final) of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.
- Finishing 9th in GT class and 26th overall is the Team Sahlen #43 Corvette driven by Joe Nonnamaker, Will Nonnamaker, and Wayne Nonnamaker.
- Finishing 13th in GT class and 30th overall is the Beachman Racing #56 Corvette driven by Bruce Beachman, Michael Fitzgerald, and ? McClure.
- Finishing 15th in GT class and 32nd overall is the Stevenson Automotive #57 Corvette driven by Dominic Cicero, Marc Bunting, and James Gue.
- Finishing 22nd in GT class and 42nd overall is the Team Sahlen #42 Corvette driven by Joe Sahlen and Will Nonnamaker.
- 2019 - At the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California, USA, the Monterey SportsCar Championship race is held, round 11 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 3rd in GT Le Mans class and 14th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C7.R driven by Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia.
- Finishing 4th in GT Le Mans class and 15th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C7.R driven by Tommy Milner and Oliver Gavin.
- 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.
- 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 - In Canberra, Australia, Prime Minister R.G. Menzies announces the creation of a six-man War Cabinet, and an increase in taxes on companies and gold production.
- 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 - In the mid-Atlantic, south-east of Iceland, a submarine sinks Canadian merchant ship Kenordoc en route to Bristol, England.
- 1940 - During the day, Germany sends 1700 planes against Britain. Eighty are shot down, with British losses of 35 fighters.
- 1941 - German armored columns meet up at Lokhutsa, 125 miles east of Kiev, surrounding about 500,000 Soviet forces inside.
- 1941 - Japan begins preparations for war to the south, to secure oil supplies.
- 1941 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives a reply from Soviet leader Josef Stalin, proposing 25-30 British divisions land in Archangel or be sent through Persia to southern USSR.
- 1943 - Allies launch 1900 air sorties against German positions and communications near Salerno, Italy.
- 1943 - The British 7th Armored Division begins landing on the British bridgehead at Salerno, Italy.
- 1943 - British battleships Warspite and Valiant and a destroyer flotilla begin bombarding enemy targets at Salerno, Italy.
- 1943 - United States 101st Airborne Division troops arrive in England.
- 1943 - A German guided aerial bomb hits SS James Marshall off Salerno, Italy.
- 1943 - (evening) British Bomber Command drops its first 12,000-pound bomb, against the Dortmund-Ems Canal.
- 1944 - Canadian forces begin attacks on fortifications west of Calais.
- 1944 - Canadian 4th Division troops occupy Maldegem, Belgium.
- 1944 - 28 British Lancaster bombers take off from Yagodnik, Russia, to attack the German battleship Tirpitz. They score one hit with a 12,000 pound bomb, causing serious damage.
- 1947 - Paris peace treaty is ratified between Allies and Italy.
- 1948 - Greece issues a postage stamp marking the 7th anniversary of the Battle of Crete.
- 1990 - Belize issues six stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
- 1990 - Marshall Islands issues four postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Britain.
- 1990 - St. Kitts issues two postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
- 1994 - Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the American Marines landing on Peliliu.
- 1994 - Philippines issues four postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of American landings at Leyte Gulf.
- 2000 - Jersey issues six postage stamps marking the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
- 2005 - In London, England, British Prince Charles unveils a new granite monument memorial to participants of the Battle of Britain. The monument lists names of 2936 British and Allied pilots and crew.
- 1995 - United Artists releases the film Hackers to theaters in the US.
- A prototype of the PlayStation game Wipeout is played in a nightclub.
- The PlayStation logo appears in the game.
- A Nintendo Powerglove appears.
- The Atari Virtuality SU2000 virtual-reality arcade system is shown.
- A character says "A wake-up call for the Nintendo generation".
- 2005 - In Chiba, Japan, the Tokyo Game Show is held, over four days. Nintendo shows a prototype wireless controller for its next console video game system. It is shaped like a television remote controller, interacting with sensors attached to the television to detect movement. An expansion slot allows for add-on devices.
- 2009 - EA Games releases the Need for Speed: Shift video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 2009 - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment releases the Scribblenauts video game for the Nintendo DS in the USA.
- 2009 - EA Sports releases the NHL 10 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 2010 - Sony releases the PlayStation Move motion sensing system for the PlayStation 3 in the US and Europe.
- 2017 - Bethesda releases the Dishonored: Death of the Outsider video game for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in the USA.
- 2017 - Sega releases the Sonic Mania video game for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in the USA.
- 2017 - Nintendo releases the Metroid: Samus Returns video game ror the Nintendo 3DS in the USA.
- 1541 - At Brömsebro, the Kings of Sweden and Denmark conclude a treaty of friendship and alliance between their countries.
- 1650 - Queen Kristina proposes to the Riksdag that Karl Gustav be accepted as hereditary prince, and his male children succeed him.
- 1973 - King Gustav VI Adolf dies.
- 1974 - Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme describes the military government of Chile as "despicable crooks".
- 1991 - General elections are held for Parliament. Carl Bildt is elected new Prime Minister, the country's first Conservative leader in 63 years. The government is a coalition with Moderates, Liberals, Centre Party, and Christian Democrats. The Social Democrat party and allies received 154 seats, the Moderate coalition 170, and the New Democrats 25.
- 2000 - (to October 1) The 27th Olympic Games are held in Sydney, Australia. Sweden wins 4 gold, 5 silver, and 3 bronze medals.
- 1953 - A Proclamation sets the composition of the 5c coin of steel and chromium.
- 1982 - The Charlton Press releases the 35th edition (Winter 1983) of The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins. Price is $3.50.
- 2008 - The Superior Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction is held in Beverly Hills, California. Some highlights:
- 1876-CC Seated Liberty 20-cent, MS-62 PCGS: US$260,000.
- 2008 - The US Mint announces the motto "IN GOD WE TRUST" on Presidential dollars will be move from the edge to the obverse beginning with 2009 coins.
- 1912 - Boston Red Sox' pitcher Joe Wood ties record of 16 straight wins.
- 1928 - Saint Louis Cardinals set National League record of 18 men left on base beating Philadelphia Phillies 8-6.
- 1938 - Only time brothers hit back-to-back home runs (Lloyd and Paul Waner, Pittsburgh Pirates).
- 1940 - Third American Football League plays first game (Milwaukee 14, Columbus 2).
- 1940 - Chicago Tribune sponsors Ted Lyons Day (Chicago White Sox pitcher).
- 1946 - Brooklyn Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs 2-0 in five innings, games called because of gnats.
- 1947 - New York Yankees clinch pennant #15.
- 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).
- 1953 - Boxing's NBA adopts 10-point-must-scoring-system (10 points to round winner).
- 1957 - San Francisco Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their last game.
- 1962 - Australia's first entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins).
- 1962 - Kansas City Athletics' Bill Fischer sets record of 69 1/3 innings without a walk.
- 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.
- 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).
- 1985 - European team beats US team for golf's Ryders Cup (first since 1957).
- 1988 - Lillehammer, Norway upsets Anchorage, Alaska to host 1994 Winter Olympics.
- 1991 - South Dakota State freshman Marshall Faulk sets NCAA rushing record of 386 yards.
- 2000 - (to October 1) The Games of the XXVII Olympiad are held in Sydney, Australia.
- 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.
- 2019 - At the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California, USA, the Monterey SportsCar Championship race is held, round 11 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in DPi class and 1st overall is the ACURA TEAM PENSKE #6 Acura DPi driven by Juan Pablo Montoya and Dane Cameron.
- Finishing 1st in LMP2 class and 10th overall is the PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports #52 ORECA LMP2 driven by Matt McMurry and Dalton Kellett.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 12th overall is the Ford Chip Ganassi Racing #66 Ford GT driven by Joey Hand and Dirk Mueller.
- Finishing 1st in GT Daytona class and 20th overall is the Paul Miller Racing #48 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 driven by Bryan Sellers and Corey Lewis.
- 2022 - At Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, National Football League regular season game: Kansas City Chiefs beats Los Angeles Chargers by score 27-24.
- 2022 - At Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Arizona Diamondbacks beats San Diego Padres by score 4-0.
- 2022 - At Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cincinnati Reds beats Saint Louis Cardinals by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Minnesota Twins beats Kansas City Royals by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Citi Field in New York City, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Pittsburgh Pirates by score 7-1.
- 2022 - At Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Houston Astros beats Oakland Athletics by score 5-2.
- 2022 - At LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, USA , Major League Baseball regular season game: Miami Marlins beats Philadelphia Phillies by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Major League Baseball regular season game: Tampa Bay Rays beats Toronto Blue Jays by score 11-0.
- 2022 - At Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago White Sox beats Cleveland Guardians by score 8-2.
- 1966 - Gemini XI returns to Earth.
- 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).
- 1976 - Soyuz 22 carries two cosmonauts into Earth orbit for eight days.
- 2017 - Cassini-Huygens ends its 13-year mission by plunging into Saturn, becoming the first spacecraft to enter the planet's atmosphere.
- 1961 - Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 mph.
- 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.
- 1776 - British forces capture Kip's Bay Manhattan during the Revolution.
- 1789 - Department of Foreign Affairs is renamed the Department of State.
- 1862 - CSA General Thomas Jackson takes Harper's Ferry.
- 1887 - Philadelphia celebrates 100th anniversary of US Constitution.
- 1898 - National Afro-American Council forms in Rochester, New York.
- 1947 - First four-engine jet-propelled fighter-plane tested, Columbus, Ohio.
- 1948 - F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record of 1080 kph.
- 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.
- 1961 - Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 mph.
- 1963 - Four children killed in bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
- 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 - US Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor for Supreme Court.
- 1982 - First issue of today usa published by Gannett Company Inc.
- 1990 - Florida lottery goes over US$100 million.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2006 - Spinach contaminated with E. coli kills one person and poisons over 100 others in 20 states of the United States.
- 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.
- 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.
Other history:
- 1620 - Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England with 102 pilgrims.
- 1821 - Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua gain independ.
- 1904 - Wilbur Wright makes his first airplane flight.
- 1916 - First tank used in war, "Little Willies" at Battle of Flors, France.
- 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.
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