September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). There are 107 days remaining.
Events
- 608 - Saint Boniface IV becomes Pope
- 1620 - The Mayflower departs Plymouth, England
- 1789 - The United States Department of State is established (formerly known as Department of Foreign Affairs).
- 1821 - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador proclaimed independent
- 1830 - The Liverpool to Manchester railway line opens. (see also deaths, below)
- 1862 - Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia
- 1894 - Japan defeats China in the Battle of Ping Yang[?]
- 1914 - The Battle of Aisne[?] begins between Germany and France
- 1916 - Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme
- 1935 - Nuremberg Laws[?] deprive German Jews of citizenship
- 1950 - United States forces land at Inchon, Korea
- 1952 - United Nations gives Eritrea to Ethiopia
- 1959 - Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States
- 1963 - Four children are killed when a bomb explodes in a black church in Birmingham, Alabama
Births
- 1789 - James Fenimore Cooper, novelist (+ 1851)
- 1857 - William Howard Taft, President of the United States and Supreme Court Justice (+ 1930)
- 1876 - Bruno Walter, conductor
- 1889 - Robert Benchley[?], author (+ 1945)
- 1890 - Agatha Christie, writer (+ 1976)
- 1894 - Jean Renoir, film director (+ 1979)
- 1903 - Roy Acuff[?], country musician (+ 1992)
- 1907 - Fay Wray, actress
- 1915 - Igor Cassini[?], fashion designer (+ 2002)
- 1922 - Jackie Cooper, actor, director
- 1924 - Bobby Short[?], jazz musician
- 1924 - Lucebert[?], Dutch painter and poet
- 1926 - Jean-Pierre Serre, French mathematician
- 1928 - Cannonball Adderley[?], saxophonist, bandleader (+ 1975)
- 1933 - Henry Darrow[?], actor
- 1938 - Gaylord Perry[?], Baseball star
- 1940 - Merlin Olsen[?], American football star, actor
- 1945 - Anton Webern, Austrian composer
- 1946 - Tommy Lee Jones, actor
- 1946 - Oliver Stone, film director
- 1961 - Dan Marino, American football star
- 1984 - Prince Harry of Wales
Deaths
Holidays
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September 16 ·
August 15 ·
October 15 · more
historical anniversaries
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December - more historical anniversaries
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