September 15
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September 15 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 106 days remaining after September 15 until the end of the year.
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[change] Events
- 668 – Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is murdered in his bath.
- 1789 – The United States Department of State is founded, as the Department of Foreign Affairs.
- 1812 – The French army under Napoleon Bonaparte enters Moscow.
- 1820 – Constitutionalist Revolution in Lisbon
- 1821 – Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica jointly declare independence from Spain.
- 1835 – The HMS Beagle arrives in the Galapagos Islands with a young Charles Darwin on board.
- 1935 – With the Nuremberg Laws, the Nazis strip Jews of German citizenship.
- 1935 – The Nazis adopt the Swastika flag as the flag of Germany.
- 1940 – Climax of the Battle of Britain
- 1947 – Typhoon Kathleen kills 1,077 people in the Kanto region of Japan.
- 1949 – Konrad Adenauer becomes the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.
- 1952 – The UN gives Eritrea to Ethiopia.
- 1959 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the US.
- 1963 – "Birmingham Sunday" when a bomb killed 4 black girls in a church in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1981 – Vanuatu joins the UN.
- 2000 – The 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney begin.
- 2007 – Former world Rally champion Colin McRae dies in a helicopter crash in Lanarkshire, Scotland, along with his son and two family friends.
- 2008 – Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
[change] Births
- 1254 – Marco Polo, Italian explorer (d. 1324)
- 1533 – Catherine of Austria, Queen Consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1572)
- 1666 – Sophia Dorothea of Celle, German princess (d. 1726)
- 1675 – Vakhtang VI of Kartli, Georgian King (d. 1737)
- 1736 – Jean-Silvain Bailly, French politician and astronomer (d. 1793)
- 1761 – Cornelio Saavedra, Argentine politician (d. 1829)
- 1789 – James Fenimore Cooper, American writer (d. 1851)
- 1830 – Porfirio Diaz, President of Mexico (d. 1915)
- 1857 – William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States (d. 1930)
- 1866 – Bruno Walter, German conductor (d. 1962)
- 1879 – Joseph Lyons, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1939)
- 1888 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver (d. 1925)
- 1890 – Agatha Christie, English writer (d. 1976)
- 1903 – Roy Acuff, American Country musician (d. 1992)
- 1904 – King Umberto II of Italy (d. 1983)
- 1907 – Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (d. 2004)
- 1908 – Misko Kranjec, Slovenian writer (d. 1983)
- 1911 – Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-American golf entrepreneur (d. 2000)
- 1913 – John N. Mitchell, United States Attorney General (d. 1988)
- 1915 – Helmut Schoen, German footballer and manager (d. 1996)
- 1916 – Margaret Lockwood, English actress (d. 1990)
- 1922 – Jackie Cooper, American actor (d. 2011)
- 1928 – Cannonball Adderley, American jazz musician (d. 1975)
- 1929 – Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist
- 1936 – Ashley Cooper, Australian tennis player
- 1937 – Robert Lucas, Jr., American economist
- 1937 – Fernando de la Rua, former President of Argentina
- 1940 – Merlin Olsen, American football player and actor (d. 2010)
- 1941 – Florian Albert, Hungarian footballer
- 1942 – Wen Jiabao, Premier of the People's Republic of China
- 1944 – Graham Taylor, English footballer and manager
- 1945 – Hans-Gert Poettering, German politician
- 1946 – Tommy Lee Jones, American actor
- 1946 – Oliver Stone, American film director
- 1951 – Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer
- 1954 – Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor (d. 2007)
- 1961 – Dan Marino, American football player
- 1964 – Robert Fico, former Prime Minister of Slovakia
- 1972 – Jimmy Carr, British comedian
- 1972 – Letizia, Princess of Asturias, Spanish princess
- 1973 – Daniel Westling, Swedish royal
- 1974 – Murat Yakin, Swiss footballer
- 1977 – Sophie Dahl, British model
- 1978 – Eidur Gudjohnsen, Icelandic footballer
- 1978 – Kew Jaliens, Dutch footballer
- 1979 – Patrick Marleau, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983 – Ashleigh McIvor, Canadian freestyle skier
- 1984 – Prince Harry of Wales, British royal
- 1986 – Heidi Montag, American television personality and singer
- 1987 – Clare Maguire, English singer-songwriter
[change] Deaths
- 668 – Constans II, Emperor (b. 630)
- 1231 – Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1173)
- 1794 – Abraham Clark, Signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1725)
- 1835 – Sarah Knox Taylor, wife of Jefferson Davis (b. 1814)
- 1859 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer (b. 1806)
- 1864 – John Hanning Speke, British explorer (b. 1827)
- 1926 – Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German writer (b. 1846)
- 1972 – Asgeir Asgeirsson, second President of Iceland (b. 1894)
- 1973 – King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden, King of Sweden (b. 1882)
- 1973 – Victor Jara, Chilean musician (b. 1932)
- 1978 – Willy Messerschmidt, German aircraft designer (b. 1898)
- 1989 – Robert Penn Warren, American writer (b. 1905)
- 1995 – Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish footballer (b. 1921)
- 2004 – Johnny Ramone, American guitarist (The Ramones) (b. 1948)
- 2006 – Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and writer (b. 1929)
- 2007 – Colin McRae, Scottish rally driver (b. 1968)
- 2008 – Richard Wright, English musician (Pink Floyd) (b. 1943)
[change] Observances
- Battle of Britain Day (United Kingdom)
- Independence Day (Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua)
- International Day of Democracy
- Engineers' Day (India)
