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This day in history: 15 September

Events, births and deaths on this date, ordered by how many people look them up.

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Key facts

420 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 15 September.
Entries come from Wikipedia’s day pages and are ordered by page views.
2020: Signing of the Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement occurs in Washington, D.C., normalizing relations between Israel and two Arab nations, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

Holidays and observances

Battle of Britain Day (United Kingdom)

Christian feast day: Alpinus (Albinus) of Lyon

Christian feast day: Aprus (Èvre) of Toul

Christian feast day: Blessed Camillus Costanzo

Christian feast day: Catherine of Genoa

Christian feast day: James Chisholm (Episcopal Church)

Christian feast day: Joseph Abibos

Christian feast day: Mamilian of Palermo

Christian feast day: Mirin

Christian feast day: Nicetas the Goth

Christian feast day: Nicomedes

Christian feast day: Our Lady of Sorrows

Events

2020Signing of the Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement occurs in Washington, D.C., normalizing relations between Israel and two Arab nations, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

2017The Parsons Green bombing takes place in London.

2011Four miners are killed in the Gleision Colliery mining accident in the Swansea Valley, Wales.

2008Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.

2004National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players' union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.

2001During a CART race at the Lausitzring in Germany, former Formula One driver Alex Zanardi suffers a heavy accident resulting in him losing both his legs.

1995Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133 crashes at Tawau Airport in Malaysia, killing 34.

1983Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.

1981The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.

1981The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

1978At the Superdome in New Orleans, Muhammad Ali outpoints Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title three times.

1975The French department of "Corse" (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse (Upper Corsica) and Corse-du-Sud (Southern Corsica).

1974Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.

1972A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö Bulltofta Airport.

1971The first Greenpeace ship departs from Vancouver to protest against the upcoming Cannikin nuclear weapon test in Alaska.

1968The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.

1966U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation.

1963Baptist Church bombing: Four children are killed in the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.

1962The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.

1959Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.

1958A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 48.

1954Marilyn Monroe's iconic skirt scene is shot during filming for The Seven Year Itch.

1952The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia.

1950Korean War: The U.S. X Corps lands at Inchon.

1948The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080 km/h).

1948The Indian Army captures the towns of Jalna, Latur, Mominabad, Surriapet and Narkatpalli as part of Operation Polo.

1947Typhoon Kathleen hits the Kantō region, in Japan killing around 1,000-2,000 people.

1945A hurricane strikes southern Florida and the Bahamas, destroying 366 airplanes and 25 blimps at Naval Air Station Richmond.

1944Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.

1944World War II: The Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division and the United States Army's 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.

1942World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp is sunk by Japanese torpedoes at Guadalcanal.

1940World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Luftwaffe launches its largest and most concentrated attack of the entire campaign.

1935Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika.

1935Nazi Germany announces two new laws related to race and the rights of Jews. These became known as the Nuremberg Race Laws.

1918World War I: Allied troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian front.

1916World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.

1915New Culture Movement: Chen Duxiu establishes the New Youth magazine in Shanghai.

1894First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats the Qing dynasty in the Battle of Pyongyang, causing the Qing army to withdraw to the Chinese border with Korea.

1873Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.

1862American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

Born on this day

2000Felix, Australian singer based in South Korea, member of Stray Kids

1999Jaren Jackson Jr., American basketball player

1997Quin Houff, American racing driver

1995David Raya, Spanish footballer

1995Joe Ofahengaue, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player

1995Rafael Santos Borré, Colombian footballer

1995Terry McLaurin, American football player

1993Dennis Schröder, German basketball player

1993Josh Richardson, American basketball player

1991Lee Jung-shin, South Korean musician and actor

1991Phil Ofosu-Ayeh, German-Ghanaian footballer

1990Aaron Mooy, Australian footballer

1990Matt Shively, American actor

1990Megan Stalter, American actress and comedian

1988Chelsea Kane, American actress and singer

1988Tim Moltzen, Australian rugby league player

1987Vaila Barsley, Scottish footballer

1986Heidi Montag, American reality television personality and singer

1986Jenna Marbles, American YouTuber and comedian

1984Marshal Yanda, American football player

1984Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

1983Yuka Hirata, Japanese actress and model

1981Ben Schwartz, American actor, comedian and writer

1980David Diehl, American football player and sportscaster

1980Mike Dunleavy Jr., American basketball player

1979Amy Davidson, American actress

1979Carlos Ruiz, Guatemalan footballer

1979Dave Annable, American actor

1979Patrick Marleau, Canadian ice hockey player

1979Reece Young, New Zealand cricketer

1978Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer

1978Zach Filkins, American guitarist

1977Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter

1977Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian author

1977Jason Terry, American basketball player

1977Marisa Ramirez, American actress

1977Sophie Dahl, English model and author

1977Tom Hardy, English actor, producer, and screenwriter

1976Brett Kimmorley, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

1975Martina Krupičková, Czech painter

Died on this day

2026Annie Dillard, American novelist, essayist, and poet (born 1945)

2026Bonnie Greer, American-English playwright and critic (born 1948)

2026Dakila Cua, Filipino politician (born 1977)

2026Gerrit Graham, American stage, television and film actor (born 1948)

2024Elias Khoury, Lebanese intellectual, playwright and novelist (born 1948)

2024Tito Jackson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1953)

2023Fernando Botero, Colombian painter and sculptor (born 1932)

2021Lou Angotti, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1938)

2019Ric Ocasek, American musician (born 1944)

2018Helen Clare, British singer (born 1916)

2017Harry Dean Stanton, American actor (born 1926)

2015Bernard Van de Kerckhove, Belgian cyclist (born 1941)

2015Harry J. Lipkin, Israeli physicist and academic (born 1921)

2015Meir Pa'il, Israeli commander, historian, and politician (born 1926)

2014Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (born 1930)

2014John Anderson Jr., American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Kansas (born 1917)

2014Jürg Schubiger, Swiss psychotherapist and author (born 1936)

2014Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (born 1922)

2014Wayne Tefs, Canadian anthologist, author, and critic (born 1947)

2013Gerard Cafesjian, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1925)

2013Habib Munzir Al-Musawa, Indonesian cleric and scholar (born 1973)

2013Jackie Lomax, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1944)

2013Jerry G. Bishop, American radio and television host (born 1936)

2012Hajra Masroor, Pakistani writer (born 1930)

2012Nevin Spence, Northern Irish rugby player (born 1990)

2012Tibor Antalpéter, Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat, Ambassador of Hungary to the United Kingdom (born 1930)

2011Frances Bay, Canadian-American actress (born 1919)

2010Arrow, Caribbean singer-songwriter (born 1949)

2009Troy Kennedy Martin, Scottish-English screenwriter (born 1932)

2008Richard Wright, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (born 1943)

Quote of the day

“The mind is everything. What you think you become.”

attributed to the Buddha

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