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What happened in history on this day: September 15?
On September 15 in ...
- 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.
Births on September 15
- 1857 - Birth of William Howard Taft in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; (Republican) 27th US President (1909-13), chief justice.
- 1903 - Birth of Roy Acuff in Maynardville, Tennessee, USA; country musician (Hee Haw).
- 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 Jack Bailey in Hampton, Iowa, USA; TV host (Queen for a Day).
- 1915 - Birth of John Conte in Plamer, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Mantovani).
- 1921 - Birth of Jackie Cooper in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor/director (Hennesey, People's Choice).
- 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).
- 1933 - Birth of Henry Darrow in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Harry O, New Dick Van Dyke Show).
- 1940 - Birth of Merlin Olsen in Utah, USA; NFL tackle (Los Angeles Rams)/sportscaster/actor (Father Murphy).
- 1946 - Birth of Oliver Stone in New York City, New York, USA; director (Wall Street, Good Morning Vietnam, Platoon, JFK).
- 1956 - Birth of Tawny Schneider in Portland, Maine, USA; newscaster (Eye on Hollywood).
- 1960 - Birth of Scott Thompson in Baker, Minneapolis, USA; actor (General Hospital, All My Children).
- 1962 - Birth of Wendie Jo Sperber in Glendale, California, USA; actress (Amy - Bossom Buddies).
Deaths on September 15
- 1998 - Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
- 2004 - Death of Johnny Ramone, American guitarist (The Ramones) (cancer) (born 1948).
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