What Happened On September 15 - On This Day

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  • 1616 First non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy
  • 1821 Act of Independence of Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua declare their independence from the Spanish Empire
  • 1835 HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin on board, reaches the Galápagos Islands
  • Battle of Flers–Courcelette: Mark I tanks fill with petrol on the day tanks were first used in war, September 15, 1916

    1st Use of Tanks in War

    1916 First use of tanks in warfare, Britain's Mark I "Little Willies" at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, part of the Battle of the Somme
  • Buckingham Palace is bombed. Churchill, King George VI and Queen Consort Elizabeth (The Queen Mother) inspect the damage. Photo: NPA Rota

    Hitler Will Have to Break Us or Lose the War

    1940 Battle of Britain Day: Royal Air Force repulses a major Luftwaffe attack, losing 29 aircraft to the Germans' 57-61 as the tide begins to turn
  • 1992 George Soros' Quantum Fund begins selling large amounts of pound sterling, helping force the pound out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism the next day and earning him the label "the man who broke the Bank of England"
More September 15 Events
  • 1949 "Lone Ranger" premieres on ABC-TV. Hi-yo, Silver! Away!
  • 2005 "Be Without You" single is released by Mary J. Blige (Billboard Song of the Year 2006, Grammy Award for Best R&B Song, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance 2007)
  • 1960 Maurice Richard announces his retirement. He finishes his career with 544 goals, an NHL record at the time.

The 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.

September 15, 1981

  • Marco Polo

    1254 - 1324

  • William Howard Taft

    1857 - 1930

  • Jean Batten

    1909 - 1982

  • Emmerson Mnangagwa

    83 Years Old

  • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    48 Years Old

  • Prince Harry

    41 Years Old
More Birthdays on September 15

  • Fay Wray

    1907 - 2004

  • Oliver Stone

    79 Years Old

  • Tommy Lee Jones

    79 Years Old

  • Jessye Norman

    1945 - 2019

  • Fausto Coppi

    1919 - 1960

  • Ashley Cooper

    1936 - 2020

  • Gaylord Perry

    1938 - 2022

  • Abdul Qadir

    1955 - 2019

  • Dan Marino

    64 Years Old

Google.com is registered as a domain name

September 15, 1997

  • 1794 4th US President James Madison (43) weds Dolley Madison (26) in Jefferson County, West Virginia
  • 1949 Figure skater and actress Sonja Henie (36) weds Winthrop Gardner Jr.
  • 1951 Actor Peter Sellers (26) weds actress Anne Howe in London, England
  • 2023 Actors Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness announce they are separating after 27 years of marriage [1]
More September 15 Weddings

  • William Huskisson

    1770 - 1830

  • Isambard Kingdom Brunel

    1806 - 1859

  • Koos de la Rey

    1847 - 1914

  • Frank Chance

    1877 - 1924

  • Harry Dean Stanton

    1926 - 2017

  • Fernando Botero

    1932 - 2023
More September 15 Deaths
  • 64 years and still going strong – The Mousetrap at St Martin's Theatre in London's West End

    Agatha Christie, The World's Best-Selling Novelist

    Agatha Christie was born on this day. She went on to become the best-selling writer of all time, her novels having sold about 2 billion copies worldwide. September 15, 1890
  • Rocker Kurt Cobain

    Weekly Quiz for September 9 - 15

    In 1776 US Congress officially adopted the name 'United States of America', what was the previous name? Which war saw the 1st use of tanks on the battlefield?
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  • The Stars and Stripes with the Star Spangled Banner words by Francis Scott Key

    Fiery Birth for Star Spangled Banner

    September 13, 1814
  • Grace Kelly pictured at the height of her fame in Hollywood

    Fatal Legacy of a Beautiful Riviera

    September 14, 1982
  • Torture was the authorised method of extracting confessions during the Spanish Inquisition

    Mad Monk Burns 2,000 At The Stake

    September 16, 1498
  • Arthur Graeme West and the title page of his posthumously published book

    The Diary of a Dead Officer

    September 17, 1916
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