September 15 in history
Events on September 15
Notable events that happened on September 15 in past years.
- 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.
Wikipedia article: Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement - 2004
National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players' union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
Wikipedia article: National Hockey League - 1981
The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Wikipedia article: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary - 1974
Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
Wikipedia article: Air Vietnam Flight 706 - 1963
Baptist Church bombing: Four children are killed in the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
Wikipedia article: 16th Street Baptist Church bombing - 1954
Marilyn Monroe's iconic skirt scene is shot during filming for The Seven Year Itch.
Wikipedia article: Marilyn Monroe - 1948
The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080 km/h).
Wikipedia article: North American F-86 Sabre - 1944
World 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.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Peleliu - 1935
Nazi Germany announces two new laws related to race and the rights of Jews. These became known as the Nuremberg Race Laws.
Wikipedia article: Nuremberg Laws - 1894
First 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.
Wikipedia article: First Sino-Japanese War - 1830
The Liverpool to Manchester railway line opens; British MP William Huskisson becomes the first widely reported railway passenger fatality when he is struck and killed by the locomotive Rocket.
Wikipedia article: Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway - 1812
The Grande Armée under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow during the failed French invasion of Russia.
Wikipedia article: Grande Armée - 1789
The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.
Wikipedia article: United States Department of State - 1530
Appearance of the miraculous portrait of Saint Dominic in Soriano in Soriano Calabro, Calabria, Italy; commemorated as a feast day by the Roman Catholic Church 1644–1912.
- 533
The Byzantine army under Belisarius enters Carthage following their victory over the Vandals at Ad Decimum.
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