September
15
Independence
Day
Costa Rica : September 15 1821
El Salvador : September 15 1821
Guatemala : September 15 1821
Honduras : September 15 1821
Nicaragua : September 15 1821
Events
September
15
668
– Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated
in his bath at Syracuse, Italy.
921 – At Tetin Saint Ludmila is murdered
at the command of her daughter-in-law.
994 – Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine
Empire at the Battle of the Orontes.
1440 – Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest
known serial killers, is taken into custody
upon an accusation brought against him by
the Bishop of Nantes.
1556 – Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy
Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.
1616 – The first non-aristocratic, free
public school in Europe is opened in Frascati,
Italy.
1762 – Seven Years War: Battle of Signal
Hill.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: British
forces land at Kip's Bay during the New
York Campaign.
1789 – The United States Department of State
is established (formerly known as the "Department
of Foreign Affairs").
1812 – The French army under Napoleon reaches
the Kremlin in Moscow.
1812 – War of 1812: A second supply train
sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed
in the Attack at the Narrows.
1816 – HMS Whiting ran aground on the Doom
Bar
1820 – Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon,
Portugal.
1821 – Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras,
Nicaragua, and Costa Rica jointly declare
independence from Spain.
1830 – The Liverpool to Manchester railway
line opens.
1831 – The locomotive John Bull operates
for the first time in New Jersey on the
Camden and Amboy Railroad.
1835 – HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard,
reaches the Galápagos Islands. The ship
lands at Chatham or San Cristobal, the easternmost
of the archipielago.
1851 – Saint Joseph's University is founded
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1862 – American Civil War: Confederate forces
capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
1873 – Franco-Prussian War: The last German
troops leave France upon completion of payment
of indemnity.
1894 – First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats
China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
1916 – World War I: Tanks are used for the
first time in battle, at the Battle of the
Somme.
1935 – India's first all-boys public school,
The Doon School, was founded.
1935 – The Nuremberg Laws deprive German
Jews of citizenship.
1935 – Nazi Germany adopts a new national
flag with the swastika.
1940 – World War II: The climax of the Battle
of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoots
down large numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft.
1942 – World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft
carrier USS Wasp is torpedoed at Guadalcanal.
1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston
Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the
Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.
1944 – 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.
1945 – A hurricane in southern Florida and
the Bahamas destroys 366 planes and 25 blimps
at NAS Richmond.
1947 – RCA releases the 12AX7 vacuum tube.
1947 – Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kanto Region
in Japan killing 1,077.
1948 – The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft
speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080
km/h).
1950 – Korean War: United States forces
land at Inchon
1952 – United Nations gives Eritrea to Ethiopia.
1958 – A Central Railroad of New Jersey
commuter train runs through an open drawbridge
at the Newark Bay, killing 58.
1959 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first
Soviet leader to visit the United States.
1961 – Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with
winds of 175 miles per hour.
1962 – The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward
Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion
the Cuban Missile Crisis.
1963 – The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing:
Four children killed at an African-American
church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States
1966 – U.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.
1968 – The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched,
becoming the first spacecraft to fly around
the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
1972 – A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic
flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked
and flown to Malmö-Bulltofta Airport.
1974 – Air Vietnam flight 727 is hijacked,
then crashes while attempting to land with
75 on board.
1975 – The French département of Corse (the
entire island of Corsica) is divided into
two: Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud.
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
1981 – 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.
1981 – Vanuatu becomes a member of the United
Nations.
1983 – Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
1987 – United States Secretary of State
George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister
Eduard Shevardnadze sign a treaty to establish
centers to reduce the risk of nuclear war.
1990 – France announces it will send 4,000
troops to the Persian Gulf.
1993 – Liechtenstein Prince Hans-Adam II
disbands Parliament
1998 – With the landmark merger of WorldCom
and MCI Communications completed the day
prior, the new MCI WorldCom opens its doors
for business.
2004 – National Hockey League commissioner
Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players
union and cessation of operations by the
NHL head office.
2008 – Lehman Brothers files for Chapter
11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing
in U.S. history.
Holidays
and observances
Battle
of Britain Day (United Kingdom)
Christian Feast Day:
Catherine of Genoa
Joseph Abibos
Nicomedes
Our Lady of Sorrows
September 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
"Cry of Dolores" or Grito de Dolores,
celebrated on the eve of the Independence
Day. (Mexico)
Earliest day on which POW/MIA Recognition
Day can fall, celebrated on the third Friday
in September. (United States)
Earliest day on which Prinsjesdag can fall,
celebrated on the third Tuesday in September.
(Netherlands)
Earliest day on which German-American Steuben
Parade can fall, celebrated on the third
Saturday in September. (United States, especially
New York City)
Engineer's Day (India)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence
of Guatemala (a Patriotic Day), El Salvador,
Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica from
Spain in 1821.
International Day of Democracy (International)
Respect for the Aged Day before 2003; beginning
in 2003, the day is held on the third Monday
of September. (Japan)
Restoration of Primorska to the Motherland
Day (Slovenia)
Silpa Bhirasri Day (Thailand)
The beginning of National Hispanic Heritage
Month, celebrated until October 15. (United
States)
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