This Day in History
15 Sep 1514
Thomas Wolsey appointed English Archbishop of York
15 Sep 1584
San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid finished
15 Sep 1590
Giambattista Catagna elected as Pope Urban VII
15 Sep 1600
Battle of Sekigahara rise of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan
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The Four Seasons earn their first 1 hit with Sherry
Frankie Valli (born Francis Casteluccio) had been hard at work trying to become a star for the better part of a decade before the Four Seasons achieved their br...
Tide turns in the Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain reaches its climax when the Royal Air Force (RAF) downs 56 invading German aircraft in two dogfights lasting less than an hour. The costly...
Tanks introduced into warfare at the Somme
During the Battle of the Somme the British launch a major offensive against the Germans employing tanks for the first time in history. At Flers Courcelette s...
U S forces land at Inchon
During the Korean War U.S. Marines land at Inchon on the west coast of Korea 100 miles south of the 38th parallel and just 25 miles from Seoul. The location h...
Four black schoolgirls killed in Birmingham church bombing
On September 15 1963 a bomb explodes during Sunday morning services in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama killing four young girls Addie ...
Muhammad Ali wins world heavyweight championship
On September 15 1978 boxer Muhammad Ali defeats Leon Spinks at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans to win the world heavyweight boxing title for the third ...
First trenches are dug on the Western Front
In the wake of the Battle of the Marneduring which Allied troops halted the steady German push through Belgium and France that had proceeded over the fi...
South Vietnamese forces retake Quang Tri City
ARVN forces recapture Quang Tri City after four days of heavy fighting with the claim that over 8135 NVA had been killed in the battle.The North Vietnamese fo...
Future President William Taft born
William Howard Taft is born in Cincinnati Ohio on September 15 1857.Taft was born into a politically active family his father had served as President Ulysses...
The first transcontinental mail service to San Francisco begins
On September 15 1858 the new Overland Mail Company sends out its first two stages inaugurating government mail service between the eastern and western region...
Agatha Christie is born
Mary Clarissa Agatha Miller later known as Agatha Christie is born on September 15 1890 in Torquay Devon England.Raised and educated at Ashfield her pare...
Famous Marilyn Monroe skirt scene filmed
The famous picture of Marilyn Monroe laughing as her skirt is blown up by the blast from a subway vent is shot on September 15 1954 during the filming of The...
A Bible school instructor abducts a teenage girl
Thirteen-year-old Melissa Benoit disappears in her hometown of Kingston Massachusetts on her way home from a friends house. Although the town detectiv...
Khrushchev arrives in Washington
Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet head of state to visit the United States. During the next two weeks Khrushchevs visit dominated the news and...
Confederates capture Harpers Ferry
Confederate General Thomas Stonewall Jackson captures Harpers Ferry Virginia (present-day West Virginia) and some 12000 Union soldiers as Gener...
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