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15 September, 2007
Duran Duran Party in Nottingham (Gateway Hotel)
15 September, 2006
UPN ceased operations after eleven and a half years. The CW Television Network launched 3 days later.
15 September, 2004
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announced a lockout of the players union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
15 September, 2000
Opening ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
15 September, 1998
WorldCom and MCI Communications finish their landmark merger, forming MCI WorldCom which would later be renamed WorldCom and become the largest bankruptcy in United States history.
15 September, 1997
Hastings Wise murders four at a lawn mower parts factory in Aiken, South Carolina.
15 September, 1993
Liechtenstein Prince Hans-Adam II disbands parliament.
15 September, 1990
France announces it will send 4,000 troops to the Persian Gulf
15 September, 1989
The U.S. Congress recognizes Terry Andersons continued captivity in Beirut.
15 September, 1987
U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze sign a treaty to establish centers to reduce the risk of nuclear war.
15 September, 1983
Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
15 September, 1982
The first issue of USA Today is published by Gannett.
15 September, 1981
The United States Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day OConnor to become the first female justice on the United States Supreme Court. The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, DC. Vanuatu becomes a member of the United Nations.
15 September, 1975
The French department of Corse (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud. Progressive Rock artists Pink Floyd release Wish You Were Here.
15 September, 1974
Air Vietnam flight 727 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
15 September, 1972
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake shakes Northern Illinois. An SAS domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm was hijacked and flown to Malmö-Bulltofta Airport.
15 September, 1969
Major League Baseball: St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Steve Carlton sets a record by striking out 19 New York Mets in a single game.
15 September, 1968
The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earths atmosphere.
15 September, 1966
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to the United States Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation.
15 September, 1964
The Sun newspaper launches, replacing the Daily Herald.
15 September, 1963
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing kills four children at an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
15 September, 1962
The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
15 September, 1961
Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 miles per hour.
15 September, 1959
Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
15 September, 1958
A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 58.
15 September, 1957
West Germany holds its third parliamentary election. Konrad Adenauer remains chancellor.
15 September, 1955
Vladimir Nabokovs Lolita is published in Paris by Olympia Press.
15 September, 1954
The U.S. Postal Service issues its 2˘ Thomas Jefferson Liberty Series stamp.
15 September, 1952
United Nations gives Eritrea to Ethiopia.
15 September, 1950
Korean War: United States forces land at Incheon, Korea.
15 September, 1948
The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 1080 km/h.
15 September, 1947
The U.S. Air Force is separated from the US Army to become a separate branch. RCA releases the 12AX7 vacuum tube.
15 September, 1946
The Brooklyn Dodgers are beating the Chicago Cubs, 2-0, in the 5th inning when a swarm of gnats causes the game to be postponed.
15 September, 1945
A hurricane in southern Florida and the Bahamas destroys 366 planes and 25 blimps at NAS Richmond.
15 September, 1944
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.
15 September, 1942
World War II: The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Wasp is torpedoed at Guadalcanal.
15 September, 1941
The U.S. Attorney General rules that the Neutrality Act is not violated when U.S. ships carry war materiel to British territories, opening the door for the Lend-Lease Act.
15 September, 1940
World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoot down large numbers of Luftwaffe.
15 September, 1935
Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship. Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag with the swastika.
15 September, 1931
In Scotland, the two-day Invergordon Mutiny against Royal Navy pay cuts begins.
15 September, 1928
Sir Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin. Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler to take 300 wickets in an English cricket season.
15 September, 1917
First issue of Forbes magazine published.
15 September, 1916
World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
15 September, 1914
World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
15 September, 1894
First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
15 September, 1883
The Bombay Natural History Society is founded in Bombay (now Mumbai), India.
15 September, 1873
Franco-Prussian War: The last German troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
15 September, 1862
American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
15 September, 1851
Saint Josephs University is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
15 September, 1835
The HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands.

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