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September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 107 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
- 1440 – Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by Jean de Malestroit, Bishop of Nantes.
- 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.
- 1556 – Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.
1601–1900
- 1762 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.[2]
- New York Campaign.[3]
- 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.
- 1794 – French Revolutionary Wars: Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) sees his first combat at the Battle of Boxtel during the Flanders Campaign.[4]
- .
- Kremlin in Moscow during the failed French invasion of Russia.
- 1812 – Attack at the Narrows.
- Qing Dynasty.[5]
- 1816 – HMS Whiting runs aground on the Doom Bar.
- 1820 – Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon, Portugal.
- 1821 – The Captaincy General of Guatemala declares independence from Spain.
- 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.
- 1835 – HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands. The ship lands at Chatham or San Cristobal, the easternmost of the archipelago.
- 1862 – American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
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- 1894 – First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
1901–present
- 1915 – New Culture Movement: Chen Duxiu establishes the New Youth magazine in Shanghai.[6]
- 1916 – World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
- 1918 – World War I: Allied troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian front.
- 1935 – Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika.
- 1940 – World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Luftwaffe launches its largest and most concentrated attack of the entire campaign.
- 1942 – World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp is sunk by Japanese torpedoes at Guadalcanal.
- 1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.
- 1944 – 1st Marine Division and the United States Army's 81st Infantry Divisionhit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.
- 1945 – A hurricane strikes southern Florida and the Bahamas, destroying 366 airplanes and 25 blimps at Naval Air Station Richmond.
- 1947 – Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
- Operation Polo.
- 1948 – The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed recordat 671 miles per hour (1,080 km/h).
- 1950 – Korean War: The U.S. X Corps lands at Inchon.
- 1952 – The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia.
- 1954 – Marilyn Monroe's iconic skirt scene is shot during filming for The Seven Year Itch.[7]
- runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 48.
- 1959 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
- 1962 – The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- 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.
- 1971 – The first Greenpeace ship departs from Vancouver to protest against the upcoming Cannikin nuclear weapon test in Alaska.
- Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö Bulltofta Airport.
- Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
- 1975 – The French department of "Corse" (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse (Upper Corsica) and Corse-du-Sud (Southern Corsica).
- 1978 – At the Superdome in New Orleans, Muhammad Ali outpoints Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title three times.
- 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.
- 1983 – Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
- 1995 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133 crashes at Tawau Airport in Malaysia, killing 34.[8]
- Lausitzring in Germany, former Formula One driver Alex Zanardi suffers a heavy accident resulting in him losing both his legs.[9]
- 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.
- 2011 – Four miners are killed in the Gleision Colliery mining accident in the Swansea Valley, Wales, UK.[10]
- Parsons Green bombing takes place in London.
- 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.[11]
Births
Pre-1600
- 767 – Saichō, Japanese monk (d. 822)[12]
- 1254 – Marco Polo, Italian merchant and explorer (d. 1324)[13]
- 1461 – Jacopo Salviati, Italian politician (d. 1533)[14]
- 1505 – Mary of Hungary, Dutch ruler (d. 1558)[15]
- 1533 – Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1572)[16]
- 1580 – Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer and author (d. 1659)
- 1592 – Giovanni Battista Rinuccini, archbishop of Fermo (d. 1653)[17]
1601–1900
- 1613 – François de La Rochefoucauld, French soldier and author (d. 1680)
- 1649 – Titus Oates, English minister, fabricated the Popish Plot (d. 1705)[18]
- 1666 – Sophia Dorothea of Celle (d. 1726)[19]
- 1690 – Ignazio Prota, Italian composer and educator (d. 1748)
- 1715 – Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general and engineer (d. 1789)
- Mayor of Paris (d. 1793)[20]
- 1759 – Cornelio Saavedra, Argentinean general and politician (d. 1829)
- 1760 – Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien, Prussian general (d. 1824)
- 1765 – Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, Portuguese poet and author (d. 1805)
- 1789 – James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist, short story writer, and historian (d. 1851)[21]
- 1815 – Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian journalist and composer (d. 1868)[22]
- 1819 – Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1902)[23]
- 1828 – Alexander Butlerov, Russian chemist and academic (d. 1886)
- 1830 – Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (d. 1915)
- 1846 – George Franklin Grant, African-American educator, dentist, and inventor (d. 1910)
- 1852 – Edward Bouchet, American physicist and educator (d. 1918)
- 1852 – Jan Ernst Matzeliger, Surinamese-American inventor (d. 1889)
- 1857 – William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (d. 1930)
- 1857 – Anna Winlock, American astronomer and academic (d. 1904)[24]
- 1858 – Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (d. 1916)
- 1858 – Jenő Hubay, Hungarian violinist, composer, and educator (d. 1937)
- Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom(d. 1962)
- 1863 – Horatio Parker, American organist, composer, and educator (d. 1919)
- 1864 – Prince Sigismund of Prussia (d. 1866)
- 1867 – Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian general (d. 1920)
- 1876 – Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1962)
- 1876 – Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Bengali novelist (d. 1938)
- 1877 – Jakob Ehrlich, Czech-Austrian politician (d. 1938)
- 1877 – Yente Serdatzky, Lithuanian-American author and playwright (d. 1962)
- 1879 – Joseph Lyons, Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1939)
- 1881 – Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French businessman, founded Bugatti (d. 1947)
- 1883 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950)
- 1886 – Paul Lévy, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1971)
- 1887 – Carlos Dávila, Chilean journalist and politician, President of Chile (d. 1955)
- 1888 – Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1925)
- 1889 – Robert Benchley, American humorist, newspaper columnist, and actor (d. 1945)
- 1889 – Claude McKay, Jamaican-American poet and author (d. 1948)
- 1890 – Ernest Bullock, English organist and composer (d. 1979)
- 1890 – Sonja Branting-Westerståhl, Swedish lawyer (d. 1981)[25]
- 1890 – Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1976)[26]
- 1890 – Frank Martin, Swiss-Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1974)
- 1892 – Silpa Bhirasri, Italian sculptor and educator (d. 1962)
- 1894 – Chic Harley, American football player (d. 1974)
- 1894 – Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1977)
- 1894 – Jean Renoir, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1979)
- 1895 – Magda Lupescu, mistress and later wife of King Carol II of Romania (d. 1977)
- 1897 – Merle Curti, American historian and author (d. 1997)
- 1898 – J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (d. 1936)
1901–present
- 1901 – Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed Bailey bridge (d. 1985)
- 1903 – Roy Acuff, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 1992)
- 1904 – Umberto II of Italy (d. 1983)
- 1904 – Sheilah Graham Westbrook, English-American actress, journalist, and author (d. 1988)
- 1906 – Jacques Becker, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1960)
- 1906 – Walter E. Rollins, American songwriter (d. 1973)
- 1907 – Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and author (d. 1968)
- 1907 – Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (d. 2004)
- 1908 – Kid Sheik, American trumpet player (d. 1996)
- 1908 – Penny Singleton, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
- Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu(d. 1969)
- 1909 – Phil Arnold, American actor (d. 1968)
- 1910 – Betty Neels, English nurse and author (d. 2001)
- 1911 – Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-American businessman, founded PING (d. 2000)
- 1911 – Luther Terry, American physician and academic, 9th Surgeon General of the United States (d. 1985)
- 1913 – Henry Brant, Canadian-American composer and conductor (d. 2008)
- 1913 – Bruno Hoffmann, German glass harp player (d. 1991)
- 1913 – John N. Mitchell, American lawyer, and politician, 67th United States Attorney General (d. 1988)
- 1913 – Johannes Steinhoff, German general and pilot (d. 1994)
- 1914 – Creighton Abrams, American general (d. 1974)
- 1914 – Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentinian journalist and author (d. 1999)
- 1914 – Orhan Kemal, Turkish author (d. 1970)
- 1914 – Robert McCloskey, American author and illustrator (d. 2003)
- 1915 – Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author (d. 1981)
- 1915 – Al Casey, American guitarist and composer (d. 2005)
- 1915 – Albert Whitlock, English-American special effects designer (d. 1999)
- 1916 – Margaret Lockwood, Pakistani-English actress (d. 1990)
- 1916 – Frederick C. Weyand, American general (d. 2010)
- Hilde Gueden, Austrian soprano (d. 1988)[27]
- 1917 – Buddy Jeannette, American basketball player and coach (d. 1998)[28]
- 1918 – Alfred D. Chandler Jr., American historian and academic (d. 2007)
- 1918 – Phil Lamason, New Zealand soldier and pilot (d. 2012)
- 1918 – Margot Loyola, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
- 1918 – Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)[29]
- 1919 – Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist and soldier (d. 1960)
- 1919 – Nelson Gidding, American author and screenwriter (d. 2004)
- 1919 – Heda Margolius Kovály, Czech author and translator (d. 2010)
- 1920 – Kym Bonython, Australian race car driver, drummer, and radio host (d. 2011)
- 1921 – Richard Gordon, English surgeon and author (d. 2017)
- 1921 – Gene Roland, American pianist and composer (d. 1982)
- 1922 – Bob Anderson, English fencer and choreographer (d. 2012)
- 1922 – Jackie Cooper, American actor (d. 2011)
- 1922 – Gaetano Cozzi, Italian historian and academic (d. 2001)
- 1922 – Mary Soames, English author (d. 2014)
- 1923 – Anton Heiller, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1979)
- 1924 – Lucebert, Dutch poet and painter (d. 1994)
- 1924 – Prime Minister of Hungary(d. 2014)
- 1924 – Bobby Short, American singer and pianist (d. 2005)[29]
- 1924 – Mordechai Tzipori, Israeli politician and soldier (d. 2017)
- 1925 – Stanley Chapman, English architect and author (d. 2009)
- 1925 – Erika Köth, German soprano (d. 1981)
- 1925 – Carlo Rambaldi, Italian special effects artist (d. 2012)
- 1925 – Helle Virkner, Danish actress and singer (d. 2009)
- Shohei Imamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
- 1926 – Jean-Pierre Serre, French mathematician and academic
- 1926 – Henry Silva, American actor (d. 2022)[30]
- 1927 – Rudolf Anderson, pilot and commissioned officer in the United States Air Force (d. 1962)
- 1927 – Norm Crosby, American comedian and actor (d. 2020)[29]
- 1927 – David Stove, Australian philosopher and academic (d. 1994)
- 1928 – Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1975)[29]
- 1929 – Eva Burrows, Australian 13th General of The Salvation Army (d. 2015)
- 1929 – Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019)
- 1929 – Stan Kelly-Bootle, English singer-songwriter, computer scientist, and author (d. 2014)
- 1929 – Dick Latessa, American actor (d. 2016)
- 1929 – John Julius Norwich, English historian and author (d. 2018)
- 1929 – Wilbur Snyder, American football player and wrestler (d. 1991)
- 1929 – Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs(d. 2019)
- 1930 – Endel Lippmaa, Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2015)
- 1931 – Brian Henderson, New Zealand-Australian journalist, actor, and producer (d. 2021)
- 1932 – Neil Bartlett, English-American chemist and academic (d. 2008)
- 1933 – Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer (d. 2014)
- 1933 – Jim Rodger, Scottish footballer (d. 2024)[31]
- 1934 – Tomie dePaola, American author and illustrator (d. 2020)
- 1934 – Fred Nile, Australian soldier, minister, and politician
- 1935 – Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch (d. 2015)
- 1936 – Ashley Cooper, Australian tennis player (d. 2020)
- 1936 – Sara Henderson, Australian farmer and author (d. 2005)
- 1937 – Joey Carew, Trinidadian cricketer (d. 2011)
- 1937 – Fernando de la Rúa, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Argentina (d. 2019)
- 1937 – King Curtis Iaukea, American wrestler (d. 2010)
- 1937 – Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 2023)
- 1937 – Pino Puglisi, Italian priest and martyr (d. 1993)
- 1938 – Gaylord Perry, American baseball player and coach (d. 2022)[29]
- 1939 – Subramanian Swamy, Indian economist, academic, and politician, Indian Minister of Law and Justice
- 1939 – George Walden, English journalist and politician
- 1940 – Merlin Olsen, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2010)[29]
- 1941 – Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2011)
- 1941 – Signe Toly Anderson, American rock singer (d. 2016)
- 1941 – Mirosław Hermaszewski, Polish general, pilot and cosmonaut (d. 2022)[32]
- 1941 – Yuriy Norshteyn, Russian animator, director, and screenwriter
- 1941 – Viktor Zubkov, Russian businessman and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Russia
- 1942 – Lee Dorman, American bass player (d. 2012)[33]
- 1942 – Philip Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham, English businessman and politician
- 1942 – Ksenia Milicevic, French painter and architect
- 1944 – Mauro Piacenza, Italian cardinal
- 1944 – Graham Taylor, English footballer and manager (d. 2017)[34]
- 1945 – Carmen Maura, Spanish actress
- 1945 – Jessye Norman, American soprano (d. 2019)[29]
- 1945 – Hans-Gert Pöttering, German lawyer and politician, 23rd President of the European Parliament
- 1945 – Ron Shelton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1946 – Tommy Lee Jones, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[35]
- 1946 – Mike Procter, South African cricketer, coach, and referee (d. 2024)
- 1946 – Oliver Stone, American director, screenwriter, and producer[35]
- 1946 – Howard Waldrop, American author and critic (d. 2024)
- 1947 – Russel L. Honoré, American general[36][37]
- 1947 – Viggo Jensen, Danish footballer and manager
- 1947 – Diane E. Levin, American educator and author
- 1947 – Theodore Long, American wrestling referee and manager
- 1949 – Joe Barton, American lawyer and politician
- 1950 – Rajiv Malhotra, Indian author
- 1950 – Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Pakistani-English caliph and scholar
- 1951 – Pete Carroll, American football player and coach
- 1951 – Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1951 – Fred Seibert, American television producer, co-founder of MTV
- 1952 – Richard Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1952 – Paula Duncan, Australian actress
- 1952 – Ratnajeevan Hoole, Sri Lankan engineer and academic
- 1952 – Kelly Keagy, American singer and drummer[35]
- 1953 – Margie Moran, Filipino peace advocate and beauty queen, Miss Universe 1973[38]
- 1953 – Keiko Takeshita, Japanese actress
- 1954 – Adrian Adonis, American wrestler (d. 1988)
- 1954 – Hrant Dink, Turkish journalist (d. 2007)
- 1954 – Barry Shabaka Henley, American actor[35]
- 1955 – Željka Antunović, Croatian politician, 9th Croatian Minister of Defence
- 1955 – Abdul Qadir, Pakistani cricketer (d. 2019)
- 1955 – Bruce Reitherman, American voice actor, singer, cinematographer, and producer
- 1955 – Diesel Clothing
- 1956 – Ross J. Anderson, British academic and educator (d. 2024)
- 1956 – Maggie Reilly, Scottish singer-songwriter
- 1956 – Ned Rothenberg, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
- 1958 – Joel Quenneville, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1958 – Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (d. 2005)
- 1959 – Mark Kirk, American commander, lawyer, and politician
- 1960 – Ed Solomon, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1960 – Lisa Vanderpump, British restaurateur, television personality, and author[39]
- 1961 – Terry Lamb, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1961 – Helen Margetts, British political scientist
- 1961 – Dan Marino, American football player and sportscaster[29]
- 1961 – Patrick Patterson, Jamaican cricketer
- 1962 – Amanda Wakeley, English fashion designer
- 1963 – Pete Myers, American basketball player and coach
- 1963 – Stephen C. Spiteri, Maltese military historian
- 1964 – Robert Fico, Slovak academic and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Slovakia
- 1964 – Steve Watkin, Welsh cricketer
- 1964 – Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1966 – Wenn V. Deramas, Filipino director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
- 1966 – Sherman Douglas, American basketball player[40]
- 1967 – Paul Abbott, American baseball player and coach
- 1967 – Rodney Eyles, Australian squash player
- 1968 – Danny Nucci, American actor[35]
- 1969 – Revaz Arveladze, Georgian footballer
- 1969 – Corby Davidson, American radio personality
- 1969 – Géraldine Carré, French journalist and television presenter (d. 2024)[41]
- 1969 – Allen Shellenberger, American drummer (d. 2009)
- 1971 – Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer and coach
- 1971 – Josh Charles, American actor and director[35]
- 1971 – Wayne Ferreira, South African tennis player
- 1971 – Ben Wallers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1972 – Jimmy Carr, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter[29]
- 1972 – Queen Letizia of Spain[29]
- 1972 – Lady Victoria, American wrestler
- 1973 – Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland, Swedish prince
- 1974 – Arata Iura, Japanese actor, model, and fashion designer
- 1975 – Tom Dolan, American swimmer
- 1975 – Martina Krupičková, Czech painter
- 1976 – Brett Kimmorley, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
- 1976 – Paul Thomson, Scottish drummer
- 1976 – Matt Thornton, American baseball player
- 1977 – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian author[42]
- 1977 – Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1977 – Sophie Dahl, English model and author
- 1977 – Tom Hardy, English actor, producer, and screenwriter[35]
- 1977 – Leander Jordan, American football player
- 1977 – Marisa Ramirez, American actress[35]
- 1977 – Jason Terry, American basketball player
- 1978 – Zach Filkins, American guitarist[35]
- 1978 – Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer
- 1978 – Genki Horiguchi, Japanese wrestler
- 1979 – Dave Annable, American actor[35]
- 1979 – Amy Davidson, American actress[35]
- 1979 – Patrick Marleau, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 – Carlos Ruiz, Guatemalan footballer
- 1979 – Reece Young, New Zealand cricketer
- 1980 – David Diehl, American football player and sportscaster
- 1980 – Mike Dunleavy Jr., American basketball player
- 1981 – Ben Schwartz, American actor, comedian and writer[29]
- 1983 – Yuka Hirata, Japanese actress and model
- 1983 – Luke Hochevar, American baseball player
- 1984 – Cyhi the Prynce, American rapper and producer
- 1984 – Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex[35]
- 1984 – Loek van Mil, Dutch baseball player (d. 2019)
- 1984 – Marshal Yanda, American football player[43]
- 1985 – François-Olivier Roberge, Canadian speed skater
- 1986 – Jenna Marbles, American YouTuber and comedian
- 1986 – Heidi Montag, American reality television personality and singer[35]
- 1986 – George Watsky, American hip-hop artist, poet and author
- 1987 – Vaila Barsley, Scottish footballer[44]
- 1987 – Aly Cissokho, French footballer
- 1987 – Rhett Titus, American wrestler
- 1988 – Chelsea Kane, American actress and singer[29]
- 1988 – Tim Moltzen, Australian rugby league player[45]
- 1990 – Oliver Gill, English footballer[46]
- 1990 – Aaron Mooy, Australian footballer[47]
- 1990 – Matt Shively, American actor[29]
- 1991 – Lee Jung-shin, South Korean musician and actor[48]
- 1991 – Phil Ofosu-Ayeh, German-Ghanaian footballer
- 1992 – Jae Park, South Korean-American singer
- 1993 – Josh Richardson, American basketball player[49]
- 1993 – Dennis Schröder, German basketball player[50]
- 1993 – JP Tokoto, American basketball player[51]
- 1995 – Terry McLaurin, American football player[52]
- 1995 – Joe Ofahengaue, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player
- 1997 – Quin Houff, American racing driver[53]
- 1999 – Jaren Jackson Jr., American basketball player[54]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 921 – Ludmila of Bohemia, Czech martyr and saint (b. 860)
- 1140 – Adelaide of Hungary, Duchess of Bohemia
- 1146 – Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond, English soldier (b. 1100)
- 1231 – Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1173)
- 1326 – Dmitry of Tver (b. 1299)
- 1352 – Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and saint (b. 1273)
- 1397 – Adam Easton, English cardinal
- 1408 – Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1384)
- 1496 – Hugh Clopton, Lord Mayor of London (b. c. 1440)
- 1500 – John Morton, English cardinal and academic (b. 1420)
- 1504 – Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of the Palatinate (b. 1478)
- 1510 – Saint Catherine of Genoa (b. 1447)
- 1559 – Isabella Jagiellon, Queen of Hungary (b. 1519)
- 1595 – John MacMorran, Baillie of Edinburgh, shot by rioting high school schoolchildren.[55]
- 1596 – Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (b. 1535)
1601–1900
- 1613 – Thomas Overbury, English poet and author (b. 1581)
- 1643 – Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, English-Irish politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (b. 1566)
- 1649 – John Floyd, English priest and educator (b. 1572)
- 1700 – André Le Nôtre, French gardener (b. 1613)
- 1701 – Edmé Boursault, French author and playwright (b. 1638)
- 1707 – George Stepney, English poet and diplomat (b. 1663)
- 1712 – Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1645)
- 1750 – Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German organist and composer (b. 1690)
- 1794 – Abraham Clark, American police officer and politician (b. 1725)
- 1803 – Gian Francesco Albani, Italian cardinal (b. 1719)
- 1813 – Antoine Étienne de Tousard, French general and engineer (b. 1752)
- 1830 – François Baillairgé, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1759)
- 1830 – William Huskisson, English financier and politician, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1770)
- 1841 – Alessandro Rolla, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1757)
- 1842 – Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (b. 1771)
- 1842 – President of Central American Federation(b. 1792)
- 1852 – Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern, German-Estonian philologist and academic (b. 1770)
- 1859 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English architect and engineer, designed the Great Western Railway (b. 1806)
- 1864 – John Hanning Speke, English soldier and explorer (b. 1827)
- 1874 – Charles-Amédée Kohler, Swiss chocolatier (b. 1790)[56]
- 1883 – Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist and academic (b. 1801)
- 1893 – Thomas Hawksley, English engineer (b. 1807)
1901–present
- 1915 – Ernest Gagnon, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1834)
- 1921 – Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
- 1926 – Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
- 1930 – Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)
- 1938 – Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (b. 1900)
- 1940 – William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)
- 1945 – André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 97th Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
- 1945 – Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883)
- 1945 – Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (b. 1881)
- 1952 – Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1883)
- 1965 – Steve Brown, American bassist (b. 1890)
- 1972 – Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1906)
- 1972 – Baki Süha Ediboğlu, Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)
- 1972 – Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop and academic (b. 1887)
- Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden(b. 1882)
- 1975 – Franco Bordoni, Italian race car driver and pilot (b. 1913)
- 1978 – Robert Cliche, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1921)
- 1978 – Edmund Crispin, English writer and composer (b. 1921)
- 1978 – Willy Messerschmitt, German engineer and academic, designed the Messerschmitt Bf 109 (b. 1898)
- 1980 – Bill Evans, American pianist and composer (b. 1929)
- 1981 – Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player and composer (b. 1906)
- 1983 – Prince Far I, Jamaican DJ and producer (b. 1944)
- 1985 – Cootie Williams, American trumpet player (b. 1910)
- 1989 – Jan DeGaetani, American soprano (b. 1933)
- 1989 – Olga Erteszek, Polish-American fashion designer (b. 1916)
- 1989 – Robert Penn Warren, American novelist, poet, and literary critic (b. 1905)
- 1991 – John Hoyt, American actor (b. 1904)
- 1991 – Warner Troyer, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1932)
- 1993 – Pino Puglisi, Italian priest and martyr (b. 1937)
- 1995 – Harry Calder, South African cricketer (b. 1901)
- 1995 – Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1921)
- 1997 – Bulldog Brower, American wrestler (b. 1933)
- 1998 – Louis Rasminsky, Canadian economist, 3rd Governor of the Bank of Canada (b. 1908)
- 2001 – June Salter, Australian actress and author (b. 1932)
- 2003 – Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist and author (b. 1930)
- 2004 – Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1948)
- 2004 – Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1931)
- 2005 – Guy Green, English director and cinematographer (b. 1913)
- 2005 – Sidney Luft, American manager and producer (b. 1915)
- 2006 – Raymond Baxter, English television host and author (b. 1922)
- 2006 – Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author (b. 1929)
- 2006 – Pablo Santos, Mexican-American actor (b. 1987)
- 2007 – Colin McRae, Scottish race car driver (b. 1968)[57]
- 2007 – Jeremy Moore, English general (b. 1928)
- 2007 – Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)
- 2007 – Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1924)
- 2008 – Richard Wright, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1943)
- 2009 – Troy Kennedy Martin, Scottish-English screenwriter (b. 1932)
- 2010 – Arrow, Caribbean singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
- 2011 – Frances Bay, Canadian-American actress (b. 1919)
- Ambassador of Hungary to the United Kingdom(b. 1930)
- 2012 – Nevin Spence, Northern Irish rugby player (b. 1990)
- Habib Munzir Al-Musawa, Indonesian cleric and scholar (b. 1973)
- 2013 – Jerry G. Bishop, American radio and television host (b. 1936)
- 2013 – Gerard Cafesjian, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1925)
- 2013 – Jackie Lomax, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
- Governor of Kansas(b. 1917)
- 2014 – Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (b. 1930)
- 2014 – Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia(b. 1922)
- 2014 – Jürg Schubiger, Swiss psychotherapist and author (b. 1936)
- 2014 – Wayne Tefs, Canadian anthologist, author, and critic (b. 1947)
- 2015 – Harry J. Lipkin, Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1921)
- 2015 – Meir Pa'il, Israeli commander, historian, and politician (b. 1926)
- 2015 – Bernard Van de Kerckhove, Belgian cyclist (b. 1941)
- 2017 – Harry Dean Stanton, American actor (b. 1926)
- 2018 – Helen Clare, British singer (b. 1916)[58]
- 2019 – Ric Ocasek, American musician (b. 1944)[59]
- 2021 – Lou Angotti, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1938)[60]
- 2023 – Fernando Botero, Colombian painter and sculptor (b. 1932)[61]
Holidays and observances
- Battle of Britain Day (United Kingdom)
- Christian feast day:
- Joseph Abibos
- Alpinus (Albinus) of Lyon
- Aprus (Èvre) of Toul
- Catherine of Genoa
- Episcopal Church)
- Saint Dominic in Soriano (formerly)
- Mamilian of Palermo
- Mirin
- Nicetas the Goth
- Nicomedes
- Our Lady of Sorrows
- September 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Independence Day (Mexico).
- Earliest day on which Father's Day can fall, while September 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Sunday in September. (Ukraine)
- Earliest day on which German-American Steuben Paradecan fall, while September 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Saturday in September. (United States, especially New York City)
- Earliest day on which POW/MIA Recognition Day can fall, while September 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Friday in September. (United States)
- Earliest day on which Prinsjesdag can fall, while September 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Tuesday in September. (Netherlands)
- Earliest day on which Respect for the Aged Day can fall, while September 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday in September. (Japan)
- Engineer's Day (India)
- Costa Rica.
- International Day of Democracy[62]
- Knowledge Day (Azerbaijan)
- Restoration of Primorska to the Motherland Day (Slovenia)
- Silpa Bhirasri Day (Thailand).
- The beginning of German American Heritage Month, celebrated until October 15[63]
- The beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrated until October 15 (United States)
- International)
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External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to September 15.
- "On This Day". BBC.
- The New York Times: On This Day
- "Historical Events on September 15". OnThisDay.com.