Today in History
15 September
260 births · 110 deaths · 57 events recorded
Notable Births
All 260 ›
Felix (rapper)
b. 2000
Australian rapper (born 2000)
Jaren Jackson Jr.
b. 1999
American basketball player (born 1999)
Quin Houff
b. 1997
American stock car racing driver
Rafael Santos Borré
b. 1995
Colombian footballer (born 1995)
Terry McLaurin
b. 1995
American football player (born 1995)
Joe Ofahengaue
b. 1995
Tonga international rugby league footballer
David Raya
b. 1995
Spanish footballer (born 1995)
Luther Terry
b. 1911
Surgeon General of the United States
Notable Deaths
All 110 ›
Tito Jackson
d. 2024
American musician (1953–2024)
Elias Khoury
d. 2024
Lebanese intellectual, playwright and novelist (1948–2024)
Fernando Botero
d. 2023
Colombian painter and sculptor (1932–2023)
Lou Angotti
d. 2021
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (1938–2021)
Ric Ocasek
d. 2019
American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer (1944–2019)
Harry Dean Stanton
d. 2017
American actor (1926–2017)
Harry J. Lipkin
d. 2015
Israeli theoretical physicist
François Baillairgé
d. 1830
Canadian architect
On This Day in History
All 57 ›
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.
Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement
2017
The Parsons Green bombing takes place in London.
Parsons Green train bombing
2011
Four miners are killed in the Gleision Colliery mining accident in the Swansea Valley, Wales.
Gleision Colliery mining accident
2008
Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
Lehman Brothers
2004
National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players' union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
National Hockey League
2001
During a CART race at the Lausitzring in Germany, former Formula One driver Alex Zanardi suffers a heavy accident resulting in him losing both his legs.
Championship Auto Racing Teams
1995
Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133 crashes at Tawau Airport in Malaysia, killing 34.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133
1983
Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
Israel