15 September
Notable Births
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)
Josh Richardson
b. 1993
American basketball player (born 1993)
Dennis Schröder
b. 1993
German basketball player (born 1993)
Lee Jung-shin
b. 1991
South Korean bassist and actor
Phil Ofosu-Ayeh
b. 1991
Footballer (born 1991)
Aaron Mooy
b. 1990
Australian association football player (born 1990)
Matt Shively
b. 1990
American actor (born 1990)
Chelsea Kane
b. 1988
American actress and singer (born 1988)
Tim Moltzen
b. 1988
Australian rugby league footballer
Vaila Barsley
b. 1987
English footballer (born 1987)
Jenna Marbles
b. 1986
American YouTube personality (born 1986)
Heidi Montag
b. 1986
American television personality and singer (born 1986)
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
b. 1984
British prince (born 1984)
Marshal Yanda
b. 1984
American football player (born 1984)
Notable Deaths
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
Meir Pa'il
d. 2015
Israeli politician (1926–2015)
Bernard Van de Kerckhove
d. 2015
Belgian cyclist
John Anderson Jr.
d. 2014
American politician (1917–2014)
Eugene I. Gordon
d. 2014
American physicist
Jürg Schubiger
d. 2014
Swiss psychotherapist and writer (1936–2014)
Munzir Al-Musawa
d. 2013
Jerry G. Bishop
d. 2013
American broadcaster in Chicago
Gerard Cafesjian
d. 2013
Jackie Lomax
d. 2013
English guitarist and singer-songwriter (1944–2013)
Hajra Masroor
d. 2012
Pakistani writer (1930–2012)
Frances Bay
d. 2011
American actress (1919–2011)
Richard Wright (musician)
d. 2008
English keyboardist and musician (1943–2008)
Colin McRae
d. 2007
British rally driver (1968–2007)
On This Day in History
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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
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.
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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.
John Bull (locomotive)
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.
Caesars Superdome
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).
Departments of France
1974
Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
Air Vietnam Flight 706
1972
A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö Bulltofta Airport.
Scandinavian Airlines
1971
The first Greenpeace ship departs from Vancouver to protest against the upcoming Cannikin nuclear weapon test in Alaska.
Greenpeace
1968
The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
Soviet Union
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.
Lyndon B. Johnson
1963
Baptist Church bombing: Four children are killed in the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
1962
The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Soviet Union
1959
Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
Nikita Khrushchev