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SEPTEMBER 15, 1963
The Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church, an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four girls and injuring at least 14 other people (memorial march pictured).
The Ku Klux Klan, commonly shortened to KKK or Klan, is an American Protestant-led Christian extremist, white supremacist, far-right hate group. It Read More
SEPTEMBER 15, 1795
French Revolutionary Wars: Great Britain seized the Dutch Cape Colony to use its facilities against the French Navy.
The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802. Read More
SEPTEMBER 15, 1821
The Province of Guatemala proclaimed the independence of Central America from the Spanish Empire.
The Act of Independence of Central America, also known as the Act of Independence of Guatemala, is the legal document by which Read More
SEPTEMBER 15, 1830
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&M) (depicted), the first locomotive-hauled railway to connect two major cities, opened with the Duke of Wellington in attendance.
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) was the first inter-city railway in the world. It opened on 15 September 1830 between the Read More
SEPTEMBER 15, 1776
American Revolutionary War: British forces made an unopposed amphibious landing at Kips Bay on Manhattan, the American defenders having fled due to artillery fire.
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the Read More
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
A homemade bomb partially exploded on an eastbound District line train at Parsons Green tube station in West London, injuring 30 passengers.
On 15 September 2017, at around 08:20 BST, an explosion occurred on a District line train at Parsons Green Underground station, in Read More
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
Financial crisis of 2007–2008: The global financial services firm Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy while holding over $600 billion in assets, the largest such filing in U.S. history.
The 2008 financial crisis, also known as the global financial crisis (GFC), was a major worldwide economic crisis, centered in the United Read More
SEPTEMBER 15, 1462
The Ottoman conquest of Lesbos ended upon the surrender of commander Niccolò Gattilusio; the conquering Mehmed II executed 300 Italian soldiers by chopping them in half, claiming he was fulfilling a promise to "spare their heads".
The Ottoman conquest of Lesbos took place in September 1462. The Ottoman Empire, under Sultan Mehmed II, laid siege to the island's Read More
SEPTEMBER 15, 1944
World War II: The Greek People's Liberation Army won the Battle of Meligalas and began the execution of many prisoners of war and civilians.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all Read More
SEPTEMBER 15, 1916
Tanks (example pictured), the "secret weapons" of the British Army during the First World War, were first used in combat at the Battle of Flers–Courcelette in France.
A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance Read More
SEPTEMBER 15, 1944
World War II: American and Australian forces landed on the Japanese-occupied island of Morotai.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all Read More
SEPTEMBER 15, 1935
Nazi Germany enacted the Nuremberg Laws, which deprived Jews of their citizenship.
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, Read More
SEPTEMBER 15, 1791
French playwright Olympe de Gouges published the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen, hoping to expose the failures of the French Revolution in the recognition of gender equality.
Olympe de Gouges was a French playwright and political activist. She is best known for her Declaration of the Rights of Woman Read More
SEPTEMBER 15, 1862
American Civil War: Confederate forces captured the Union garrison at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, taking more than 12,000 prisoners.
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in Read More
SEPTEMBER 15, 1972
Three armed members of the Croatian National Resistance hijacked Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 130 in an attempt to force the release of those arrested for the assassination of the Yugoslav ambassador the previous year.
The Croatian National Resistance, also referred to as Otpor, was an Ustaša organization founded in 1955 in Spain. The HNO ran an Read More
SEPTEMBER 15, 1816
HMS Whiting ran aground on the Doom Bar on the coast of Cornwall, England.
HMS Whiting, built in 1811 by Thomas Kemp as a Baltimore pilot schooner, was launched as Arrow. On 8 May 1812 a Read More

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