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September 15th


- Battle of Britain Day (United Kingdom)
- Christian Feast Day:
- "Cry of Dolores" or Grito de Dolores, celebrated on the eve of the Independence Day. (Mexico)
- Earliest day on which POW/MIA Recognition Day can fall, celebrated on the third Friday in September. (United States)
- Earliest day on which Prinsjesdag can fall, celebrated on the third Tuesday in September. (Netherlands)
- Earliest day on which German-American Steuben Parade can fall, celebrated on the third Saturday in September. (United States, especially New York City)
- Engineer's Day (India)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Guatemala (a Patriotic Day), El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica from Spain in 1821.
- International Day of Democracy (International)
- Respect for the Aged Day before 2003; beginning in 2003, the day is held on the third Monday of September. (Japan)
- Restoration of Primorska to the Motherland Day (Slovenia)
- Silpa Bhirasri Day (Thailand)
- The beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrated until October 15. (United States)

September 15th


- 2008 - Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
- 2004 - National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
- 1998 - With the landmark merger of WorldCom and MCI Communications completed the day prior, the new MCI WorldCom opens its doors for business.
- 1993 - Liechtenstein Prince Hans-Adam II disbands Parliament
- 1990 - France announces it will send 4,000 troops to the Persian Gulf
- 1987 - United States Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze sign a treaty to establish centers to reduce the risk of nuclear war.
- 1983 - Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
- 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.
- 1981 - Vanuatu becomes a member of the United Nations.
- 1975 - The French département of Corse (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud.
- 1974 - Air Vietnam flight 727 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
- 1972 - A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö-Bulltofta Airport.
- 1968 - The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
- 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.
- 1963 - The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed at an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States
- 1962 - The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- 1961 - Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 miles per hour.
- 1959 - Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
- 1958 - A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 58.
- 1952 - United Nations gives Eritrea to Ethiopia.
- 1950 - Korean War: United States forces land at Inchon
- 1948 - The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080 km/h).
- 1947 - RCA releases the 12AX7 vacuum tube.
- 1947 - Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kanto Region in Japan killing 1,077.
- 1945 - A hurricane in southern Florida and the Bahamas destroys 366 planes and 25 blimps at NAS Richmond.
- 1944 - Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.
- 1942 - World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp is torpedoed at Guadalcanal.
- 1940 - World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoots down large numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft.
- 1935 - The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.
- 1935 - Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag with the swastika.
- 1916 - World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
- 1894 - First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
- 1873 - Franco-Prussian War: The last German troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
- 1862 - American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
- 1851 - Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1835 - HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands.
- 1831 - The locomotive John Bull operates for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
- 1830 - The Liverpool to Manchester railway line opens.
- 1821 - Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica jointly declare independence from Spain.
- 1820 - Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon, Portugal.
- 1812 - The French army under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow.
- 1812 - War of 1812: A second supply train sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
- 1789 - The United States Department of State is established (formerly known as the "Department of Foreign Affairs").
- 1776 - American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
- 1762 - Seven Years War: Battle of Signal Hill.
- 1616 - The first non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy.
- 1556 - Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.
- 994 - Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes.
- 921 - At Tetin Saint Ludmila is murdered at the command of her daughter-in-law.
- 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy.

September 15th


- 1993 - Jayden Stockley, English footballer
- 1989 - Kris Chetan Ramlu, New Zealand musician
- 1988 - Chelsea Staub, American actress
- 1987 - Aly Cissokho, French footballer
- 1986 - Heidi Montag, TV personality/singer
- 1985 - François-Olivier Roberge, Canadian speed skater
- 1984 - Prince Harry of Wales, UK royalty
- 1983 - Luke Hochevar, American baseball player
- 1980 - David Diehl, American football player
- 1980 - Mike Dunleavy, Jr., American basketball player
- 1980 - Jolin Tsai, Taiwanese pop singer
- 1979 - Dave Annable, American actor
- 1979 - Amy Davidson, American actress
- 1979 - Patrick Marleau, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 - Carlos Ruiz, Guatemalan footballer
- 1978 - Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer
- 1977 - Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1977 - Sophie Dahl, English model
- 1977 - Tom Hardy, English actor
- 1977 - Leander Jordan, American football player
- 1977 - Marisa Ramirez, American actress
- 1977 - Jason Terry, American basketball player
- 1976 - Paul Thomson, Scottish drummer (Franz Ferdinand)
- 1976 - Matt Thornton, American baseball player
- 1975 - Martina Krupi?ková, Czech artist
- 1975 - Tom Dolan, American swimmer
- 1973 - Julie Cox, English actress
- 1973 - Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland
- 1972 - Jimmy Carr, English comedian
- 1972 - Kit Chan, Singaporean singer
- 1972 - Letizia, Princess of Asturias, Spanish royalty
- 1971 - Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer
- 1971 - Josh Charles, American actor
- 1971 - Ben Wallers, English musician and songwriter (Country Teasers)
- 1969 - Jim Curtiss, American writer
- 1969 - Jeffrey Schwarz, American film director/producer
- 1968 - Danny Nucci, American actor
- 1967 - Paul Abbott, American baseball player
- 1967 - Sari Kaasinen, Finnish singer
- 1966 - Sherman Douglas, American basketball player
- 1964 - Róbert Fico, Slovak Prime minister, populist
- 1964 - Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, American musician (The Misfits)
- 1963 - Pete Myers, American basketball player
- 1962 - Dina Lohan, American actress and reality television star, mother of Lindsay Lohan
- 1962 - Scott McNeil, Australian voice actor
- 1961 - Terry Lamb, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1961 - Dan Marino, American football player
- 1960 - Kevin Allen, Welsh actor
- 1960 - Ed Solomon, American screenwriter
- 1958 - Dr. Know, American guitarist (Bad Brains)
- 1958 - Joel Quenneville, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1958 - Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (d. 2005)
- 1956 - Jaki Graham, English singer
- 1956 - Maggie Reilly, Scottish folk singer
- 1955 - Željka Antunovi?, Croatian politician
- 1955 - Renzo Rosso, Italian clothing designer
- 1955 - Bruce Reitherman, American voice actor
- 1954 - Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor (d. 2007)
- 1953 - Paul Piché, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1952 - Richard Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1952 - Kelly Keagy, American drummer and vocalist
- 1951 - Pete Carroll, American football coach
- 1951 - Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer
- 1949 - Joe Barton, American politician
- 1947 - Theodore Long, American professional wrestling manager
- 1946 - Ola Brunkert, Swedish session drummer (ABBA) (d. 2008)
- 1946 - Tommy Lee Jones, American actor
- 1946 - Oliver Stone, American film director
- 1946 - Howard Waldrop, American science fiction author
- 1946 - Mike Procter, South African cricketer, coach and match referee
- 1945 - Ron Shelton, American film director
- 1945 - Hans-Gert Pöttering, German politician, President of the European Parliament
- 1945 - Carmen Maura, Spanish actress
- 1945 - Jessye Norman, American opera singer
- 1944 - Sotirios Hatzigakis, Greek politician
- 1942 - Lee Dorman, American Bassist
- 1941 - Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer
- 1941 - Signe Toly Anderson, American singer
- 1941 - Miros?aw Hermaszewski, Polish cosmonaut
- 1941 - Yuri Norstein, Russian animator
- 1941 - Viktor Zubkov, Russian government official
- 1940 - Merlin Olsen, American football player and actor (d. 2010)
- 1940 - Norman Spinrad, American science fiction author
- 1938 - Gaylord Perry, baseball player
- 1937 - Robert Lucas, Jr., American economist, Nobel laureate
- 1937 - Fernando de la Rúa, 51st President of Argentina
- 1934 - Fred Nile, Australian politician
- 1933 - Henry Darrow, American actor
- 1933 - Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor
- 1933 - Monica Maughan, Australian actress (d. 2010)
- 1932 - Neil Bartlett, English chemist (d. 2008)
- 1929 - Eva Burrows, the 13th General of The Salvation Army
- 1929 - Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1928 - Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1975)
- 1927 - David Stove, Australian philosopher, (d. 1994)
- 1926 - Jean-Pierre Serre, French mathematician
- 1926 - Shohei Imamura, Japanese film director (d. 2006)
- 1925 - Helle Virkner, Danish actress (d. 2009)
- 1925 - Stanley Chapman, British architect, designer, translator and writer (d. 2009)
- 1924 - Bobby Short, American musician (d. 2005)
- 1923 - Anton Heiller, Austrian organist (d. 1979)
- 1922 - Jackie Cooper, American actor and director
- 1922 - Bob Anderson (fencer), English sword-master
- 1921 - Norma MacMillan, Canadian actress (d. 2001)
- 1919 - Fausto Coppi, Italian racing cyclist (d. 1960)
- 1919 - Nelson Gidding, American screenwriter (d. 2004)
- 1918 - Nipsey Russell, American comedian (d. 2005)
- 1916 - Margaret Lockwood, English actress (d. 1990)
- 1916 - Frederick C. Weyand, Former U.S. Army General (d. 2010)
- 1915 - Albert Whitlock, English motion picture matte artist (d. 1999)
- 1915 - Ismail Yasin, Egyptian comedian and actor (d. 1972)
- 1915 - José Nicomedes Grossi, Brazilian bishop (d. 2009)
- 1914 - Creighton Abrams, American Army general (d. 1974)
- 1914 - Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentine writer (d. 1999)
- 1914 - Orhan Kemal, Turkish writer (d. 1970)
- 1913 - John N. Mitchell, United States Attorney General and Watergate figure (d. 1988)
- 1913 - Johannes Steinhoff, German fighter pilot & NATO commander (d. 1994)
- 1911 - Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-born American golf entrepreneur (d. 2000)
- 1910 - Betty Neels, English novelist (d. 2001)
- 1909 - C.N.Annadurai, Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 1969)
- 1908 - Penny Singleton, American actress (d. 2003)
- 1907 - Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and writer (d. 1968)
- 1907 - Fay Wray, Canadian-born American actress (d. 2004)
- 1906 - Jacques Becker, French screenwriter and director (d. 1960)
- 1904 - King Umberto II of Italy (d. 1983)
- 1903 - Roy Acuff, American country musician (d. 1992)
- 1901 - Sir Donald Bailey, British engineer (d. 1985)
- 1898 - J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and novelist (d. 1936)
- 1895 - Magda Lupescu, consort of King Carol II of Romania (d. 1977)
- 1895 - Charles "Chic" Harley, American football player (d. 1974)
- 1894 - Jean Renoir, French film director (d. 1979)
- 1894 - Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist (d. 1977)
- 1892 - Silpa Bhirasri, Italian sculptor (d. 1962)
- 1890 - Agatha Christie, English writer (d. 1976)
- 1890 - Frank Martin, Swiss composer (d. 1974)
- 1889 - Robert Benchley, American author (d. 1945)
- 1888 - Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver (d. 1925)
- 1887 - Carlos Dávila, former President of Chile (d. 1955)
- 1883 - Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950)
- 1881 - Ettore Bugatti, Italian automobile engineer and designer (d. 1947)
- 1880 - Chujiro Hayashi, Japanese Reiki Master (d. 1940)
- 1879 - Joseph Lyons, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1939)
- 1877 - Jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and zionist (d. 1938)
- 1876 - Bruno Walter, German conductor (d. 1962)
- 1876 - Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian novelist (d. 1938)
- 1867 - Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1920)
- 1864 - Prince Sigismund of Prussia (d. 1866)
- 1863 - Horatio Parker, American composer (d. 1919)
- 1860 - Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya, Indian engineer (d. 1962)
- 1858 - Charles de Foucauld, French catholic priest (d. 1916)
- 1858 - Jen? Hubay, Hungarian violinist (d. 1937)
- 1857 - William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States (d. 1930)
- 1852 - Edward Bouchet, American physicist (d. 1918)
- 1830 - Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico (d. 1915)
- 1828 - Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov, Russian chemist (d. 1886)
- 1819 - Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1902)
- 1789 - James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist (d. 1851)
- 1761 - Cornelio Saavedra, president of the Primera Junta and the Junta Grande, first patriotic governments of Argentina (d. 1829)
- 1760 - Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien, Prussian general of the Napoleonic Wars (d. 1824)
- 1715 - Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French artillery specialist (d. 1789)
- 1666 - Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle (d. 1726)
- 1649 - Titus Oates, English minister and plotter (d. 1705)
- 1613 - François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (d. 1680)
- 1580 - Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659)
- 1533 - Catherine of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1572)
- 1254 - Marco Polo, Italian explorer (d. 1324)