September 15th, 1886

Born on September 15th, 1886

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What happened on September 15th?

September 15th, 2017

A homemade bomb partially exploded on an eastbound District line train at Parsons Green tube station in West London, injuring 30 passengers.

September 15th, 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.

September 15th, 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).

September 15th, 1954

The scene in The Seven Year Itch of Marilyn Monroe standing in a white dress over a subway grate (pictured) was filmed by Billy Wilder.

September 15th, 1944

World War II: American and Australian forces landed on the Japanese-occupied island of Morotai.

September 15th, 1935

Nazi Germany enacted the Nuremberg Laws, which deprived Jews of their citizenship.

September 15th, 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.

September 15th, 1862

American Civil War: Confederate forces captured the Union garrison at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, taking more than 12,000 prisoners.

September 15th, 1830

The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&M), the first locomotive-hauled railway to connect two major cities, opened with the Duke of Wellington in attendance.

September 15th, 1821

The Province of Guatemala proclaimed the independence of Central America from the Spanish Empire.

September 15th, 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.

September 15th, 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.

September 15th, 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".

September 15th, 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.

September 15th, 2017

The Parsons Green bombing takes place in London.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 15th

Born on September 15th, 1886

85

Paul Pierre Lévy

French mathematician

*September 15th, 1886, Paris †December 15th, 1971, Paris

86

Dorothea von Arronet

Painter (1886-1973)

*September 15th, 1886, Kloostri †February 22nd, 1973, Nieblum

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85

Agatha Christie

English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)

*September 15th, 1890, Torquay †January 12th, 1976, Winterbrook

68

Carlos Dávila

Chilean diplomat, journalist and politician (1887-1955)

*September 15th, 1887, Los Ángeles †October 19th, 1955, Washington, D.C.

77

Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich

German historian of classical antiquity, author and children's writer (1901-1979)

*September 15th, 1901, Munich †June 16th, 1979, Garmisch-Partenkirchen

22

Malvika Bansod

Indian badminton player

*September 15th, 2001, Nagpur

72

William Howard Taft

President of the United States from 1909 to 1913

*September 15th, 1857, Cincinnati †March 8th, 1930, Washington metropolitan area

25

Kevinho

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*September 15th, 1998, Campinas

53

Jacques Becker

French screenwriter and film director (1906-1960)

*September 15th, 1906, 1st arrondissement of Paris †February 21st, 1960, 16th arrondissement of Paris

58

Charles de Foucauld

French Catholic priest (1858-1916)

*September 15th, 1858, Strasbourg †December 1st, 1916, Tamanrasset

59

Steven R. Monroe

American film director

*September 15th, 1964, New York

89

Murray Gell-Mann

American physicist (1929–2019)

*September 15th, 1929, Lower Manhattan †May 24th, 2019, Santa Fe

61

Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker

German politician and judge

*September 15th, 1962, Troisdorf

78

Umberto II of Italy

Lieutenant of the Kingdom of Italy and last king of Italy

*September 15th, 1904, Racconigi †March 18th, 1983, Geneva

81

Wen Jiabao

Premier of China from 2003 to 2013

*September 15th, 1942, Tianjin

22

Blamage

Serbian rapper and singer

*September 15th, 2001, Belgrade

77

Oliver Stone

American film director, screenwriter, and producer

*September 15th, 1946, New York City

90

Floro Ugarte

Argentinian composer

*September 15th, 1884, Buenos Aires †June 11th, 1975, Buenos Aires

39

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

Younger son of Charles III of the United Kingdom and Diana, Princess of Wales

*September 15th, 1984, St. Mary's Hospital

36

Aly Cissokho

Senegalese and French footballer

*September 15th, 1987, Blois

84

Jean Renoir

French film director and screenwriter (1894–1979)

*September 15th, 1894, 18th arrondissement of Paris †February 12th, 1979, Beverly Hills

46

Tom Hardy

British actor (born 1977)

*September 15th, 1977, Hammersmith

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Born in 1886

87

Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman

US tennis and badminton player

*December 20th, 1886, Healdsburg †December 5th, 1974, Chestnut Hill

87

Elise Ottesen-Jensen

(1886-1973) Swedish journalist

*January 2nd, 1886, Høyland †September 4th, 1973, Kungsholm parish

58

Gerhart Rodenwaldt

German classical archaeologist

*October 16th, 1886, Grunewald †April 27th, 1945, Grunewald

64

Al Jolson

Lithuanian-born American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886–1950)

*May 26th, 1886, Seredžius †October 23rd, 1950, San Francisco

93

Oskar Kokoschka

Austrian dramatic, painter and writer (1886-1980)

*March 1st, 1886, Pöchlarn †February 22nd, 1980, Montreux

87

David Ben-Gurion

Israeli politician, Zionist leader, prime minister of Israel (1886–1973)

*October 16th, 1886, Płońsk †December 1st, 1973, Ramat Gan

63

Eugen Klöpfer

German actor and theatre manager (1886-1950)

*March 10th, 1886, Talheim †March 3rd, 1950, Wiesbaden

91

Manne Siegbahn

Swedish physicist (1886-1978)

*December 3rd, 1886, Örebro †September 26th, 1978, Engelbrekt church parish

40

Jenő Károly

Hungarian association football player and association football coach (1886-1926)

*January 15th, 1886, Kaposvár †July 28th, 1926, Turin

58

Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel

German general and resistance fighter

*January 2nd, 1886, Berlin †August 30th, 1944, Plötzensee Prison

49

Marthe Hanau

French fraudster

*January 10th, 1886, Paris †July 14th, 1935, Fresnes

67

Willi Worpitzky

German footballer-manager (1886-1953)

*August 25th, 1886, Pankow †October 10th, 1953, Berlin

83

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

German architect

*March 27th, 1886, Aachen †August 17th, 1969, Chicago

81

John Davidson

Actor (1886-1968)

*December 25th, 1886, New York City †January 16th, 1968, Los Angeles

47

Eric Powell

British rower and artist (1886-1933)

*May 6th, 1886, Edmonton †August 17th, 1933, Piz Roseg

61

Hugh Lofting

British author

*January 14th, 1886, Maidenhead †September 26th, 1947, Topanga

89

Zhu De

Marshal of the People's Republic of China (1886-1976)

*December 1st, 1886, Zhu De's Former Residence †July 6th, 1976, Beijing

58

Ernst Thälmann

German communist politician, leader of Communist Party of Germany

*April 16th, 1886, Hamburg †August 18th, 1944, Buchenwald concentration camp

86

Edward Calvin Kendall

American chemist (1886-1972)

*March 8th, 1886, South Norwalk †May 4th, 1972, Princeton

84

Charles Ruggles

American actor (1886-1970)

*February 8th, 1886, Los Angeles †December 23rd, 1970, Hollywood

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Public holidays on September 15th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on September 15th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1886 is a normal year and no leap year.

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