15th September anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1649
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Titus Oates, a Protestant priest who invented a Catholic plot to assasinate Charles II." more
  • 1789
  • United States
  • "Birth of James Fenimore Cooper, novelist whose masterpiece was The Last of the Mohicans" more
  • 1857
  • "Birth of William Howard Taft, 27th American President"
  • 1858
  • "Birth of Jenö Hubay, Hungarian violinist, composer and teacher ."
  • 1890
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Agatha Christie, crime writer whose fictional characters Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot have become world famous"
  • 1894
  • France
  • "Birth of Jean Renoir, film director whose film La Règle du Jeu is considered one of the masterpieces of 20th century cinema." more
• event
  • 1440
  • France
  • "Arrest of Gilles de Rais, serial killer." more
  • 1928
  • Great Britain
  • "Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin had an antibiotic effect, one of the great medical advances of the 20th century."
  • 1940
  • Battle of Britain ends
  • 1959
  • Nikita Khrushchev became the first Soviet leader to visit the USA more
  • 1964
  • "The Sun newspaper founded in Britain, replacing the Daily Herald"
  • 1983
  • "Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin formally resigned, having announced his intention to step down on 28th August."
  • 1998
  • The google.com domain registered
• Death
  • 1613
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Sir Thomas Overbury, poet who was poisoned in the Tower of London by agents of Lady Essex. She was pardoned but 4 of her agents were hanged."
  • 1859
  • "Death of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British civil and mechanical engineer who designed many notable and innovative bridges, railways and ships"
  • 1885
  • Morocco
  • "Death of Jumbo, the large African elephant whose name evolved to mean extra big in size." more
  • 1978
  • Germany
  • "Death of Willy Messerschmidt, aircraft designer"
  • 1989
  • "Death of Robert Penn Warren, American novelist and poet, Americas first poet laureate, won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel All the Kings Men"