About September 15
September 15, 2024 is the 259th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 107 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
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Virgo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 136 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On September 15
- 1776 –American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip’s Bay during the New York Campaign.
- 1789 –The United States Department of State is established (formerly known as the “Department of Foreign Affairs”).
- 1812 –War of 1812: A second supply train sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
- 1835 –HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands. The ship lands at Chatham or San Cristobal, the easternmost of the archipielago.
- 1873 –Franco-Prussian War: The last German troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
- 1894 –First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
- 1935 –The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.
- 1942 –World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp is torpedoed at Guadalcanal.
- 1944 –Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps’ 1st Marine Division and the United States Army’s 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.
- 1945 –A hurricane in southern Florida and the Bahamas destroys 366 planes and 25 blimps at NAS Richmond.
- 1947 –Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kanto Region in Japan killing 1,077.
- 1948 –The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 mph.
- 1958 –A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 58.
- 1962 –The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- 1963 –The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed at an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States
- 1968 –The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere.
- 1974 –Air Vietnam flight 727 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
- 1981 –Vanuatu becomes a member of the United Nations.
- 1983 –Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
- 2004 –National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
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