About September 15
September 15, 2023 is the 258th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 107 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
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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 148 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On September 15
- 921 –At Tetin Saint Ludmila is murdered at the command of her daughter-in-law.
- 994 –Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes.
- 1440 –Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by the Bishop of Nantes.
- 1812 –War of 1812: A second supply train sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
- 1830 –The Liverpool to Manchester railway line opens.
- 1831 –The locomotive John Bull operates for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
- 1851 –Saint Joseph’s University is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1862 –American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
- 1873 –Franco-Prussian War: The last German troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
- 1916 –World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
- 1935 –Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag with the swastika.
- 1945 –A hurricane in southern Florida and the Bahamas destroys 366 planes and 25 blimps at NAS Richmond.
- 1947 –RCA releases the 12AX7 vacuum tube.
- 1947 –Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kanto Region in Japan killing 1,077.
- 1952 –United Nations gives Eritrea to Ethiopia.
- 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.
- 1972 –A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö-Bulltofta Airport.
- 1983 –Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
- 1993 –Liechtenstein Prince Hans-Adam II disbands Parliament
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