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
- 668 –Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy.
- 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.
- 1556 –Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.
- 1776 –American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip’s Bay during the New York Campaign.
- 1820 –Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon, Portugal.
- 1821 –Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica jointly declare independence from Spain.
- 1851 –Saint Joseph’s University is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 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 –RCA releases the 12AX7 vacuum tube.
- 1950 –Korean War: United States forces land at Inchon
- 1958 –A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 58.
- 1961 –Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 miles per hour.
- 1962 –The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- 1972 –A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö-Bulltofta Airport.
- 1974 –Air Vietnam flight 727 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
- 1975 –The French département of Corse (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud.
- 1981 –Vanuatu becomes a member of the United Nations.
- 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.
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