About September 15

September 15, 2025 is the 258th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 107 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

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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 155 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On September 15

  • 1556 –
    Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.
  • 1789 –
    The United States Department of State is established (formerly known as the “Department of Foreign Affairs”).
  • 1812 –
    The French army under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1950 –
    Korean War: United States forces land at Inchon
  • 1961 –
    Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 miles per hour.
  • 1963 –
    The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed at an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States
  • 1966 –
    U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation.
  • 1983 –
    Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
  • 1990 –
    France announces it will send 4,000 troops to the Persian Gulf.
  • 1993 –
    Liechtenstein Prince Hans-Adam II disbands Parliament
  • 1998 –
    With the landmark merger of WorldCom and MCI Communications completed the day prior, the new MCI WorldCom opens its doors for business.
  • 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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