Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
| September 15 | ||
| 1588 | The Spanish Armada, which attempted to invade England, is destroyed by a British fleet. | |
| 1776 | The British occupy Manhattan. | |
| 1788 | An alliance between Britain, Prussia and the Netherlands is ratified at the Hague. | |
| 1858 | The Butterfield Overland Mail Company begins delivering mail from St. Louis to San Francisco. The company's motto is: "Remember, boys, nothing on God's earth must stop the United States mail!" | |
| 1862 | Confederates capture Harpers Ferry, securing the rear of Robert E. Lee's forces in Maryland. | |
| 1891 | The Dalton gang holds up a train and takes $2,500 at Wagoner, Oklahoma. | |
| 1914 | President Woodrow Wilson orders the Punitive Expedition out of Mexico. The Expedition, headed by General John Pershing, had been searching for Pancho Villa, a Mexican revolutionary. | |
| 1916 | Armored tanks are introduced by the British during the Battle of the Somme. | |
| 1928 | Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming discovers, by accident, that the mold penicillin has an antibiotic effect. | |
| 1935 | In Berlin, the Reich under Adolf Hitler adopts the swastika as the national flag. | |
| 1937 | Prime Minister of England Neville Chamberlain flies to Germany to discuss the future of Czechoslovakia with Adolf Hitler. | |
| 1939 | The Polish submarine Orzel arrives in Tallinn, Estonia, after escaping the German invasion of Poland. | |
| 1950 | U.N. Forces, lead by the U.S. Marine Corps, invade occupied Korea at the port of Inchon. Considered the greatest amphibious attack in history, it is the zenith of General Douglas MacArthur's career. | |
| 1963 | Four young African-American girls are killed by the bombing of a church in Montgomery, Alabama. | |
| 1971 | The environmental group Greenpeace is founded. | |
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Born on September 15 |
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| 1789 | James Fenimore Cooper, novelist whose works include The Pioneers and Last of the Mohicans. | |
| 1857 | William Howard Taft, 26th president of the United States (1909-1913). | |
| 1889 | Robert Benchley, humorist. | |
| 1890 | Agatha Christie, English writer of mystery novels. | |
| 1890 | Claude McKay, poet and novelist, part of the Harlem Renaissance. | |
| 1894 | Jean Renoir, French film director (Grand Illusion, The Rules of the Game). | |
| 1901 | Sir Howard Bailey, British engineer who gave his name to a prefabricated bridge used extensively during World War II. | |
| 1926 | Bobby Short, singer and pianist. | |
| 1945 | Jesse Norman, soprano. | |
| 1946 | Oliver Stone, film director and screenwriter (Platoon, JFK). | |
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