All Events

Historical Events on September 15

  • Landing at Kip's Bay

    1776

    American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.

  • Siege of Fort Harrison

    1812

    War of 1812: A second supply train sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.

  • Swastika

    1935

    Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika.

  • Battle of Inchon

    1950

    Korean War: United States forces land at Inchon

  • Eritrea

    1952

    The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    1962

    The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.

  • Gun control

    1967

    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.

  • Zond 5

    1968

    The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.

  • Menachem Begin

    1983

    Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.

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