Typhoon Kathleen hits the Kant? region, in Japan killing around 1,000-2,000 people Typhoon Kathleen (known in Japanese as **???????**, “Kasuriin typhoon”) struck the Kant? region…
Tag: 15 September
15 September 1971
The first Greenpeace ship departs from Vancouver to protest against the upcoming Cannikin nuclear weapon test in Alaska. Greenpeace is an international environmental organization known…
15 September 1954
Marilyn Monroe’s iconic skirt scene is shot during filming for The Seven Year Itch. Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926, and…
15 September 2000
The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XXVII Olympiad, are opened in Sydney, Australia.
5 September 1986
Pan Am Flight 73 from Mumbai, India with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.
15 September 1935
The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Laws’]
15 September 1947
Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kanto Region in Japan killing 1,077. On September 15, 1947, Typhoon Kathleen made landfall in the Kanagawa Prefecture, just south of…
15 September 2008
Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the largest bankruptcy filing in USA history. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., the fourth-largest U.S. investment bank, succumbed…
15 September 1961
Hurricane Carla hits land in Texas with winds of 175 miles per hour. Hurricane Carla ranks as the most intense U.S. tropical cyclone landfall on…