Editing September 15 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[994]] &ndash; Major [[Fatimid]] victory over the [[Byzantine Empire]] at the [[Battle of the Orontes]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Louis Brehier|title=The Life and Death of Byzantium|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8mAbAAAAYAAJ|year=1977|publisher=North-Holland Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-7204-9008-4|page=156}}</ref>
*[[1440]] &ndash; [[Gilles de Rais]], one of the earliest known [[serial killer]]s, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by  [[Jean de Malestroit]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Nantes|Bishop of Nantes]].
*[[1530]] &ndash; Appearance of the miraculous portrait of ''[[Saint Dominic in Soriano]]'' in [[Soriano Calabro]], [[Calabria]], Italy; commemorated as a feast day by the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]] 1644–1912.
*[[1556]] &ndash; Departing from [[Vlissingen]], ex-[[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] returns to [[Spain]].
===1601–1900===
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]]: [[Battle of Signal Hill]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Canadian Parks Service|title=State of the Parks, 1990 Profiles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=94GSTFxKkagC|year=1991|publisher=Environment Canada, Parks Service|isbn=978-0-662-18357-0|page=6}}</ref>
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: British forces land at [[Landing at Kip's Bay|Kip's Bay]] during the [[New York Campaign]].<ref>{{cite book  | last = McCullough  | first = David  | author-link = David McCullough  | title = [[1776 (book)|1776]]  | publisher = Simon & Schuster  | year = 2005  | pages = [https://archive.org/details/1776mccu00mccu/page/188 188–216]  | isbn = 0-7432-2671-2  }}</ref>
*[[1789]] &ndash; The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the [[United States Department of State|Department of State]] and given a variety of domestic duties.
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley]] (later Duke of Wellington) sees his first combat at the [[Battle of Boxtel]] during the [[Low Countries theatre of the War of the First Coalition|Flanders Campaign]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The United Service Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HdgRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA350|year=1869|publisher=H. Colburn|pages=350}}</ref>
*[[1795]] &ndash; Britain [[Invasion of the Cape Colony (1795)|seizes]] the [[Dutch Cape Colony]] in [[southern Africa]] to prevent its use by the [[Batavian Republic]].
*[[1812]] &ndash; The [[Grande Armée]] under [[Napoleon]] reaches the [[Moscow Kremlin|Kremlin]] in [[Moscow]] during the failed [[French invasion of Russia]].
*  1812   &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: A second [[Train (military)|supply train]] sent to relieve [[Siege of Fort Harrison|Fort Harrison]] is ambushed in the [[Siege of Fort Harrison#Attacks at the Narrows|Attack at the Narrows]].
*[[1813]] &ndash; Followers of the [[Baguadao|Eight Trigram Sect]] loyal to [[:zh:林清|Lin Qing]] attack the [[Forbidden City]] in a [[Eight Trigrams uprising of 1813|failed attempt]] to oust the [[Jiaqing Emperor]] of the [[Qing dynasty]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Li |first1=Xiaobing |title=China at War: An Encyclopedia |date=2012 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1598844153 |page=111}}</ref>
*[[1816]] &ndash; {{HMS|Whiting|1812|6}} runs aground on the [[Doom Bar]].
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[History of Portugal#Crises of the nineteenth century|Constitutionalist revolution]] in [[Lisbon]], Portugal.
*[[1821]] &ndash; The [[Captaincy General of Guatemala]] [[Act of Independence of Central America|declares independence]] from [[Spanish Empire|Spain]].
*[[1830]] &ndash; The [[Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway|Liverpool to Manchester railway line opens]]; [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|British MP]] [[William Huskisson]] becomes the first widely reported railway passenger fatality when he is struck and killed by the locomotive ''[[Stephenson's Rocket|Rocket]]''.
*[[1835]] &ndash; {{HMS|Beagle}}, with [[Charles Darwin]] aboard, reaches the [[Galápagos Islands]]. The ship lands at Chatham or [[San Cristóbal Island|San Cristobal]], the easternmost of the archipelago.
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces [[Battle of Harpers Ferry|capture]] [[Harpers Ferry, West Virginia|Harpers Ferry, Virginia]].
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Franco-Prussian War]]: The last [[German Army (German Empire)|Imperial German Army]] troops leave [[France]] upon completion of payment of [[indemnity]].
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[First Sino-Japanese War]]: [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] defeats the [[Qing dynasty]] in the [[Battle of Pyongyang (1894)|Battle of Pyongyang]], causing the Qing army to withdraw to the Chinese border with Korea.<ref>{{cite book|last=Elleman|first=Bruce A.|title=Modern Chinese Warfare, 1795–1989|year=2001|publisher=Routledge|isbn = 978-0-415-21474-2 |page=101 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last = Paine |first = S.C.M |title = The Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895: Perceptions, Power, and Primacy |publisher = Cambridge University Press |year = 2003 |isbn = 978-0-521-81714-1 |pages=167–174 }}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[New Culture Movement]]: [[Chen Duxiu]] establishes the ''[[New Youth]]'' magazine in [[Shanghai]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ash|first=Alec|date=6 September 2009|title=China's New New Youth|url=https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/chinabeatarchive/626/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612103436/https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/chinabeatarchive/626/|archive-date=12 June 2020|access-date=17 July 2020|journal=The China Beat Blog Archive 2008-2012}}</ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: [[Tanks in World War I|Tanks]] are used for the first time in battle, at the [[Battle of the Somme]].
*[[1918]] &ndash; World War I: Allied troops [[Battle of Dobro Pole|break through]] the [[Kingdom of Bulgaria|Bulgarian]] defenses on the [[Macedonian front]].
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Nazi Germany]] adopts a new [[Flag of Nazi Germany|national flag]] bearing the [[swastika]].
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Battle of Britain Day|climax of the Battle of Britain]], when the ''Luftwaffe'' launches its largest and most concentrated attack of the entire campaign.
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] [[aircraft carrier]] {{USS|Wasp|CV-7|6}} is sunk by [[Imperial Japanese Navy|Japanese]] torpedoes at [[Guadalcanal]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[Winston Churchill]] meet in [[Quebec]] as part of the [[Second Quebec Conference|Octagon Conference]] to discuss strategy.
*  1944   &ndash; The [[Battle of Peleliu]] begins as the [[United States Marine Corps]]' [[1st Marine Division (United States)|1st Marine Division]] and the [[United States Army]]'s [[81st Infantry Division (United States)|81st Infantry Division]] hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.
*[[1945]] &ndash; A [[1945 Homestead hurricane|hurricane]] strikes southern [[Florida]] and [[the Bahamas]], destroying 366 airplanes and 25 blimps at [[Naval Air Station Richmond]].
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Typhoon Kathleen]] hits the [[Kantō region]], in Japan killing around 1,000-2,000 people.<ref>{{cite book|author=David Longshore|title=Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones, New Edition|publisher=Facts On File, Incorporated|year=2010|isbn=9781438118796|page=281}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; The [[Indian Army]] captures the towns of [[Jalna, Maharashtra|Jalna]], [[Latur]], [[Mominabad]], [[Suryapet|Surriapet]] and [[Narketpally|Narkatpalli]] as part of [[Operation Polo]].
*  1948   &ndash; The [[F-86 Sabre]] sets the [[Flight airspeed record|world aircraft speed record]] at {{convert|671|mph|km/h}}.
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Korean War]]: The [[X Corps (United States)|U.S. X Corps]] [[Battle of Inchon|lands at Inchon]].
*[[1952]] &ndash; The [[United Nations]] cedes [[Eritrea]] to [[Ethiopia]].
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s [[White dress of Marilyn Monroe|iconic skirt scene]] is shot during filming for ''[[The Seven Year Itch]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stevens|first=Melissa|title=Behind-the-Scenes of Marilyn Monroe's Iconic Flying Skirt (PHOTOS)|url=https://www.biography.com/news/marilyn-monroe-seven-year-itch-dress-photos|access-date=2021-09-15|website=Biography|date=10 September 2020 |language=en-us}}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; A [[Central Railroad of New Jersey]] [[Commuter rail|commuter train]] [[Newark Bay rail accident|runs through an open drawbridge]] at the [[Newark Bay]], killing 48.
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Nikita Khrushchev]] becomes the first [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] leader to visit the United States.
*[[1962]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] ship ''Poltava'' heads toward [[Cuba]], one of the events that sets into motion the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]].
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[16th Street Baptist Church bombing|Baptist Church bombing]]: Four children are killed in the bombing of an [[African-American church]] in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], United States.
*[[1966]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], responding to a [[University of Texas tower shooting|sniper attack]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin]], writes a letter to [[United States Congress|Congress]] urging the enactment of [[gun control]] legislation.
*[[1968]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] ''[[Zond 5]]'' spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the [[Moon]] and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
*[[1971]] &ndash; The first Greenpeace ship departs from Vancouver to protest against the upcoming [[Cannikin]] nuclear weapon test in Alaska.
*[[1972]] &ndash; A [[Scandinavian Airlines System]] [[domestic flight]] from [[Gothenburg]] to [[Stockholm]] is [[Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 130|hijacked]] and flown to [[Malmö Bulltofta Airport]].
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Air Vietnam Flight 706 hijacking|Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked]], then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
*[[1975]] &ndash; The French [[Departments of France|department]] of "[[Corsica|Corse]]" (the entire island of [[Corsica]]) is divided into two: [[Haute-Corse]] (Upper Corsica) and [[Corse-du-Sud]] (Southern Corsica).
*[[1978]] &ndash; At the [[Caesars Superdome|Superdome]] in [[New Orleans]], [[Muhammad Ali]] outpoints [[Leon Spinks]] in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world [[heavyweight]] title three times.
*[[1981]] &ndash; The [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]] unanimously approves [[Sandra Day O'Connor]] to become the first female justice of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].
*  1981   &ndash; The [[John Bull (locomotive)|John Bull]] becomes the oldest operable [[steam locomotive]] in the world when the [[Smithsonian Institution]] operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Israel]]i [[premier]] [[Menachem Begin]] resigns.
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133]] crashes at [[Tawau Airport]] in [[Malaysia]], killing 34.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Fokker 50 9M-MGH Tawau Airport (TWU)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19950915-0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508193059/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19950915-0|archive-date=8 May 2021|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-14|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; During a [[Championship Auto Racing Teams|CART]] race at the [[EuroSpeedway Lausitz|Lausitzring]] in Germany, former [[Formula One]] driver [[Alex Zanardi]] suffers a heavy accident resulting in him losing both his legs.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2001-09-16|title=Zanardi Loses His Legs in Crash|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-sep-16-sp-46362-story.html|access-date=2021-09-15|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[National Hockey League]] commissioner [[Gary Bettman]] announces [[2004–05 NHL lockout|lockout]] of the [[National Hockey League Players' Association|players' union]] and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Lehman Brothers]] files for [[Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 11]] bankruptcy, [[Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers|the largest bankruptcy filing]] in U.S. history.
*[[2011]] &ndash; Four miners are killed in the [[Gleision Colliery mining accident]] in the Swansea Valley, Wales, UK.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-15|title=Gleision: Family call for inquest into mining disaster ten years on|url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2021-09-15/gleision-ten-years-since-the-mining-disaster-that-left-four-men-dead|access-date=2021-09-16|website=ITV News|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; The [[Parsons Green bombing]] takes place in [[London]].
*[[2020]] &ndash; Signing of the [[Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement]] occurs in [[Washington, D.C.]], normalizing relations between [[Israel]] and two Arab nations, the [[United Arab Emirates]] and [[Bahrain]].<ref name="bbc1">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54168120 |title=Trump hails 'dawn of new Middle East' with UAE-Bahrain-Israel deals |website=BBC |date=September 15, 2020 }}</ref>