| 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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