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1588, 15th September – Final humiliation of the Spanish Armada, whose remnants return to Spanish harbors after defeat by the English
1821, 15th September – San Salvador declared its independence
1830, 15th September – William Huskisson, British MP and former cabinet minister, today became the first person to be killed by the train
1835, 15th September – HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galapagos Island The ship lands at Chatham or San Cristobal, the easternmost of the archipelago
1916, 15th September – Tanks were used for the first time in World War I
1928, 15th September – The first Robot to be made in Britain was demonstrated at the Model Engineering Exhibition in London by inventors Captain Richards and AH Rendell
1935, 15th September – Germany’s persecuted Jews had lost virtually all their rights At a huge Nazi rally in Nuremberg today, the German dictator, Adolf Hitler, announced new decrees which relegate Jews to Untermensch (sub-human) status
1966, 15th September – Britain’s first nuclear submarine, HMS resolution, was launched by the Queen Mother
1968, 15th September – The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship was launched, became the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere
2008, 15th September – Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in US history
On this Day Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on September 15
601 – Ali, cousin, and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
1254 – Marco Polo, a Venetian explorer, and merchant noted for travel to central and eastern Asia
1860 – M Vishwesvaraya, Indian engineer, scholar, statesman, and the Diwan of Mysore India celebrates Engineer’s day every year on his birth anniversary
1876 – Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian Bengali writer
1890 – Agatha Christie, English crime writer and one of the most successful novelists of all time, creator of Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and spinster sleuth Miss Jane Marple
1904 – Umberto II, Last king of Italy
1909 – CN Annadurai, Indian politician, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu state
1939 – Subramanian Swami, Indian Politician
1967 – Ramya Krishnan, Indian actress
1984 – Prince Henry of Wales, commonly known as Harry, second son of Charles and Diana, Prince and Princess of Wales
1986 – Joshna Chinappa, an Indian professional Squash player She reached a career-high world ranking of World No 10 in July 2016 She was the first Indian to win the British Junior Squash Championship title in 2005 in the under-19 category and was also the youngest Indian women’s national champion She is the current record-holder of most national championship wins, with 18 titles
On this Day Death Anniversaries of famous people on September 15
1859 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel, an English civil engineer He is considered “one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history”
1868 – John Hanning Speke, He was an English explorer who became the first European to reach Lake Victoria in east Africa
1883 – Joseph Plateau, a Belgian physicist, and mathematician He was one of the first people to demonstrate the illusion of a moving image
1964 – Alfred Blalock, he was an American surgeon famous for his work on shock and blue baby syndrome
1967 – Dr Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, the first elected Chief Minister of the erstwhile Hyderabad State
1989 – Robert Penn Warren, an American poet, novelist, and literary critic and was one of the founders of New Criticism
2007 – Colin Steele McRae, He was a British rally driver from Lanark, Scotland He became the first Scottish person and the youngest to win the World Rally Championship Drivers’ title, a record he still holds
What happened in India on 15 September
15-September-1860
M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too.
15-September-1861
Dr. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, famous architect, engineer and a diplomat, also a Bharat Ratna awardee, was born at Chickballapur in Mysore (Karnataka) in a poor Brahmin family.
15-September-1862
Gaurishankar Hirachand Oza, famous historian, was born.
15-September-1876
Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, was born at Debanandapur in Hoogly district.
15-September-1903
Wazir Syed Ali, right-hand batsman and right-arm fast medium bowler, was born at Jalandhar.
15-September-1909
Thiru Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai, ”Anna”, founder of DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, also an editor, writer, orator and patriot, was born in a weaver community of Kanchipuram.
15-September-1912
Rusi Karanjia, journalist and publisher, was born.
15-September-1916
Margaret Lockwood, film actress of ‘Lady Vanishes’ fame, was born in Karachi, India.
15-September-1926
Vande Mataram’, a lengthy feature film produced by Vande Mataram Film Co, Bombay, was prohibited on September 15 by the Censor Board on the grounds that it was an underlying attack on the prestige of University Education in India. The film, however, was cleared on December 7 after deleting the objectionable scenes.
15-September-1927
Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena was born.
15-September-1940
Anil Yashwant Tipnis, Air Chief Marshal, was born.
15-September-1947
Gandhi deplores the idea of population transfer.
15-September-1948
The India flag carrying vessel reached Bombay Port.
15-September-1953
S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisation’s (UNO) General Assembly.
15-September-1965
President Ayub Khan appeals to the US to use its influence to end Indian-Pakistani hostilities.
15-September-1967
Ramkrishnarao Burgula, Chief Minister of Hyderabad, died.
15-September-1992
Price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas hiked.
15-September-1993
Election Commission announces polls in the former BJP-ruled states of UP, MP, HP, Rajasthan and in Delhi and Mizoram.
15-September-1997
Prasar Bharati Act comes into force seeking to free Doordarshan and Akashvani from government control.
15-September-1999
Palvai Purushottam, the sitting Sirpur MLA and TDP candidate, shot dead.