Today is Sunday, September 15, the 259th day of the yr 2024. There are 107 days left within the yr.
Today in history:
On September 15, 1963, 4 black girls were killed when a bomb exploded during Sunday services on the sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. (Three Ku Klux Klan members were eventually convicted for his or her involvement within the explosion.)
Also on this date:
In 1835, Charles Darwin reached the Galapagos Islands on board the HMS Beagle.
In 1940, the Battle of Britain in World War II took a turning point when the Royal Air Force inflicted heavy losses on the Luftwaffe.
In 1958, a New York City-bound commuter train plunged into Newark Bay after missing a stop signal and sliding off the open Newark Bay Lift Bridge, killing 48 people.
In 1959, Nikita Khrushchev became the primary Soviet leader to go to the United States when he arrived at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington.
In 1978, Muhammad Ali became the primary boxer to win the heavyweight title thrice by winning his rematch against Leon Spinks by unanimous decision.
In 2008, Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy because of this of the subprime mortgage crisis. This was the most important bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
Today's birthdays:
- Screenwriter and director Ron Shelton is 79.
- Actor Tommy Lee Jones is 78.
- Film director Oliver Stone is 78.
- Football coach Pete Carroll is 73.
- Television personality Lisa Vanderpump is 64.
- Dan Marino, a member of the Football Hall of Fame, is 63.
- Actor Josh Charles is 53.
- Olympic gold medalist in swimming Tom Dolan is 49.
- Actor Tom Hardy is 47.
- Actress Amy Davidson is 45.
- Actor Dave Annable is 45.
- Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, is 40.
- Television personality Heidi Montag is 38.
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