History for September 15

History for September 15 - On-This-Day.com
James Fenimore Cooper 1789, William H. Taft (U.S.) 1857, Robert Benchley 1889


Agatha Christie 1890, Oliver Stone 1946, Tommy Lee Jones 1946


1916 - During the Battle of the Somme, in France, tanks were first used in warfare when the British rolled them onto the battlefields.


1923 - Oklahoma was placed under martial law by Gov. John Calloway Walton due to terrorist activity by the Ku Klux Klan. After this declaration national newspapers began to expose the Klan and its criminal activities.


1928 - Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic penicillin in the mold Penicillium notatum.


1935 - The Nuremberg Laws were enacted by Nazi Germany. The act stripped all German Jews of their civil rights and the swastika was made the official symbol of Nazi Germany.


1940 - The German Luftwaffe suffered the loss of 185 planes in the Battle of Britain. The change in tide forced Hitler to abandon his plans for invading Britain.


1949 - "The Lone Ranger" premiered on ABC. Clayton Moore was the Lone Ranger and Jay Silverheels was Tonto.


1950 - U.N. forces landed at Inchon, Korea in an attempt to relieve South Korean forces and recapture Seoul.


1982 - The first issue of "USA Today" was published.