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Saturday, October 19, 2013

September 15 - The Day in History

September 15 : General Interest
1978: Ali defeats Spinks to win world heavyweight championship

On this day in 1978, boxer Muhammad Ali defeats Leon Spinks at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans to win the world heavyweight boxing title for the third time in his career, the first fighter ever to do so... read more


American Revolution
1779 : French capture British ships
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/french-capture-british-ships

Automotive
1969 : The Italian Job is released in Sweden
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-itali an-job-is-released-in-sweden

Civil War
1862 : Confederates capture Harpers Ferry
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/confederates-capture-harpers-ferry-virginia

Cold War
1959 : Khrushchev arrives in Washington
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/khrushchev-arrives-in-washington

Crime
1990 : A Bible school instructor abducts a teenage girl
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-bible-school-instructor-abducts-a-teenage-girl

Disaster
1958 : Train plunges off bridge
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/train-plunges-off-bridge

General Interest
1916 : Tanks introduced into warfare at the Somme
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tanks-introduced-into-warfare-at-the-somme
1940 : Tide turns in the Battle of Britain
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tide-turns-in-the-battle-of-britain
1950 : U.S. forces land at Inchon
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-forces-land-at-inchon
1963 : Four black schoolgirls killed in Birmingham
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/four-black-schoolgirls-killed-in-birmingham

Hollywood
1954 : Famous Marilyn Monroe "skirt" scene filmed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/famous-marilyn-monroe-skirt-scene-filmed

Literary
1890 : Agatha Christie is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/agatha-christie-is-born

Music
1962 : The Four Seasons earn their first #1 hit with "Sherry"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-four-seasons-earn-their-first-1-hit-with-quotsherryquot

Old West
1858 : The first transcontinental mail service to San Francisco begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-first-transcontinental-mail-service-to-san-francisco-begins

Presidential
1794 : James Madison marries Dolley Payne Todd
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/james-madison-marries-dolley-payne-todd
1857 : Future President William Taft born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/future-president-william-taft-born

Sports
1931 : Athletics clinch pennant
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/athletics-clinch-pennant

Vietnam War
1964 : NLF calls for general military offensive
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nlf-calls-for-general-military-offensive
1972 : South Vietnamese forces retake Quang Tri City
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/south-vietnamese-forces-retake-quang-tri-city

World War I
1914 : First trenches are dug on the Western Front
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-trenches-are-dug-on-the-western-front

World War II
1935 : Nuremberg race laws imposed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nuremberg-race-laws-imposed


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