September 15

September 15: This Day in History

• 1776— British forces occupied New York City after defeating Washington's Continental Army on Long Island.
• 1821— Central American nations including Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica declared independence from Spain.
• 1935— Nazi Germany enacted the Nuremberg Laws, stripping Jewish Germans of their citizenship and banning marriage between Jews and non-Jews.
• 1963— A bomb planted by Ku Klux Klan members exploded at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young Black girls.
• 2008— Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, becoming the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history and triggering a global financial crisis.

Famous Birthdays on September 15

• Prince Harry (1984) — Duke of Sussex and British royal
• Tommy Lee Jones (1946) — Oscar-winning actor known for The Fugitive
• Agatha Christie (1890) — mystery novelist and best-selling fiction writer of all time
• Oliver Stone (1946) — film director and screenwriter
• Tom Hardy (1977) — British actor known for Mad Max and Venom

What Happens on September 15?

Did You Know? September 15 Fun Facts

• Agatha Christie's novel 'And Then There Were None' is the world's best-selling mystery novel, with over 100 million copies sold.
• The Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in 2008 involved $639 billion in assets, making it by far the largest corporate bankruptcy in history at the time.

Count Down to Events on September 15

• How many days until Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed (Nintendo Switch 2)?
• How many days until Marvel's Wolverine?