Historical Events on September 15.

1. Engineers Day (INDIA) & International Day of Democracy & World Lymphoma Awareness Day 

2. 1588, 15th September – Final humiliation of the Spanish Armada, whose remnants return to Spanish harbors after defeat by the English.

3. 1821, 15th September – San Salvador declared its independence.

4. 1830, 15th September – William Huskisson, British MP and former cabinet minister, today became the first person to be killed by the train.

5. 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.

6. 1916, 15th September – Tanks were used for the first time in World War I.

7. 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 A.H. Rendell.

8. 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.

9. 1966, 15th September – Britain’s first nuclear submarine, HMS resolution, was launched by the Queen Mother. 

10. 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.

11. 2008, 15th September – Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on September 15.

1. 601 – Ali, cousin, and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

2. 1254 – Marco Polo, a Venetian explorer, and merchant noted for travel to central and eastern Asia.

3. 1860 – M. Vishwesvaraya, Indian engineer, scholar, statesman, and the Diwan of Mysore. India celebrates Engineer’s day every year on his birth anniversary.

4. 1876 – Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian Bengali writer.

5. 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.

6. 1904 – Umberto II, Last king of Italy.

7. 1909 – C.N. Annadurai, Indian politician, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu state.

8. 1939 – Subramanian Swami, Indian Politician.

9. 1967 – Ramya Krishnan, Indian actress.

10. 1984 – Prince Henry of Wales, commonly known as Harry, second son of Charles and Diana, Prince and Princess of Wales.

11. 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.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on September 15.

1. 1859 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel, an English civil engineer. He is considered “one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history”.

2. 1868 – John Hanning Speke, He was an English explorer who became the first European to reach Lake Victoria in east Africa.

3. 1883 – Joseph Plateau, a Belgian physicist, and mathematician. He was one of the first people to demonstrate the illusion of a moving image.

4. 1964 – Alfred Blalock, he was an American surgeon famous for his work on shock and blue baby syndrome.

5. 1967 – Dr. Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, the first elected Chief Minister of the erstwhile Hyderabad State. 

6. 1989 – Robert Penn Warren, an American poet, novelist, and literary critic and was one of the founders of New Criticism.

7. 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.

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.