September 15: What Happened on This Day in History (High_school Level)?

(Page last edited 10/12/2017)

1. 1616 - The first non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy.
2. 1789 - The United States Department of State is established (formerly known as the "Department of Foreign Affairs").
3. 1831 - The locomotive John Bull operates for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
4. 1894 - First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
5. 1916 - World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
6. 1935 - India's first all-boys public school, The Doon School, was founded.
7. 1948 - The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080 km/h).
8. 1962 - The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
9. 1981 - The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
10. 1981 - The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.
11. Famous Birthdays: Jean Sylvain Bailly (French astronomer and orator), William Howard Taft (27th President of the United States and 10th Chief Justice of the United States), Ettore Bugatti (Italian automobile engineer and designer), Dan Marino (American football player), Prince Harry of Wales (English royalty)

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