Public Holidays on September 15

• 🌍 Feast of Our Lady of Bien Aparecida (Spain)

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On This Day in History — September 15

• 2017 — The Parsons Green Bombing took place in London, United Kingdom
• 2008 — Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
• 2004 — National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players' union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
• 2001 — President George W. Bush gives his first post September 11th weekly address.
• 1983 — Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
• 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

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Notable Births on September 15

• 1999 — Nana Owada, Japanese idol, singer, and actress
• 1996 — Nao Furuhata, Japanese idol and singer
• 1995 — Joe Ofahengaue, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player
• 1991 — Lee Jung-shin, South Korean rapper and bass player
• 1991 — Phil Ofosu-Ayeh, German-Ghanaian footballer
• 1990 — Oliver Gill, English footballer

Notable Deaths on September 15

• 2017 — Harry Dean Stanton, actor
• 2015 — Harry J. Lipkin, Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1921)
• 2015 — Meir Pa'il, Israeli commander, historian, and politician (b. 1926)
• 2015 — Bernard Van de Kerckhove, Belgian cyclist (b. 1941)
• 2014 — John Anderson Jr., American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Kansas (b. 1917)
• 2014 — Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (b. 1930)

Sports on September 15

• NFL: Denver Broncos @ Kansas City Chiefs — 00:15 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: San Diego Padres @ Colorado Rockies — 00:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Seattle Mariners @ Los Angeles Angels — 01:38 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Miami Marlins @ Arizona Diamondbacks — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• La Liga: Espanyol @ Rayo Vallecano — 17:00 UTC Scheduled
• La Liga: Valencia @ Alavés — 18:00 UTC Scheduled

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Public Holidays on September 16

• 🌍 Día de la Independencia (Mexico)
• 🌍 Hari Malaysia (Malaysia)
• 🌍 Independence Day (Mexico)

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On This Day in History — September 16

• 2014 — The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian-Kurdish forces.
• 2013 — A gunman kills twelve people at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
• 2007 — One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.
• 2007 — Mercenaries working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad
• 2005 — The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.
• 2004 — Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane.

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Notable Births on September 16

• 1994 — Mitchell Moses, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 — Sam Byram, English footballer
• 1992 — Vytenis Čižauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1992 — Nick Jonas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1992 — Jake Roche, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1991 — Diāna Bukājeva, Latvian tennis player

Notable Deaths on September 16

• 2017 — Marcelo Rezende, Brazilian journalist (b. 1951)
• 2017 — Arjan Singh, Marshal of the Indian Air Force (b. 1919)
• 2016 — Edward Albee, American director and playwright (b. 1928)
• 2016 — Gabriele Amorth, Italian priest and exorcist (b. 1925)
• 2016 — Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy and 49th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1920)
• 2016 — W. P. Kinsella, American novelist (b. 1935)

Sports on September 16

• MLB: Boston Red Sox @ Texas Rangers — 00:05 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Kansas City Royals @ Houston Astros — 00:10 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: San Diego Padres @ Colorado Rockies — 00:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Seattle Mariners @ Los Angeles Angels — 01:38 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Miami Marlins @ Arizona Diamondbacks — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• UEFA Europa League: Sparta Prague @ Ararat-Armenia — 16:45 UTC Scheduled

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