Sept. 15 in history:
In 1963, members of the Ku Klux Klan planted a bomb inside the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, that killed four young girls, Denise McNair, 11, and Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley and Carole Robertson, all 14. Collins’ younger sister, Sarah, was blinded by the blast, which also injured 22 others. Four Black schoolgirls killed in Birmingham church bombing | September 15, 1963 | HISTORY
In 1971, Greenpeace is born.
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. Following his victory, Ali retired from boxing, only to make a brief comeback two years later.
In 1950, during the Korean War, U.S. Marines land at Inchon, on the west coast of Korea, 100 miles south of the 38th parallel and just 25 miles from Seoul.
In 1954, the famous photographs of Marilyn Monroe, laughing as her skirt is blown up by the blast from a subway vent, was shot during the filming of The Seven Year Itch. Marilyn Monroe Skirt Subway - Bing images
In 2008, Lehman Brothers, the venerable Wall Street brokerage firm, seeks Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, becoming the largest victim of the subprime mortgage crisis that would devastate financial markets and contributed to the biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression. (History 09/15/23)
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