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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_15" title="September 15">September 15</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Britain_Day" title="Battle of Britain Day">Battle of Britain Day</a></b> in the United Kingdom (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940">1940</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1462" title="1462">1462</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_conquest_of_Lesbos" title="Ottoman conquest of Lesbos">Ottoman conquest of Lesbos</a></b> ended upon the surrender of commander <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Gattilusio" title="Niccolò Gattilusio">Niccolò Gattilusio</a>; the conquering <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_II" title="Mehmed II">Mehmed II</a> executed 300 Italian soldiers by chopping them in half, claiming he was fulfilling a promise to "spare their heads".</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1830" title="1830">1830</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_and_Manchester_Railway" title="Liverpool and Manchester Railway">Liverpool and Manchester Railway</a> (L&M), the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locomotive" title="Locomotive">locomotive</a>-hauled railway to connect two major cities, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opening_of_the_Liverpool_and_Manchester_Railway" title="Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway">opened</a></b> with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington" title="Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington">Duke of Wellington</a> in attendance.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954" title="1954">1954</a> – The scene in was filmed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – The Belarusian serial killer <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Kulesh" title="Ivan Kulesh">Ivan Kulesh</a></b> murdered two saleswomen in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lida" title="Lida">Lida</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Poniatowski_(1676%E2%80%931762)" title="Stanisław Poniatowski (1676–1762)">Stanisław Poniatowski</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1676); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayscoghe_Boucherett" title="Ayscoghe Boucherett">Ayscoghe Boucherett</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1815); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Lee" title="Algernon Lee">Algernon Lee</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1873); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linnie_Marsh_Wolfe" title="Linnie Marsh Wolfe">Linnie Marsh Wolfe</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1945)</p>
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