What happend on 15th September

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1976

Soyuz 22 carries two cosmonauts into earth orbit for eight days.

1975

Pink Floyd releases the album Wish You Were Here in the US and UK.

1975

The French department of Corse (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud.

1974

Air Vietnam flight 727 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.

1973

Secretariat wins the Marlboro Cup in world record time.

1972

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake shakes Northern Illinois.

1971

Baseball: In a game against the Houston Astros, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 636th home run, tying Mickey Mantle for third spot on the career home runs list.

1969

Baseball: St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Steve Carlton sets a record by striking out 19 New York Mets in a single game.

1968

The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.

1967

Former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas, writes a letter to the United States Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation.