What happend on 15th September

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1966

The spaceship Gemini XI, with astronauts Pete Conrad and Dick Gordon aboard, returns to earth.

1965

The television series Lost in Space premieres.

1964

The Sun newspaper launches, replacing the Daily Herald.

1964

The Beatles play at a public auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.

1963

The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing kills four children at an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.

1962

The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.

1961

Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 miles per hour.

1959

Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.

1958

A New Jersey commuter train crashes through a drawbridge, killing 48.

1957

West Germany holds its third parliamentary election. Konrad Adenauer remains chancellor.