What happend on 15th September

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1944

Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.

1942

World War II: The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Wasp is torpedoed at Guadalcanal.

1941

The U.S. Attorney General rules that the Neutrality Act is not violated when U.S. ships carry war materiel to British territories, opening the door for the Lend-Lease Act.

1940

World War II: The Battle of Britain ends with a Royal Air Force victory over the Luftwaffe.

1935

Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag with the swastika.

1935

Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.

1931

In Scotland, the two-day Invergordon Mutiny against Royal Navy pay cuts begins.

1928

Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler to take 300 wickets in an English cricket season.

1928

Sir Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.

1916

World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.