Today in History: September 15, Birmingham church bombing
In a Sept. 15, 1963 file photo, investigators work outside the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., following an explosion that killed four young girls. (AP Photo)
Today in history:
On Sept. 15, 1963, four Black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. (Three Ku Klux Klansmen were eventually convicted for their roles in the blast.)
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In 1835, Charles Darwin reached the Galápagos Islands aboard the HMS Beagle.
Over 100,000 members of Hitlers stormtroopers at the huge Nazi rally in the Leopold Arena in Nuremberg, on Sept. 15, 1935, listen as German Chancellor Adolf Hitler speaks to them. (AP Photo)
Over 100,000 members of Hitlers stormtroopers at the huge Nazi rally in the Leopold Arena in Nuremberg, on Sept. 15, 1935, listen as German Chancellor Adolf Hitler speaks to them. (AP Photo)
In 1935, the Nuremberg Laws were enacted in Nazi Germany, which deprived German Jews of their citizenship.
Royal Air Force officers and members of the A.R.P. look at the wreckage of a Dornier brought down near Victoria Station, London, by British fighters during a raid on Sept. 15, 1940 in London. (AP Photo)
Royal Air Force officers and members of the A.R.P. look at the wreckage of a Dornier brought down near Victoria Station, London, by British fighters during a raid on Sept. 15, 1940 in London. (AP Photo)
In 1940, the tide turned in the Battle of Britain in World War II, as the Royal Air Force inflicted heavy losses upon the Luftwaffe.
A Jersey Central rail coach rests against pillar supporting railroad trestle near Bayonne, New Jersey in September 1958 following plunge of a New York-bound commuter train into Newark Bay. Forty-eight died. Rescuers stand at the end of tracks over which locomotive and coaches of the train fell while a lift section of the bridge was in raised position. (AP Photo)
A Jersey Central rail coach rests against pillar supporting railroad trestle near Bayonne, New Jersey in September 1958 following plunge of a New York-bound commuter train into Newark Bay. Forty-eight died. Rescuers stand at the end of tracks over which locomotive and coaches of the train fell while a lift section of the bridge was in raised position. (AP Photo)
In 1958, a commuter train headed for New York City plunged into Newark Bay after missing a stop signal and sliding off the open Newark Bay lift bridge, killing 48 people.
In this Sept. 15, 1959, file photo, United States President Eisenhower accompanies Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev as he inspects the line of honor guards at Andrews Air Force Base following his arrival. Khrushchev became the first Soviet leader to visit the U.S. (AP Photo)
In this Sept. 15, 1959, file photo, United States President Eisenhower accompanies Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev as he inspects the line of honor guards at Andrews Air Force Base following his arrival. Khrushchev became the first Soviet leader to visit the U.S. (AP Photo)
In 1959, Nikita Khrushchev became the first Soviet head of state to visit the United States as he arrived at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington.
Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks exchange punches during their World Boxing Association heavyweight title bout at the Superdome in New Orleans, La., Friday night, Sept. 15, 1978. Ali became the first man to win the heavyweight crown three times by defeating Spinks with a 15-round unanimous decision. (AP Photo)
Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks exchange punches during their World Boxing Association heavyweight title bout at the Superdome in New Orleans, La., Friday night, Sept. 15, 1978. Ali became the first man to win the heavyweight crown three times by defeating Spinks with a 15-round unanimous decision. (AP Photo)
In 1978, Muhammad Ali became the first boxer to win the heavyweight title three times with a unanimous decision victory in his rematch with Leon Spinks.
Lehman Brothers world headquarters is shown Monday, Sept. 15, 2008 in New York. Lehman Brothers, burdened by $60 billion in soured real-estate holdings, filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court after attempts to rescue the 158-year-old firm failed. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Lehman Brothers world headquarters is shown Monday, Sept. 15, 2008 in New York. Lehman Brothers, burdened by $60 billion in soured real-estate holdings, filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court after attempts to rescue the 158-year-old firm failed. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
In 2008, as a result of the subprime mortgage crisis, Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy—the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
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