February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
March 2 » United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
Day of death September 15, 1976
The temperature on September 15, 1976 was between 8.6 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (42%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
April 1 » Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in Cupertino, California, USA.
April 11 » The Apple I is created.
May 21 » Twenty-nine people are killed in the Yuba City bus disaster in Martinez, California.
May 24 » The Judgment of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.
July 22 » Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War.
September 19 » Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.
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