Today in History - History - September 15th

1928Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

1960Maurice Richard announces his retirement. He finishes his career with 544 goals, an NHL record at the time.

1904Wilbur Wright makes his 1st airplane flight

1707Rákóczi II & Tsar Peter the Great sign social security agreement

1968"Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park" Show on CBS TV

1985Willie Nelson's Farm Aid concert

1943Benito Mussolini forms a rival fascist government in Italy

1940PM Winston Churchill visits 11 Fighter Group

1997Oprah Winfrey announces she will continue her show through 2000

1812French army under Napoleon reaches Kremlin, Moscow

1789James Fenimore Cooper, Burlington New Jersey, 1st major American novelist (Last of Mohicans)

1890Agatha Christie, Torquay Devon, British crime writer (Murder on Orient Express), (d. 1976)

1857William Howard Taft, Cin, (R) 27th pres (1909-13), chief justice

1961Dan Marino, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins)

1254Marco Polo, Venice, Italian explorer (Il Milione), (d. 1324)

1936ashley j cooper, Melbourne Victoria, Australian tennis champ (US Open-1957)

1957Country music legend Patsy Cline (25) weds linotype operator Charles Dick (23) in Winchester, England

1951Actor Peter Sellers (26) weds actress Anne Howe n London, England

17944th US President James Madison (43) weds Dolley Madison (26) in Jefferson County, West Virginia

1962Actress Janet Leigh (35) weds stockbroker Robert Brandt

1981Professional boxer George Foreman (32) weds Sharon Goodson

1991NBA star Magic Johnson marries Earletha "Cookie" Kelly

1938Thomas Wolfe, US writer (Enigma), dies at 37

2004Johnny Ramone, American lead guitarist of the punk rock band The Ramones