Today in History - History - September 15th

1985Willie Nelson's Farm Aid concert

1980Paul McCartney releases "Temporary Secretary"

1966U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to the United States Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation.

1938British PM Chamberlain visits Hitler at Berchtesgarden

1904Wilbur Wright makes his 1st airplane flight

1835HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Galapagos Islands

1926Failed attempt on Benito Mussolini

1996Texas Rangers retire their 1st number, Nolan Ryan's #34

1812French army under Napoleon reaches Kremlin, Moscow

1978Muhammad Ali beats Leon Spinks in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

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

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

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

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

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

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

1991NBA star Magic Johnson marries Earletha "Cookie" Kelly

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

1962Actress Janet Leigh (35) weds stockbroker Robert Brandt

1981Professional boxer George Foreman (32) weds Sharon Goodson

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

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

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

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