Today in History - History - September 15th

1981Pope John Paul II publishes encyclical "Laborem exercens" against capitalism/marxism

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

1812French army under Napoleon reaches Kremlin, Moscow

1904Wilbur Wright makes his 1st airplane flight

1938British PM Chamberlain visits Hitler at Berchtesgarden

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

1982Pope John Paul II receives PLO leader Yasser Arafat

1940PM Winston Churchill visits 11 Fighter Group

1835HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Galapagos Islands

1980Paul McCartney releases "Temporary Secretary"

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

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

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

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

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

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

1981Professional boxer George Foreman (32) weds Sharon Goodson

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

1991NBA star Magic Johnson marries Earletha "Cookie" Kelly

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

1962Actress Janet Leigh (35) weds stockbroker Robert Brandt

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

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

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