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Dragon Storm (dubbed so in September 2004) was a large storm in Saturn's southern hemisphere.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Storm_(astronomy)

First light for the Walter Baade telescope occurred on September 15, 2000.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellan_Telescopes



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A total lunar eclipse took place on September 15, 1913.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_1913_lunar_eclipse

The Eleusinian Mysteries were ceremonies held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries

First light for the Baade Magellan Telescope was on September 15, 2000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellan_Telescopes

The Battle of Flers-Courcelette took place on 15 September, 1916
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Flers-Courcelette

Battle of Britain Day is the name given to the aerial battle that took place on 15 September 1940
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Britain_Day

On this day in 1835, HMS Beagle (second voyage) arrived at the Galápagos Islands.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_voyage_of_HMS_Beagle#Gal.C3.A1pagos_Islands

The Moscow-based Group for the Study of Reactive Motion (GRID) was created on September 15, 1931.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_for_the_Study_of_Reactive_Motion

HMS Resolution, Britain's 1st nuclear submarine was launched on the 15 September 1966.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Resolution_(S22)



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The Zond 5 was launched from a Tyazheliy Sputnik (68-076B) on the 15 September 1968
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zond_5

Soyuz 22 was launched on the 15th September 1976
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_22

The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) was was deployed from STS-48 on 15 September 1991
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Atmosphere_Research_Satellite

Video taken during mission STS-48 on September 15, 1991 shows a flash of light and several UFOs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_outer_space#1991

Lost in Space is a science fiction TV series first aired on September 15, 1965
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44992879/lost-in-space/

"Charlie X" is a first season episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek first broadcast on September 15, 1966. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_X

Amok Time" is the second season premiere episode of the original science fiction television series Star Trek.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amok_Time

On 15 September 2008, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected gamma-ray burst 080916C
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRB_080916C

Mariner 4 probably encountered debris from comet D/1895 Q1 (Swift) on September 15, 1967
http://science1.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/23aug_mariner4/



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People

Marco Polo (September 15, 1254 - January 9, 1324) was a Venetian merchant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Polo

Sir Mokshagundam Visveswaraiah (15 September 1860 - 14 April 1962) was a notable Indian engineer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_M._Visvesvaraya

Jean-Sylvain Bailly (15 September 1736 - 12 November 1793) was a French astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Sylvain_Bailly

Anna Winlock (born September 15, 1857 in Cambridge, Massachusetts; died 1904) was an American astronomer 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Winlock

Michiel Daniel Overbeek (15 September 1920 - 19 July 2001) was a South African amateur astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiel_Daniel_Overbeek

Jean-Pierre Serre (born 15 September 1926) is a French mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Serre

Oskar Benjamin Klein (September 15, 1894 - February 5, 1977) was a Swedish theoretical physicist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Klein

Murray Gell-Mann (born September 15, 1929) is an American physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Gell-Mann

Edward Bouchet (1852 - 1918) was the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. from an American university
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bouchet

Norman Richard Spinrad (born September 15, 1940) is an American science fiction author
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Spinrad

Phillip (Phil) John Lamason (15 September 1918 - 19 May 2012) was a pilot in the Royal New Zealand Air Force
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Lamason

Miroslaw Hermaszewski (born September 15, 1941), is a retired Polish Air Force officer. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miros%C5%82aw_Hermaszewski

Richard Alfred Farrimond (born 15 September 1947) is a British engineer, former army officer and astronaut candidate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Farrimond



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NGC discovered

NGC 678 is an edge-on spiral galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 15th September 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58551675/ngc-678/

NGC 680 is an elliptical galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 15th September 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58551670/ngc-680/

NGC 697 is a barred spiral galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 15th September 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58551662/ngc-697/

NGC 816 is a compact galaxy discovered by Edouard Stephan on the 15th September 1871.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58551656/ngc-816/

NGC 3538 is a double star discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 15th September 1866.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58551606/ngc-3538/

NGC 6874 is an open star cluster discovered by William Herschel on the 15th September 1792.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58551603/ngc-6874/

NGC 6888 is an emission nebula discovered by William Herschel on the 15th September 1792.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t7577372/ngc6888/

NGC 7148 is a double star discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 15th September 1865.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58551593/ngc-7148/

NGC 7149 is a lenticular galaxy discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 15th September 1865.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58551589/ngc-7149/

NGC 7303 is a barred spiral galaxy discovered by John Herschel on the 15th September 1828. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58551586/ngc-7303/

NGC 7678 is a face-on barred spiral galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 15th September 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58551580/ngc-7678/



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Asteroids discovered

Asteroid (47) Aglaja was discovered by Robert Luther on September 15, 1857 from Düsseldorf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/47_Aglaja

Asteroid (373) Melusina was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 15, 1893 in Nice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/373_Melusina

Asteroid (11083) Caracas was discovered on September 15, 1993 at the European Southern Observatory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11083_Caracas



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Meteorites

The Gambat (L6) meteorite fell in Sind, Pakistan, on the 15th September 1897.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44992796/gambat-meteorite/

The Baroti (L6) meteorite fell in Himachal Pradesh, India, on the 15th September 1910.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44992808/baroti-meteorite/

The Carancas (H4-5) meteorite fell in Puno, Peru, on the 15th September 2007.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t13526783/puno-meteorite/



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