On this day in history - Today, September, 15

Today in History

• 2008 Lehman Brothers file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

  Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection. This was the largest bankruptcy in US

• 1981 John Bull becomes the oldest operable locomotive

  The steam locomotive manufactured by the British and operated in New Jersey, US became the world's o

• 1963 A Ku Klux Klan bomb kills 4 young African-American girls

  4 members of the white supremacy group, set off a timed bomb at the 16th Street Baptist Church, a pr

• 1935 Nuremberg laws instituted by the Nazi party are put into force

  The laws revoked citizenship for Jews, forbade them from having relationships with people of non-Jew

• 1894 Battle of Pyongyang ends with decisive Japanese victory

  The battle was a major land battle took place between the forces of Meiji Japan and Qing China durin