On this day: 15 September

The Byzantine army under Belisarius enters Carthage following their victory over the Vandals at Ad Decimum.

Consecration of pope Boniface IV following his approval by the Byzantine emperor.

Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes.

Appearance of the miraculous portrait of Saint Dominic in Soriano in Soriano Calabro, Calabria, Italy; commemorated as a feast day by the Roman Catholic Church 1644–1912.

Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.

Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.

The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.

French playwright Olympe de Gouges published the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen, hoping to expose the failures of the French Revolution in the recognition of gender equality.

War of 1812: A second supply train sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.

The Grande Armée under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow during the failed French invasion of Russia.

Followers of the Eight Trigram Sect loyal to Lin Qing attack the Forbidden City in a failed attempt to oust the Jiaqing Emperor of the Qing dynasty.

HMS Whiting runs aground on the Doom Bar.

Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon, Portugal.

The Province of Guatemala proclaimed the independence of Central America from the Spanish Empire.

Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.

First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats the Qing dynasty in the Battle of Pyongyang, causing the Qing army to withdraw to the Chinese border with Korea.

New Culture Movement: Chen Duxiu establishes the New Youth magazine in Shanghai.

World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.

World War I: Allied troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian front.

World War II: American and Australian forces landed on the Japanese-occupied island of Morotai.

World War II: The Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division and the United States Army's 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.

A hurricane strikes southern Florida and the Bahamas, destroying 366 airplanes and 25 blimps at Naval Air Station Richmond.

The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080 km/h).

The Indian Army captures the towns of Jalna, Latur, Mominabad, Surriapet and Narkatpalli as part of Operation Polo.

Korean War: The U.S. X Corps lands at Inchon.

The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia.

The scene in The Seven Year Itch of Marilyn Monroe standing in a white dress over a subway grate was filmed by Billy Wilder.

Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.

The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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

The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.

The first Greenpeace ship departs from Vancouver to protest against the upcoming Cannikin nuclear weapon test in Alaska.

The French department of "Corse" (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse (Upper Corsica) and Corse-du-Sud (Southern Corsica).

At the Superdome in New Orleans, Muhammad Ali outpoints Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title three times.

The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.

During a CART race at the Lausitzring in Germany, former Formula One driver Alex Zanardi suffers a heavy accident resulting in him losing both his legs.

National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players' union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.

Financial crisis of 2007–2008: The global financial services firm Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy while holding over $600 billion in assets, the largest such filing in U.S. history.

The Abraham Accords were signed in Washington, D.C. (signatories pictured), normalizing relations between Israel and two Arab nations, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

Signing of the Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement occurs in Washington, D.C., normalizing relations between Israel and two Arab nations, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.