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Today in History

Tuesday, 15 September 2026

2008

Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.

2004

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

1998

With the landmark merger of WorldCom and MCI Communications completed the day prior, the new MCI WorldCom opens its doors for business.

1993

Liechtenstein Prince Hans-Adam II disbands Parliament

1990

France announces it will send 4,000 troops to the Persian Gulf

1987

United States Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze sign a treaty to establish centers to reduce the risk of nuclear war.

1983

Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.

1981

Vanuatu becomes a member of the United Nations.

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

The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.

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