Updated September 14, 2012, 2:28 pm
On Sept. 15, 1963, four black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at a Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama, in the deadliest act of the civil rights era.
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On Sept. 15, 1857, William Howard Taft, the only person to serve as both United States president and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, was born. Following his death on March 8, 1930, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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Historic Birthdays
William Howard Taft 9/15/1857 – 3/8/1930 27th president of the United States and 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.Go to obituary »
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James Fenimore Cooper 9/15/1789 – 9/14/1851
American novelist |
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Bruno Walter 9/15/1876 – 2/17/1962
German conductor |
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Frank Gannett 9/15/1876 – 12/3/1957
American newspaper publisher |
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Ettore Bugatti 9/15/1881 – 8/21/1947
Italian builder of racing and luxury automobiles |
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Robert Benchley 9/15/1889 – 11/21/1945
American drama critic, actor and humorist |
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Dame Agatha Christie 9/15/1890 – 1/12/1976
English detective novelist and playwright |
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Jean Renoir 9/15/1894 – 2/12/1979
French-born American film director |
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Roy Acuff 9/15/1903 – 11/23/1992
American country music singer and songwriter |
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Irving Jaffee 9/15/1906 – 3/20/1981
American Olympic gold medal-winning speed skater (1932) |
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Margaret Lockwood 9/15/1916 – 7/15/1990
English actress |
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John Newton Mitchell 9/15/1913 – 11/9/1988
American attorney general under Nixon (1969-72) |
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Cannonball Adderley 9/15/1928 – 8/8/1975
American jazz saxophonist and bandleader |
