Today is Thursday, September 15, the 258th day of 2011. There are 107 days left in the year.
1620 ― Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England with 102 pilgrims
1821 ― Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua gain independence
1830 ― First to be run over by a railroad train (William Huskisson, England)
1894 ― Japan defeats China in Battle of Pyongyang
1935 ― Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship and makes the swastika the official symbol of Nazi Germany
1950 ― During Korean War, U.N. forces land at Inchon in the south
1959 ― Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in U.S. to begin a 13-day visit
1978 ― Muhammad Ali beats WBA heavyweight champion Leon Spinks
1982 ― First issue of ``USA Today" published by Gannett Co. Inc.
1990 ― Florida lottery goes over $100,000,000