Morgan Library & Museum

• ... that during the Panic of 1907, the presidents of New York City's banks and trust companies were locked in the Pierpont Morgan Library (pictured)?
• ... that Olympic taekwondo practitioner Yahya Al-Ghotany picked up the sport "by chance" at a refugee camp?
• ... that the opera Christopher Columbus was written by its Jewish composer while fleeing persecution from Nazi Germany by sailing across the Atlantic?
• ... that The Invincible Dragon was filmed at the Macau police headquarters without permission, leading to the detention of the director and the lead actor?
• ... that David Gillespie became the chief surveyor of the United States boundary commission after the first surveyor was considered to be "insufferably arrogant"?
• ... that the creator of Ani ni Aisaresugite Komattemasu ensured a happy ending by not making the main characters blood relatives?
• ... that painter Mark Robert Harrison's brother died in a fire that broke out at one of Harrison's own exhibitions in 1846?
• ... that €40,000 of equipment and cash was stolen during the filming of the music video for "Cry Baby"?
• ... that to avoid COVID-19 rule breaches, officials had to discourage people from posting a leopard seal's location online?

Alberto Fujimori in 1991

• Former president of Peru Alberto Fujimori (pictured) dies at the age of 86.
• Flooding following a dam collapse in Borno State, Nigeria, leaves at least 30 people dead.
• Typhoon Yagi leaves more than 780 people dead across six Asian countries.
• Abdelmadjid Tebboune is declared the winner of the Algerian presidential election amid a dispute over the election's turnout.
• Michel Barnier is appointed prime minister of France by President Emmanuel Macron, leading to nationwide anti-government protests.

September 15: Battle of Britain Day in the United Kingdom (1940)

1831 illustration of the L&M Railway

• 1462 – The Ottoman conquest of Lesbos ended upon the surrender of commander Niccolò Gattilusio; the conquering Mehmed II executed 300 Italian soldiers by chopping them in half, claiming he was fulfilling a promise to "spare their heads".
• 1830 – The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&M) (depicted), the first locomotive-hauled railway to connect two major cities, opened with the Duke of Wellington in attendance.
• 1954 – The scene in The Seven Year Itch of Marilyn Monroe standing in a white dress over a subway grate was filmed by Billy Wilder.
• 2013 – The Belarusian serial killer Ivan Kulesh murdered two saleswomen in Lida.