Shimla, Sept.15 Keekli Bureau
2009
American dancer and actor Patrick Swayze, who was best known for his performances in the box-office hits Dirty Dancing (1987) and Ghost (1990), died in Los Angeles after battling pancreatic cancer.
1994
Acting commissioner of baseball Bud Selig announced that the remainder of the 1994 major league baseball season, including the World Series, would be canceled. Players and owners had failed to reach a settlement of the players’ strike begun in August.
1982
Grace Kelly—an American actress who abandoned her Hollywood career to marry Rainier III, prince de Monaco—died after suffering a stroke and losing control of the car she was driving.
1975
Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint, was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
1927
Isadora Duncan, a pioneer of modern expressive dance, died in France when her long scarf became entangled in the rear wheel of the car in which she was riding.
1901
U.S. President William McKinley died eight days after being shot in Buffalo, New York.
1879
American social reformer Margaret Sanger, who was a founder of the birth-control movement in the United States and an international leader in the field, was born.
1849
Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov, known chiefly for his development of the concept of the conditioned reflex, was born.
1829
Russia and the Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Edirne, concluding the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–29.
1814
Francis Scott Key was inspired to write The Star-Spangled Banner after Fort McHenry successfully withstood a British attack.
1752
Great Britain adopted the Gregorian calendar; the date was moved ahead 11 days (the day after September 2 became September 14).
1741
German-born English composer George Frideric Handel completed Messiah, considered the most famous of all oratorios.
