Historical Events for 15th September 2026

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1590 - Giambattista Castagna is elected as Pope Urban VII
1916 - First use of tanks in warfare, Britain's Mark I "Little Willies" at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, part of the Battle of the Somme
1943 - Benito Mussolini forms a rival anti-monarchist fascist government in Italy and soon returns to power as a German puppet state
1970 - Officers of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) in Northern Ireland vote narrowly in favour of remaining unarmed
1991 - Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Vancouver GC: Nancy Scranton wins by 3 shots from Debbie Massey
2005 - Marc Quinn's controversial statue "Alison Lapper Pregnant" is unveiled in Trafalgar Square in England
2015 - EU Migrant Crisis: Hungary seals its border with Serbia with a razor-wire fence, stranding thousands of migrants
2021 - US gymnasts, including Simone Biles, testify against former team doctor Larry Nassar at a Senate Committee hearing, criticizing a system that allowed it to happen

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