15 September It Happened Today

1649   Birth of English Anglican priest Titus Oates, creator of the “popish plot” against the King.

1830  English MP William Huskisson becomes the first person to be killed by a train when he is hit by George Stevenson’s Rocket.

1859  Death of English engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

1890  Birth of English novelist Agatha Christie.

1966  Britain’s first nuclear powered submarine HMS Resolution, is launched.

1972  Seven men are indicted in connection with the break in at the Watergate building in Washington.

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