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.