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Time capsule of events on September 15 across history
Regional daily notes key past events on this date: 1907 Burr treason acquittal in Richmond, 1812 Moscow burned during Napoleon invasion, 1916 tanks first used, 1920 Wall Street blast deaths, 1942 Guadalcanal fighting, 1958 Newark Bay rail disaster, 1965 broad recap with later items including Navy draft, UN reaction to Congo, Khrushchev remarks.
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Aaron Burr
Richmond
Moscow
Wall Street
Guadalcanal
Jersey Central Railroad
Newark Bay
Navy
U.N. Security Council
Dag Hammarskjold
Valerian Zorin
Congo
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia