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Between 1994 and 1996, Swamy was Chairman of the Commission on Labour Standards and International Trade under former Prime Minister P.
Famous Birthdays on September 15
1939 — Subramanian Swamy
Indian economist, academic, and politician, Indian Minister of Law and Justice
September 15 has 247 recorded notable births across history, from 767 to 2000. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on September 15
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- 1968 The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. Source
- 1789 The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties. Source
- 1894 First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats the Qing dynasty in the Battle of Pyongyang, causing the Qing army to withdraw to the Chinese border with Korea. Source
- 1940 World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Luftwaffe launches its largest and most concentrated attack of the entire campaign. Source
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Gaylord Jackson Perry was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for eight teams from 1962 to 1983, becoming one of the most durable and successful pitchers in history.
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With Claude, he made The River (1951), the first color film shot in India.
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Patrick Marleau passed the record previously held by Gordie Howe in his 1,768th game on April 19, 2021.
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Steinhoff was also one of the highest-scoring pilots with 176 victories, and one of the first to fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter in combat as a member of the Jagdverband 44 squadron led by Adolf Galland.
More major people born on September 15
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1938
Gaylord Perry
American baseball player and coach (died 2022)
Gaylord Jackson Perry was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for eight teams from 1962 to 1983, becoming one of the most durable and successful pitchers in history.
1894
Jean Renoir
French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1979)
Jean Renoir was a French filmmaker, actor, producer and author. His La Grande Illusion (1937) and The Rules of the Game (1939) are often cited by critics as among the greatest films ever made.
1979
Patrick Marleau
Canadian ice hockey player
Patrick Denis Marleau is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. With 1,779 NHL games played, he is the all-time leader in regular season games played in league history.
1913
Johannes Steinhoff
German general and pilot (died 1994)
Johannes "Macky" Steinhoff was a Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II, German general, and NATO official.
1937
King Curtis Iaukea
American wrestler (died 2010)
Curtis Piehu Iaukea III was an American professional wrestler better known as King Curtis Iaukea. Iaukea won championships in several of the major regional U.S.
1922
Bob Anderson
English fencer and choreographer (died 2012)
Robert James Gilbert Anderson was an English Olympic fencer and a renowned film fight choreographer, with a cinema career that spanned more than 50 years and included films such as Highlander, The Three Musketeers,…
1971
Nathan Astle
New Zealand cricketer and coach
Nathan John Astle is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played all formats of the game. A right-handed batsman who played as an opener in One Day Internationals (ODI), while batting in the middle order in Test matches.
1876
Bruno Walter
German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1962)
Bruno Walter was a German-born conductor, pianist, and composer. Born in Berlin, he left Nazi Germany in 1933, was naturalised as a French citizen in 1938, and settled in the United States in 1939.
1952
Richard Brodeur
Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
Richard Brodeur, is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender.
1533
Catherine of Austria
Queen of Poland (died 1572)
Catherine of Austria was one of the fifteen children of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary.
1933
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Spanish conductor and composer (died 2014)
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos was a Spanish conductor and composer. Frühbeck was born in Burgos, Spain to a family of German ancestry.
1976
Brett Kimmorley
Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
Brett "Noddy" Kimmorley is an Australian rugby league coach and former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s, & early 2010s.
1925
Carlo Rambaldi
Italian special effects artist (died 2012)
Carlo Rambaldi was an Italian special effects and makeup effects artist.
1936
Ashley Cooper
Australian tennis player (died 2020)
Ashley John Cooper AO was an Australian tennis player who played between 1953 and 1968. He was ranked as the world's No. 1 amateur player during the years of 1957 and 1958.
1999
Jaren Jackson Jr.
American basketball player
Jaren Walter Jackson Jr., nicknamed "The Block Panther", and also known by his initials JJJ, is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1918
Nipsey Russell
American comedian and actor (died 2005)
Julius "Nipsey" Russell was an American entertainer best known for his appearances as a panelist on game shows from the 1960s through the 1990s, including Match Game, Password, Hollywood Squares, To Tell the Truth, and…
1978
Eiður Guðjohnsen
Icelandic footballer
Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen is an Icelandic professional football coach and former player who played as a forward.
1852
Edward Bouchet
American physicist and educator (died 1918)
Edward Alexander Bouchet was an American physicist and educator. He was the first African American to earn a Ph.D.
1919
Fausto Coppi
Italian cyclist and soldier (died 1960)
Angelo Fausto Coppi was an Italian cyclist, the dominant international cyclist of the years after the Second World War. His successes earned him the title Il Campionissimo.