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Some important events in history on September 15:

668: Roman Emperor Constans II assassinated

1762: Battle of Signal Hill in Seven Years' War

1789: US Department of State established

1821: Guatemala, El Savador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica declare independence

1835: Charles Darwin reaches the Galapagos Islands

1916: Tanks used for first time in battle in Battle of Somme during World War I

1935: German Jews deprived of citizenship; Nazi Germany adopts new flag with swatika

1962: Soviet ship goes to Cuba, bringing forward the Cuban Missile Crisis

2004: NHL commisioner Gary Bettman cancels 2004-05 season after announcing lockout of players

2008: Lehman Brothers file for bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcyfiling in US history

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