TODAY IN HISTORY – 15th Sept, 2026 – ORBITS NEWS
By Valentine Uchechukwu Ndukwu.
It was The Mega Icon who said, “We play down history’s lessons, but in doing so, we downplay the future costs.”
Today in History re-renders it this way, the more we play down on the importance of learning from history, the more we realize that future mistakes are often already embedded in the patterns we’ve failed to address.
Kindly scroll down to take a look at events which today in history
On this day in 1795, Britain seized the Dutch Cape Colony in southern Africa to prevent its use by the Batavian Republic.
Still on this day in 1916, World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
Today in history reveals that on this day in 1952, the United Nations ceded Eritrea to Ethiopia.
In 1954, on this day, Marilyn Monroe’s iconic skirt scene was shot during filming for The Seven Year Itch.
Again, on this day in 1981, the John Bull became the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operated it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.
It was on this day in 2001, during a CART race at the Lausitzring in Germany, that former Formula One driver Alex Zanardi suffered a heavy accident resulting in him losing both his legs.
Sadly in 2004, on this day, a boat capsized near Gummi, Zamfara State, killing at least 40 people.
According to Today in History, today is the birthday of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. She was born on this day in 1977. Grace Ngozi Adichie is a remarkable Nigerian writer of novels, short stories, poems, and children’s books; she is also a book reviewer and literary critic. For the records, this literary giant is widely recognised as a central figure in postcolonial feminist literature.
Today is World Lymphoma Awareness Day. For the records, (WLAD) is held on September 15 every year and is a day dedicated to raising awareness of lymphoma, an increasingly common form of cancer.
Foolish men live as if they will not die but in the end, they die as if they did not live. You’re the point man ~ keep pointing in the right direction.
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