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AP US History This Day in American History September 15 1858 – The new Overland Mail Company sends out its first two stages, inaugurating government mail.

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1 AP US History This Day in American History September 15 1858 – The new Overland Mail Company sends out its first two stages, inaugurating government mail service between the eastern and western regions of the nation.

2 AP US History This Day in American History September 15 1862 – Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson captures Harpers Ferry, Virginia (present- day West Virginia), and some 12,000 Union soldiers as General Robert E. Lee's army moves north into Maryland.

3 AP US History This Day in American History September 15 1963 - A bomb explodes during Sunday morning services in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls.

4 AP US History This Day in American History September 15 1978 – Boxer Muhammad Ali defeats Leon Spinks at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans to win the world heavyweight boxing title for the third time in his career, the first fighter ever to do so.


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