September 15

Events

 * 1921 -	Westinghouse's WBZ, Springfield, MA, receives first U.S. broadcast license
 * 1934 -	Mutual Broadcast System forms
 * 1965 -	8-track players marketed
 * 1998 – With the landmark merger of WorldCom and MCI Communications completed the day prior, the new MCI WorldCom opens its doors for business.

Births

 * 1858 –, Hungarian violinist (d. 1937)
 * 1863 –, American composer (d. 1919)
 * 1876 –, German conductor (d. 1962)
 * 1890 –, Swiss composer (d. 1974)
 * 1903 –, American country musician (d. 1992)
 * 1924 –, American musician (d. 2005)
 * 1933 –, Spanish conductor
 * 1942 –, American Bassist
 * 1945 –, American opera singer
 * 1946 –, Swedish session drummer for ABBA (d. 2008)
 * 1955 –, American voice actor
 * 1956 –, English singer
 * 1956 –, Scottish folk singer
 * 1958 –, American guitarist (Bad Brains)
 * 1962 –, Australian voice actor
 * 1964 –, former guitarist for horror punk band The Misfits
 * 1971 –, English musician and songwriter (Country Teasers)
 * 1972 –, Singaporean singer
 * 1976 –, Scottish drummer (Franz Ferdinand)
 * 1977 –, Japanese singer-songwriter
 * 1980 –, Taiwanese pop singer
 * 1989 –, New Zealand musician

Deaths

 * 1750 –, German composer (b. 1690)
 * 1842 –, French violinist and composer (b. 1771)
 * 1915 – ,Canadian folklorist, composer and organist (b. 1834)
 * 1945 –, Austrian composer (b. 1883)
 * 1965 –, American musician (b. 1890)
 * 1973 –, Chilean musician (b. 1941
 * 1980 –, American jazz pianist (b. 1929)
 * 1981 –, Mexican trumpet virtuoso (b. 1906)
 * 1983 –, reggae toaster and record producer
 * 1985 –, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1910)
 * 2003 –, English clarinetist (b. 1915)
 * 2004 –, American guitarist (The Ramones) (b. 1948)
 * 2007 –, Venezuelan musician (b. 1928)
 * 2008 –, keyboardist and founding member of Pink Floyd (b. 1943)