Births on September 15

Ettore Bugatti

Born on September 15, 1881

Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French businessman, founded Bugatti (d. 1947)

Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti (15 September 1881 – 21 August 1947) was an Italian-born French automobile designer and manufacturer. He is remembered as the founder and proprietor of the automobile manufacturing company Automobiles E. Bugatti, which he founded in 1909 in the then German town of Molsheim in the Alsace region of what is now France.

Bugatti died in Paris, and is buried in Dorlisheim in the Bas-Rhin (Lower Rhine) department of today's France.

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Events on 1881

1 Jan

Panama Canal
Ferdinand de Lesseps begins French construction of the Panama Canal.
16 Apr

Bat Masterson
In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
12 May

French protectorate of Tunisia
In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
21 May

Clara Barton
The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
19 Nov

Meteorite fall
A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.

Births on September 15

Ettore Bugatti

Born on September 15, 1881

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Events on 1881

Panama Canal

Bat Masterson

French protectorate of Tunisia

Clara Barton

Meteorite fall