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Morgan Library & Museum

... that during the Panic of 1907, the presidents of New York City's banks and trust companies were locked in the Pierpont Morgan Library (pictured)?
... that Olympic taekwondo practitioner Yahya Al-Ghotany picked up the sport "by chance" at a refugee camp?
... that the opera Christopher Columbus was written by its Jewish composer while fleeing persecution from Nazi Germany by sailing across the Atlantic?
... that The Invincible Dragon was filmed at the Macau police headquarters without permission, leading to the detention of the director and the lead actor?
... that David Gillespie became the chief surveyor of the United States boundary commission after the first surveyor was considered to be "insufferably arrogant"?
... that the creator of Ani ni Aisaresugite Komattemasu ensured a happy ending by not making the main characters blood relatives?
... that painter Mark Robert Harrison's brother died in a fire that broke out at one of Harrison's own exhibitions in 1846?
... that €40,000 of equipment and cash was stolen during the filming of the music video for "Cry Baby"?
... that to avoid COVID-19 rule breaches, officials had to discourage people from posting a leopard seal's location online?

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September 15: Battle of Britain Day in the United Kingdom (1940)

Marilyn Monroe posing during filming for The Seven Year Itch

1462 – The Ottoman conquest of Lesbos ended upon the surrender of commander Niccolò Gattilusio; the conquering Mehmed II executed 300 Italian soldiers by chopping them in half, claiming he was fulfilling a promise to "spare their heads".
1830 – The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&M), the first locomotive-hauled railway to connect two major cities, opened with the Duke of Wellington in attendance.
1954 – The scene in The Seven Year Itch of Marilyn Monroe standing in a white dress over a subway grate (pictured) was filmed by Billy Wilder.
2013 – The Belarusian serial killer Ivan Kulesh murdered two saleswomen in Lida.

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