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What happend on 15. October in History
In our data base we found 311 events happened on 15. October:
• 898: Lambert II of Spoleto (b. 880) [category: Deaths]
• 912: Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi, Spanish emperor (b. 844) [category: Deaths]
• 1080: Rudolf of Rheinfelden (b. 1025) [category: Deaths]
• 1211: Battle of the Rhyndacus: The Latin emperor Henry of Flanders defeats the Nicaean emperor Theodore I Lascaris. [category: Events]
• 1326: Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (b. 1261) [category: Deaths]
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• 1389: Pope Urban VI (b. 1318) [category: Deaths]
• 1471: Konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526) [category: Births]
• 1529: The Siege of Vienna ends as the Austrians rout the invading Turks, turning the tide against almost a century of unchecked conquest throughout eastern and central Europe by the Ottoman Empire. [category: Events]
• 1564: Andreas Vesalius, Flemish anatomist (b. 1514) [category: Deaths]
• 1582: Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendar. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15. [category: Events]
• 1608: Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647) [category: Births]
• 1686: Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758) [category: Births]
• 1701: Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun, founded Grey Nuns (d. 1771) [category: Births]
• 1711: Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine (d. 1741) [category: Births]
• 1715: Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (b. 1675) [category: Deaths]
• 1762: Samuel Adams Holyoke, American composer and educator (d. 1820) [category: Births]
• 1764: Edward Gibbon observes a group of friars singing in the ruined Temple of Jupiter in Rome, which inspires him to begin work on The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. [category: Events]
• 1783: The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon marks the first human ascent, by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, (tethered balloon). [category: Events]
• 1784: Thomas Robert Bugeaud, French marshal (d. 1849) [category: Births]
• 1785: José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (d. 1821) [category: Births]
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• 1788: Samuel Greig, Scottish-Russian admiral (b. 1735) [category: Deaths]
• 1793: Queen Marie-Antoinette of France is tried and convicted in a swift, pre-determined trial in the Palais de Justice, Paris, and condemned to death the following day. [category: Events]
• 1810: Alfred Moore, American judge (b. 1755) [category: Deaths]
• 1811: Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter (b. 1735) [category: Deaths]
• 1814: Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author (d. 1841) [category: Births]
• 1815: Napoleon I of France begins his exile on Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean. [category: Events]
• 1817: Tadeusz Kościuszko, Lithuanian-Polish military officer (b. 1746) [category: Deaths]
• 1818: Alexander Dreyschock, Czech pianist and composer (d. 1869) [category: Births]
• 1819: Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1744) [category: Deaths]
• 1820: Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (b. 1771) [category: Deaths]
• 1825: Marie of Prussia (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1829: Asaph Hall, American astronomer (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1836: James Tissot, French painter (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1837: Ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman and poet (b. 1760) [category: Deaths]
• 1840: Honoré Mercier, Canadian lawyer, journalist, and politician, 9th premier of Quebec (d. 1894) [category: Births]
• 1844: Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1858: John L. Sullivan, American boxer (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1863: American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks during a test, killing its inventor, Horace L. Hunley. [category: Events]
• 1864: American Civil War: The Battle of Glasgow is fought, resulting in the surrender of Glasgow, Missouri, and its Union garrison, to the Confederacy. [category: Events]
• 1865: Albert Heijn, Dutch businessman (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1872: August Nilsson, Swedish pole vaulter (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1872: Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian politician, 3rd President of Austria (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1874: Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, (d. 1899) [category: Births]
• 1878: Paul Reynaud, French politician, 118th Prime Minister of France (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1878: The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation. [category: Events]
• 1879: Jane Darwell, American actress (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1880: Herman Glass, American gymnast (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1880: Mexican soldiers kill Victorio, one of the greatest Apache military strategists. [category: Events]
• 1881: P. G. Wodehouse, English author (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1882: Charley O'Leary, American baseball player (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1884: Archibald Hoxsey, American aviator (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1887: Frederick Fleet, English crewman, survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1888: The "From Hell" letter sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators. [category: Events]
• 1890: Álvaro de Campos, Portuguese poet (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1891: Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author (b. 1837) [category: Deaths]
• 1893: Carol II of Romania, (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1894: Moshe Sharett, Israeli politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1894: The Dreyfus affair: Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying. [category: Events]
• 1898: Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian runner (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1900: Mervyn LeRoy, American director (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1900: Zdeněk Fibich, Czech composer (b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1904: The Russian Baltic Fleet leaves Reval, Estonia for Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War. [category: Events]
• 1905: C. P. Snow, English chemist and author (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1906: Alicia Patterson, American publisher, co-founded Newsday (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1906: Hiram Fong, American politician (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1906: Victoria Spivey, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1907: Varian Fry, American journalist (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1908: Herman Chittison, American pianist (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1908: John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1909: Jesse L. Greenstein, American astronomer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1909: Robert Trout, American journalist (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1910: Edwin O. Reischauer, American educator (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1910: Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Airship America launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft. [category: Events]
• 1912: Nellie Lutcher, American singer and pianist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1915: Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli politician, 7th Prime Minister of Israel (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1916: Al Killian, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1917: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., American historian and critic (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1917: Jan Miner, American actress (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1917: Mata Hari, Dutch dancer (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: World War I: At Vincennes outside of Paris, Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for the German Empire. [category: Events]
• 1918: Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru (b. 1838) [category: Deaths]
• 1919: Malcolm Ross, American balloonist and physicist (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1920: Chris Economaki, American sportscaster (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1920: Henri Verneuil, French director (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1920: Mario Puzo, American author (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1921: Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table-tennis player (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1922: Agustina Bessa-Luís, Portuguese author [category: Births]
• 1922: Preben Munthe, Norwegian economist (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1923: Antonio Fontan, Spanish journalist and politician (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1923: Italo Calvino, Italian journalist and author (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1924: Frank X. McDermott, American politician (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1924: Lee Iacocca, American businessman and author [category: Births]
• 1924: Marguerite Andersen, German-Canadian author and educator [category: Births]
• 1924: Mark Lenard, American actor (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1924: Warren Miller, American director and producer [category: Births]
• 1925: Aurora Bautista, Spanish actress (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1925: Mickey Baker, American guitarist (Mickey & Sylvia) (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1926: Agustín García Calvo, Spanish philosopher and poet (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1926: Evan Hunter, American author (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1926: James E. Akins, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1926: Jean Peters, American actress (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1926: Karl Richter, German conductor and organist (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1926: Michel Foucault, French philosopher (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1927: Bill Henry, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1928: The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States. [category: Events]
• 1930: Fereydun M. Esfandiary, Iranian philosopher (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1930: Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian scientist and politician, 11th President of India [category: Births]
• 1931: Freddy Cole, American singer and pianist [category: Births]
• 1931: Gail Harris, American baseball player (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1932: Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight. [category: Events]
• 1934: N. Ramani, Indian flute player [category: Births]
• 1934: Emil Beyer, American gymnast (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Raymond Poincaré, French politician, President of France (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: The Soviet Republic of China collapses when Chiang Kai-shek's National Revolutionary Army successfully encircles Ruijin, forcing the fleeing Communists to begin the Long March. [category: Events]
• 1935: Barry McGuire, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The New Christy Minstrels) [category: Births]
• 1935: Bobby Morrow, American sprinter [category: Births]
• 1935: Richard McTaggart, Scottish boxer [category: Births]
• 1935: Willie O'Ree, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1937: Brad Corbett, American businessman (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1937: Linda Lavin, American actress [category: Births]
• 1938: Fela Kuti, Nigerian singer-songwriter, musician, and activist (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1938: Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1938: Robert Ward, American guitarist (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1939: The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed La Guardia Airport) is dedicated. [category: Events]
• 1940: Peter C. Doherty, Australian surgeon, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1940: Tommy Bishop, English rugby player [category: Births]
• 1940: The President of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, is executed by the Spanish dictatorship of Francisco Franco, making him the only European president to have been executed. [category: Events]
• 1942: Harold W. Gehman, Jr., American admiral [category: Births]
• 1942: Penny Marshall, American actress and director [category: Births]
• 1944: David Trimble, Irish politician, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1944: Haim Saban, Egyptian-American businessman [category: Births]
• 1944: Sali Berisha, Albanian politician, 2nd President of Albania [category: Births]
• 1944: The Arrow Cross Party (very similar to Hitler's NSDAP (Nazi party)) takes power in Hungary. [category: Events]
• 1945: Jere Burns, American actor [category: Births]
• 1945: Jim Palmer, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1945: Pierre Laval, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: World War II: The former premier of Vichy France Pierre Laval is shot by a firing squad for treason. [category: Events]
• 1946: John Getz, American actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Palle Danielsson, Swedish bassist [category: Births]
• 1946: Richard Carpenter, American singer-songwriter and pianist (The Carpenters) [category: Births]
• 1946: Stewart Stevenson, Scottish politician [category: Births]
• 1946: Hermann Göring, German nazi politician (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Jaroslav Erno Šedivý, Czech drummer (The Primitives Group and Life After Life) [category: Births]
• 1948: Chris de Burgh, Argentinian-Irish singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1948: Edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Laurie McBain, American author [category: Births]
• 1949: Prannoy Roy, Indian journalist, founded NDTV [category: Births]
• 1951: A. F. Th. van der Heijden, Dutch author [category: Births]
• 1951: Peter Richardson, English actor, director, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1951: Rafael Vaganian, Armenian chess player [category: Births]
• 1951: Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes conducts the very last step of the first synthesis of norethisterone, the progestin that would later be used in one of the first three oral contraceptives. [category: Events]
• 1951: The first episode of I Love Lucy, an American television sitcom starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley, airs on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS). [category: Events]
• 1953: Betsy Clifford, Canadian skier [category: Births]
• 1953: Larry Miller, American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1953: Tito Jackson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Jackson 5) [category: Births]
• 1953: British nuclear test Totem 1 detonated at Emu Field, South Australia. [category: Events]
• 1954: Jere Burns, American actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Peter Bakowski, Australian poet [category: Births]
• 1954: Princess Friederike of Hanover [category: Births]
• 1955: Kulbir Bhaura, Indian field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1955: Tanya Roberts, American actress [category: Births]
• 1955: Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Fortran, the first modern computer language, is shared with the coding community for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1957: Mira Nair, Indian director [category: Births]
• 1957: Stacy Peralta, American director [category: Births]
• 1958: Renée Jones, American actress [category: Births]
• 1958: Stephen Clarke, English-French author [category: Births]
• 1959: Alex Paterson, English keyboard player (The Orb and Transit Kings) [category: Births]
• 1959: Emeril Lagasse, American chef and author [category: Births]
• 1959: Sarah, Duchess of York [category: Births]
• 1959: Todd Solondz, American director [category: Births]
• 1959: Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Daniel Mazur, American mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1960: Clara Kimball Young, American actress (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', Indian poet and author (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Stanley Menzo, Dutch footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1963: Horton Smith, American golfer (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Roberto Vittori, Italian astronaut [category: Births]
• 1964: Cole Porter, American composer (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Abraham Fraenkel, Israeli mathematician (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Vietnam War: The Catholic Worker Movement stages an anti-war rally in Manhattan including a public burning of a draft card; the first such act to result in arrest under a new amendment to the Selective Service Act. [category: Events]
• 1966: Bill Charlap, American pianist [category: Births]
• 1966: Dave Stead, English drummer (Beautiful South) [category: Births]
• 1966: Ilse Huizinga, Dutch singer [category: Births]
• 1966: Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1966: Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English politician (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. [category: Events]
• 1967: Götz Otto, German actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Didier Deschamps, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1968: Jyrki 69, Finnish singer-songwriter (The 69 Eyes) [category: Births]
• 1968: Vanessa Marcil, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Dominic West, English actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Paige Davis, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Vítor Baía, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Vietnam War; The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam is held in Washington DC and across the US. Over 2 million demonstrate nationally; about 250,000 in the nation's capitol. [category: Events]
• 1970: Eric Benét, American singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1970: The domestic Soviet Aeroflot Flight 244 is hijacked and diverted to Turkey. [category: Events]
• 1970: Thirty-five construction workers are killed when a section of the new West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapses. [category: Events]
• 1971: Andrew Cole, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Jason Arhndt, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1971: The start of the 2500-year celebration of Iran, celebrating the birth of Persia. [category: Events]
• 1972: Fred Hoiberg, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Matt Keeslar, American actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Sandra Kim, Belgian singer [category: Births]
• 1973: Dax Riggs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Acid Bath, Daisyhead & The Mooncrickets, Agents of Oblivion, and Deadboy & the Elephantmen) [category: Births]
• 1974: Bianca Rinaldi, Brazilian actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Alessandro Doga, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Ginuwine, American singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Glen Little, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Christian Allen, American video game designer [category: Births]
• 1976: Manuel Dallan, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1976: Carlo Gambino, Italian-American mobster (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: David Trezeguet, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Erin McKeown, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1977: Masato Kawabata, Japanese race car driver [category: Births]
• 1977: Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Devon Gummersall, American actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Takeshi Morishima, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1979: Blue Adams, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Bohemia, Pakistani-American rapper and producer [category: Births]
• 1979: Jaci Velasquez, American singer [category: Births]
• 1979: Māris Verpakovskis, Latvian footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Paul Robinson, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Black Monday in Malta. The Building of the Times of Malta, the residence of the opposition leader Eddie Fenech Adami and several Nationalist Party clubs are ransacked and destroyed by supporters of the Malta Labour Party. [category: Events]
• 1980: Siiri Nordin, Finnish singer-songwriter (Killer) [category: Births]
• 1980: Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1980: Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek footballer and volleyball player (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Abram Elam, American football player [category: Births]
• 1981: Elena Dementieva, Russian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1981: Guo Jingjing, Chinese diver [category: Births]
• 1981: Keyshia Cole, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1981: Radoslav Židek, Slovak snowboarder [category: Births]
• 1981: Philip Fotheringham-Parker, English race car driver (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Charline Labonté, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1982: Paulini, Fijian-Australian singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Sachiko Yamada, Japanese swimmer [category: Births]
• 1983: Bruno Senna, Brazilian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1983: Holly Montag, American reality TV personality [category: Births]
• 1983: Stephy Tang, Hong Kong singer and actress (Cookies) [category: Births]
• 1984: Johan Voskamp, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Arron Afflalo, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Marcos Martínez, Spanish race car driver [category: Births]
• 1985: Walter Alberto López, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Carlo Janka, Swiss skier [category: Births]
• 1986: Lee Donghae, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (Super Junior and Super Junior-M) [category: Births]
• 1987: Chantal Strand, Canadian voice actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1987: Jesse Levine, Canadian-American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1987: Thomas Sankara, Burkinan military officer and politician, 5th President of Burkina Faso (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: The Great Storm of 1987 hits France and England. [category: Events]
• 1988: Mesut Özil, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English composer, music critic, pianist, and writer (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Blaine Gabbert, American football player [category: Births]
• 1989: Leandro Antonio Martínez, Argentinian-Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL. [category: Events]
• 1990: Jeon Ji-yoon, South Korean singer (4minute) [category: Births]
• 1990: Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation. [category: Events]
• 1992: Vincent Martella, American actor [category: Births]
• 1994: Sarah Kofman, French philosopher (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Billy Unger, American actor [category: Births]
• 1995: Bengt Åkerblom, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Marco Campos, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1976) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Zelo, South Korean singer (B.A.P) [category: Births]
• 1997: J.P. Mantilla, Ecuadorian-Chilean-American Ninja [category: Births]
• 1997: The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn. [category: Events]
• 1997: The first supersonic land speed record is set by Andy Green in ThrustSSC (United Kingdom), exactly 50 years and 1 day after Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in the Earth's atmosphere. [category: Events]
• 1999: Bailee Madison, American actress [category: Births]
• 1999: Josef Locke, Irish tenor (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Konrad Emil Bloch, Prussian-American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Vincent Canby, American critic (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Zhang Xueliang, Chinese warlord (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io. [category: Events]
• 2003: Ben Metcalfe, Canadian journalist and activist (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission. [category: Events]
• 2003: The Staten Island Ferry boat Andrew J. Barberi runs into a pier at the St. George Ferry Terminal in Staten Island, killing 11 people and injuring 43. [category: Events]
• 2005: Prince Christian of Denmark [category: Births]
• 2005: Jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Matti Wuori, Finnish politician (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: A riot in Toledo, Ohio breaks out during a National Socialist/Neo-Nazi protest; over 100 are arrested. [category: Events]
• 2007: Piet Boukema, Dutch jurist and politician (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post 9/11 anti-terrorism raids. [category: Events]
• 2008: Edie Adams, American actress and singer (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Turkish poet (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Jack Narz, American game show host (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst day in the Dow's history based on a percentage drop. [category: Events]
• 2009: Heinz Versteeg, Dutch footballer (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Johnny Sheffield, American actor (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Mildred Fay Jefferson, American physician and activist (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Richard C. Miller, American photographer (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Betty Driver, English actress, singer, and author (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Global protests break out in 951 cities in 82 countries. [category: Events]
• 2012: Claude Cheysson, French politician (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Erol Günaydın, Turkish actor (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian king and politician, Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Pat Ward, American politician (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Patrick R. Cooney, American bishop (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 70_bc: Virgil, Roman poet (d. 19 BC) [category: Births]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Sweetest Day can fall, while October 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Saturday in October. (Great Lakes Region) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Global Handwashing Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Tree Planting Day (Sri Lanka) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: October 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day (Canada and the United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saint Hedwig of Silesia [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saint Teresa of Ávila (Doctor of Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saint Thecla of Kitzingen [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Teachers' Day (Brazil) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The Equirria or October equus, sacrifice of a horse to Mars. (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: White Cane Safety Day (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]