On This Day — October 15

🕰️ Notable Events on October 15

• 2013 — A 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes the Philippines, resulting in more than 215 deaths. Wikipedia ↗
• 2011 — The 2011 Global Protests occur. Wikipedia ↗
• 2008 — The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst day in the Dow's history based on a percentage drop. Wikipedia ↗
• 2007 — Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11 anti-terrorism raids. Wikipedia ↗
• 2006 — Kiholo Bay earthquake: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake rocks Hawaii, causing property damage, injuries, landslides, power outages, and the closure of Honolulu International Airport. Wikipedia ↗
• 2005 — A riot in Toledo, Ohio breaks out during a National Socialist/Neo-Nazi protest; over 100 are arrested. Wikipedia ↗
• 2003 — China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission. Wikipedia ↗
• 2001 — NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io. Wikipedia ↗
• 1997 — The first supersonic land speed record is set by Andy Green in ThrustSSC (United Kingdom), 50 years and one day after Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in the Earth's atmosphere. Wikipedia ↗
• 1997 — The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn. Wikipedia ↗
• 1995 — Marco Campos is killed in an accident in an International Formula 3000 race at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours circuit, making him the only driver ever killed in the International Formula 3000 series. Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — The "Oh-My-God particle", an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray measured at 40,000,000 times that of the highest energy protons produced in a particle accelerator is observed at the University of Utah HiRes observatory in Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Thirty-five construction workers are killed when a section of the new West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapses. Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Vietnam War; The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam is held in Washington D.C. and across the US. Over two million demonstrate nationally; about 250,000 in Washington D.C.. Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — The Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Fortran, the first modern computer language, is shared with the coding community for the first time. Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto. As a Category 4 upon landfall, it is the strongest storm on record to strike as far north as North Carolina. Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — British nuclear test Totem 1 is detonated at Emu Field, South Australia. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 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). Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — World War II: The former premier of Vichy France Pierre Laval is shot by a firing squad for treason. Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — The Arrow Cross Party (very similar to Hitler's NSDAP (Nazi party)) takes power in Hungary. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1932 — Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight. Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States. Wikipedia ↗
• 1923 — The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic. Wikipedia ↗
• 1917 — World War I: At Vincennes outside Paris, Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for the German Empire. Wikipedia ↗
• 1910 — Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft. Wikipedia ↗
• 1904 — The Russian Baltic Fleet leaves Reval, Estonia for Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War. Wikipedia ↗
• 1894 — The Dreyfus affair: Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying. Wikipedia ↗
• 1888 — The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators. Wikipedia ↗
• 1878 — The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation. Wikipedia ↗
• 1864 — American Civil War: The Battle of Glasgow is fought, resulting in the surrender of Glasgow, Missouri and its Union garrison, to the Confederacy. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1815 — Emperor Napoleon I begins his exile on Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1783 — The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon (tethered) makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1211 — Battle of the Rhyndacus: The Latin emperor Henry of Flanders defeats the Nicaean emperor Theodore I Laskaris. Wikipedia ↗
• 1066 — Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England, but is never crowned. He reigns until 10 December 1066. Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on October 15

• 1999 — Bailee Madison, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1996 — Zelo, South Korean rapper and dancer Wikipedia ↗
• 1996 — Charly Musonda, Belgian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1995 — Jakob Pöltl, Austrian basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1994 — Stephen Arthurworrey, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Jeon Ji-yoon, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Blaine Gabbert, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Leandro Antonio Martínez, Argentinian-Italian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Lassy Mbouity, Congolese writer and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Mesut Özil, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Jesse Levine, Canadian-American tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Chantal Strand, Canadian voice actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Ott Tänak, Estonian race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Lee Donghae, South Korean singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Carlo Janka, Swiss skier Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Arron Afflalo, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Walter Alberto López, Uruguayan footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Marcos Martínez, Spanish race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Izale McLeod, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Johan Voskamp, Dutch footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Jessie Ware, English singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Bruno Senna, Brazilian race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Stephy Tang, Hong Kong singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Paulini, Fijian-Australian singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Sachiko Yamada, Japanese swimmer Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Keyshia Cole, American singer-songwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Elena Dementieva, Russian tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Radoslav Židek, Slovak snowboarder Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Siiri Nordin, Finnish singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Blue Adams, American football player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Bohemia, Pakistani-American rapper and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Jekaterina Golovatenko, Estonian figure skater Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Paul Robinson, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Jaci Velasquez, American singer-songwriter and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Māris Verpakovskis, Latvian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Devon Gummersall, American actor, director, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Takeshi Morishima, Japanese wrestler Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Masato Kawabata, Japanese race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — David Trezeguet, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Christian Allen, American video game designer Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Manuel Dallan, Italian rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Alessandro Doga, Italian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Glen Little, English footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Ömer Çatkıç, Turkish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Bianca Rinaldi, Brazilian actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Maria Hjorth, Swedish golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Fred Hoiberg, American basketball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Matt Keeslar, American actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Michél Mazingu-Dinzey, German-Congolese footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Joey Abs, American wrestler Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Andy Cole, English footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Lauri Pilter, Estonian author and translator Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Eric Benét, American musician Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Ginuwine, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Vítor Baía, Portuguese footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Dominic West, English actor and director Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Didier Deschamps, French footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Vanessa Marcil, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Rod Wishart, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Trent Zimmerman, Australian politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Götz Otto, German actor and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Dan Forest, American politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Bill Charlap, American pianist and composer Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Ilse Huizinga, Dutch singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Dave Stead, English drummer Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Nasser El Sonbaty, German bodybuilder and trainer (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Roberto Vittori, Italian colonel, pilot, and astronaut Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Stanley Menzo, Dutch footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Vyacheslav Butusov, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Sarah, Duchess of York Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Emeril Lagasse, American chef and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Alex Paterson, English keyboard player Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Todd Solondz, American actor, director, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Stephen Clarke, English-French journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Michael Caton-Jones, Scottish actor, director, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Mira Nair, Indian-American actress, director, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Stacy Peralta, American skateboarder, director, producer, and businessman, co-founded Powell Peralta Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Kulbir Bhaura, Indian field hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Emma Chichester Clark, English author and illustrator Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Peter Bakowski, Australian poet and educator Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Steve Bracks, Australian politician, 44th Premier of Victoria Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Jere Burns, American actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Princess Friederike of Hanover Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Julia Yeomans, English physicist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Betsy Clifford, Canadian skier Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Tito Jackson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Larry Miller, American actor and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Peter Phillips, English conductor and musicologist Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Walter Jon Williams, American author Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Peter Richardson, English actor, director, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Roscoe Tanner, American tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Rafael Vaganian, Armenian chess player Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — A. F. Th. van der Heijden, Dutch author Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Atoy Co, Filipino basketball player, coach, and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Candida Royalle, American porn actress, director, and producer (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Laurie McBain, American author Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Prannoy Roy, Indian journalist, economist, and broadcaster, founded NDTV Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Renato Corona, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Chris de Burgh, Argentinian singer-songwriter and pianist Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Hümeyra, Turkish singer-songwriter and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Jaroslav Erno Šedivý, Czech drummer Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Victor Banerjee, Indian actor and director Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Richard Carpenter, American singer-songwriter and pianist Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Palle Danielsson, Swedish bassist and composer Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Stewart Stevenson, Scottish engineer and politician, Minister for Environment and Climate Change Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Steve Camacho, Guyanese cricketer (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Spanish cardinal Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Dave Hill, English actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Neophyte of Bulgaria, Bulgarian patriarch Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Jim Palmer, American baseball player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Sali Berisha, Albanian cardiologist and politician, 2nd President of Albania Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — A. Chandranehru, Sri Lankan Tamil merchant seaman and politician (d. 2005) Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Haim Saban, Egyptian-American businessman, co-founded Saban Entertainment Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — David Trimble, Northern Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Penny Marshall, American actress, director, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Hilo Chen, Taiwanese-American painter Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Harold W. Gehman, Jr., American admiral Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Don Stevenson, American singer-songwriter and drummer Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Roy Masters, Australian rugby league coach, journalist, and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Tommy Bishop, English rugby league player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Peter C. Doherty, Australian surgeon and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1993) Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Brice Marden, American painter Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Robert Ward, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Linda Lavin, American actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Michel Aumont, French actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Robert Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell, South African-English businessman Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Barry McGuire, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Dick McTaggart, Scottish boxer Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Bobby Morrow, American sprinter Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Willie O'Ree, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — Alan Elsdon, English trumpet player (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — N. Ramani, Indian flute player (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1933 — Nicky Barnes, American drug lord Wikipedia ↗
• 1932 — Jaan Rääts, Estonian guitarist and composer Wikipedia ↗
• 1931 — Freddy Cole, American singer and pianist Wikipedia ↗
• 1931 — Gail Harris, American baseball player and coach (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1931 — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th President of India (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1931 — Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark, English academic and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — FM-2030, Belgian-Iranian basketball player, philosopher and diplomat (d. 2000) Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Will Insley, American painter and architect (d. 2011) Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — B. S. Abdur Rahman, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — James E. Akins, American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (d. 2010) Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Agustín García Calvo, Spanish philosopher and poet (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Michel Foucault, French historian and philosopher (d. 1984) Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Ed McBain, American author and screenwriter (d. 2005) Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Jean Peters, American actress (d. 2000) Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Karl Richter, German organist and conductor (d. 1981) Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Mickey Baker, American-French guitarist (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗

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