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October 15th
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- Earliest day on which Sweetest Day can fall, while October 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Saturday in October. (Great Lakes Region)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Global Handwashing Day (International)
- Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day (Canada and the United States)
- Teachers' Day (Brazil)
- The Equirria or October equus, sacrifice of a horse to Mars. (Roman Empire)
- White Cane Safety Day (United States)
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- 2007 - Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post 9/11 anti-terrorism raids.
- 2005 - Iraqi constitution ratification vote.
- 2005 - A riot in Toledo, Ohio breaks out during a National Socialist/Neo-Nazi protest; over 100 are arrested.
- 2003 - China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.
- 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.
- 2001 - NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io.
- 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.
- 1997 - The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.
- 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.
- 1989 - Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL.
- 1987 - The Great Storm of 1987 hits France and England.
- 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.
- 1971 - The start of the 2500-year celebration of Iran, celebrating the birth of Persia.
- 1970 - Thirty-five construction workers are killed when a section of the new West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapses.
- 1970 - The domestic Soviet Aeroflot Flight 244 is hijacked and diverted to Turkey.
- 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.
- 1966 - Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
- 1965 - Vietnam War: The National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam stages the first public burning of a draft card in the United States to result in arrest under a new law.
- 1956 - Fortran, the first modern computer language, is shared with the coding community for the first time.
- 1953 - British nuclear test Totem 1 detonated at Emu Field, South Australia.
- 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 two oral contraceptives.
- 1945 - World War II: The former premier of Vichy France Pierre Laval is shot by a firing squad for treason.
- 1944 - The Arrow Cross Party (very similar to Hitler's NSDAP (Nazi party)) takes power in Hungary.
- 1939 - The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed La Guardia Airport) is dedicated.
- 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.
- 1932 - Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
- 1928 - The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
- 1917 - World War I: At Vincennes outside of Paris, Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for the German Empire.
- 1910 - Airship America launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.[1]
- 1904 - The Russian Baltic Fleet leaves Reval, Estonia for Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War.
- 1894 - The Dreyfus affair: Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying.
- 1888 - The "From Hell" letter sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
- 1880 - Mexican soldiers kill Victorio, one of the greatest Apache military strategists.
- 1878 - The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
- 1864 - American Civil War: The Battle of Glasgow is fought, resulting in the surrender of Glasgow, Missouri, and its Union garrison, to the Confederacy.
- 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.
- 1815 - Napoleon I of France begins his exile on Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 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.
- 1783 - The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon marks the first human ascent, by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, (tethered balloon).
- 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.
- 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.
- 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Vandals.
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- 2005 - Prince Christian of Denmark, Danish royal
- 1999 - Bailee Madison, American actress
- 1992 - Vincent Martella, American actor
- 1989 - Leandro Antonio Martínez, Argentinian/Italian footballer
- 1988 - Mesut Özil, German footballer
- 1987 - Jesse Levine, Canadian/American tennis player
- 1986 - Donghae, South Korean singer (Super Junior)
- 1986 - Carlo Janka, Swiss alpine ski racer
- 1985 - Walter Alberto López, Uruguayan footballer
- 1985 - Marcos Martínez, Spanish racing driver
- 1983 - Stephy Tang, Hong Kong singer and actress
- 1983 - Holly Montag, American reality TV personality
- 1982 - Paulini Curuenavuli, Fijian/Australian singer
- 1982 - Charline Labonté, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1982 - Sachiko Yamada, Japanese swimmer
- 1981 - Keyshia Cole, American R&B singer
- 1981 - Elena Dementieva, Russian tennis player
- 1981 - Abram Elam, American football player
- 1981 - Guo Jingjing, Chinese diver
- 1981 - Radoslav Židek, Slovak snowboarder
- 1980 - Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist
- 1980 - Siiri Nordin, Finnish singer (Killer)
- 1979 - Paul Robinson, English footballer
- 1979 - M?ris Verpakovskis, Latvian footballer
- 1979 - Blue Adams, American Football Player
- 1978 - Devon Gummersall, American actor
- 1978 - Takeshi Morishima, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1977 - Masato Kawabata, Japanese racing driver
- 1977 - Erin McKeown, American musician
- 1977 - David Trezeguet, French football player
- 1977 - Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1976 - Manuel Dallan, Italian rugby player
- 1976 - Yoon Son-ha, South Korean actress and singer
- 1975 - Alessandro Doga, Italian footballer
- 1975 - Ginuwine, American singer
- 1975 - Glen Little, English footballer
- 1974 - Bianca Rinaldi, Brazilian actress
- 1973 - Dax Riggs, American musician
- 1972 - Fred Hoiberg, American basketball player
- 1972 - Matt Keeslar, American actor
- 1972 - Sandra Kim, Belgian singer
- 1971 - Andy Cole, British footballer
- 1971 - Jason Arhndt, American wrestler
- 1970 - Eric Benét, American singer
- 1969 - Vanessa Marcil, American actress
- 1969 - Dominic West, British actor
- 1969 - Vítor Baía, Portuguese footballer
- 1969 - Paige Davis, American television personality and actress
- 1968 - Jyrki 69, Finnish musician The 69 Eyes
- 1968 - Didier Deschamps, French footballer
- 1966 - Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer
- 1964 - Roberto Vittori, Italian astronaut
- 1960 - Daniel Mazur, American mountaineer
- 1959 - Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York
- 1959 - Emeril Lagasse, American chef
- 1959 - Todd Solondz, American film director
- 1958 - Stephen Clarke, British author
- 1958 - Renée Jones, American actress
- 1957 - Mira Nair, Indian director
- 1957 - Stacy Peralta, American director
- 1955 - Kulbir Bhaura, British field hockey player
- 1955 - Tanya Roberts, American actress
- 1954 - Peter Bakowski, Australian poet
- 1954 - Princess Friederike of Hanover, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- 1953 - Tito Jackson, American musician
- 1953 - Larry Miller, American actor and comedian
- 1953 - Betsy Clifford, Canadian alpine skier
- 1951 - Rafael Vaganian, Armenian chess grandmaster
- 1951 - Peter Richardson, English actor, comedian, and writer
- 1949 - Laurie McBain, U.S.American novelist.
- 1949 - Prannoy Roy, Indian journalist and psephologist, CEO – NDTV
- 1948 - Chris de Burgh, Irish singer and songwriter
- 1946 - Richard Carpenter, American musician (The Carpenters)
- 1946 - Stewart Stevenson, Scottish politician
- 1945 - Jere Burns, American actor
- 1945 - Jim Palmer, American baseball player
- 1944 - Sali Berisha, former President of Albania; current Prime Minister
- 1944 - David Trimble, Irish politician, Nobel laureate
- 1944 - Haim Saban, Egyptian-born American media proprietor
- 1942 - Penny Marshall, American actress and movie director
- 1940 - Tommy Bishop, English rugby league player
- 1940 - Peter Doherty, Australian immunologist, Nobel laureate
- 1938 - Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician and political activist (d. 1997)
- 1938 - Marv Johnson, American singer (d. 1993)
- 1937 - Linda Lavin, American actress
- 1935 - Bobby Joe Morrow, American sprinter
- 1935 - Barry McGuire, American singer
- 1935 - Willie O'Ree, Canadian Hockey Player
- 1934 - N. Ramani, Indian flutist
- 1931 - Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Eleventh President of India
- 1930 - Fereydun M. Esfandiary, Iranian philosopher (d. 2000)
- 1926 - Michel Foucault, French philosopher (d. 1984)
- 1926 - Evan Hunter, American author (d. 2005)
- 1926 - Jean Peters, American actress (d. 2000)
- 1926 - Karl Richter, German conductor (d. 1981)
- 1926 - James E. Akins, American diplomat and adviser to Richard Nixon (d. 2010)
- 1925 - Mickey Baker, American guitarist (Mickey & Sylvia)
- 1924 - Lee Iacocca, American automotive executive
- 1924 - Mark Lenard, American actor (d. 1996)
- 1924 - Marguerite Andersen, German writer
- 1924 - Warren Miller, American director
- 1923 - Italo Calvino. Italian writer (d. 1985)
- 1922 - Agustina Bessa-Luís, Portuguese writer
- 1920 - Mario Puzo, American novelist (d. 1999)
- 1920 - Henri Verneuil, French film director (d. 2002)
- 1919 - Malcolm Ross, American balloonist and atmospheric physicist (d. 1985)
- 1917 - Jan Miner, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1917 - Arthur Schlesinger Jr., American historian and political commentator (d. 2007)
- 1915 - Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli politician
- 1909 - Robert Trout, American reporter (d. 2000)
- 1909 - Jesse Leonard Greenstein, American astronomer (d. 2002)
- 1908 - John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-born US economist (d. 2006)
- 1907 - Varian Fry, American journalist (d. 1967)
- 1906 - Hiram Leong Fong, American politician (d. 2004)
- 1905 - C. P. Snow, British writer (d. 1980)
- 1900 - Mervyn LeRoy, American film director (d. 1987)
- 1898 - Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian athlete (d. 1951)
- 1894 - Moshe Sharett, second Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1965)
- 1893 - King Carol II of Romania, (d. 1953)
- 1890 - Álvaro de Campos, a heteronym of Fernando Pessoa (d. 1935).
- 1884 - Arch Hoxsey, pioneer aviator (d. 1910)
- 1882 - Charley O'Leary, American baseball player (d. 1941)
- 1881 - P. G. Wodehouse, British novelist (d. 1975)
- 1879 - Jane Darwell, Academy Award-winning American actress (d. 1967)
- 1878 - Paul Reynaud, French politician (d. 1966)
- 1874 - Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, (d. 1899)
- 1872 - Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian president (d. 1956)
- 1858 - John L. Sullivan, American boxer (d. 1918)
- 1844 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (d. 1900)
- 1840 - Honoré Mercier, politician and premier of Quebec (d. 1894)
- 1836 - James Tissot, French artist (d. 1902)
- 1829 - Asaph Hall, American astronomer (d. 1907)
- 1825 - Queen Marie of Prussia, (d. 1889)
- 1814 - Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author (d. 1841)
- 1785 - José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and founding father (d. 1821)
- 1784 - Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Marshal of France and duke of Isly (d. 1849)
- 1711 - Elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741)
- 1701 - Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771)
- 1686 - Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758)
- 1608 - Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647)
- 1471 - Konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526)
- -70 - Virgil, Roman poet (d. 19 BC)