October 15

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on October 15. From 1900 until now. October 15 is under the sign of Libra. Famous birthdays on this day include Vanessa Marcil (1968), Sarah Ferguson (1959) and Michel Foucault (1926). Several movies were released around October 15 over the years, such as The Prestige in 2006 directed by Christopher Nolan and Persona in 1966 directed by Ingmar Bergman.
But much more happened on October 15 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

United States - White Cane Safety Day, National Grouch Day, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day
R.C. Saints - Saint Teresa of Avila
Roman festivals - the Equirria or October equus: sacrifice of a horse to Mars
French Republican Calendar - Amaryllis (Amaryllis) Day, twenty-fourth day in the Month of VendTmiaire

Events

2018 2018 Cologne attack: At least three people are injured after a man firebombs a fast-food restaurant in the Cologne main station and takes a woman hostage. The woman is later rescued by German counter-terrorism units. (The Guardian) (Washington Post)
2017 2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict: Battle of Kirkuk (2017): Iraqi forces advance into Kurdish-held territory around the city of Kirkuk. Clashes have been reported in the surrounding cities. (Reuters) (RT)
2016 Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017), 2016 October Baghdad attacks: Attacks targeting a Shi'ite Muslim gathering, a police check-point, and the family of an anti-Islamic State Sunni paramilitary leader, kill at least 55 people in Iraq. (Reuters)ISIL claims responsibility as a response to take back launching of its stronghold Mosul by the Iraqi forces. (TeleSUR)
2015 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): President of the United States Barack Obama announces that he will keep 5,500 troops in Afghanistan. (RT)
2014 At least eight people are killed as villagers clash with construction workers and riot police over land disputes in Yunnan province, China. (AFP via AsiaOne)
2013 War in Afghanistan (2001–present):: A bomb in a mosque in Afghanistan's Logar Province kills the governor Arsala Jamal and results in other injuries. (Reuters via IOL)
2012 Syrian civil war: An Armenian plane destined for the Syrian city of Aleppo is searched by Turkish authorities after being grounded in the east of the country. (National Turk)
2011 2011 Yemeni protests: At least nine people are killed and dozens injured in the Yemeni capital Sana'a after security forces use tear gas and live ammunition to disperse anti-government protesters. (VoA) (BBC)
2010 United Nations envoy Margot Wallström says Congolese government troops may have committed rape and murder in the Democratic Republic of the Congo weeks after similar attacks by rebels. (BBC)
2009 Treaty of Lisbon:
2008 The US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, and the Swiss National Bank announce they will allow unlimited loans in US dollars.
2007 Fox Television Stations Group launches a new business television cable channel in the USA.
2006 In Hawaii, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurs. Power outages occur throughout the Hawaiian Islands. Damage estimated at US$73 million.
2005 A riot in Toledo, Ohio breaks out during a National Socialist/Neo-Nazi protest; over 100 are arrested.
2004 Presidential elections in the war torn country of Burundi are postponed until April 2005. (BBC)
2003 The 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash kills 11 after one of its ferries slams into a pier.
2002 A Kiev judge ordered prosecutors to open a criminal probe of Ukraine's veteran President Leonid Kuchma, on charges of corruption and abuse of power.
2001 NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io.
2000 Nintendo releases the PokTmon Gold and PokTmon Silver video games for the Game Boy Color in the USA. 1.4 million copies sell in the first week.
1999 National Geographic Society reveals the fossil of Archaeoraptor in a press conference (the fossil is later found to be a forgery).
1998 American Airlines becomes the first airline to offer electronic ticketing in all 44 countries it serves.
1997 Cleveland Indians beat Baltimore Orioles 4 games to 2 in ALCS
1996 Several large strikes begin in various industries across Belgium in protest to the dismissal of the magistrate Jean-Marc Connerotte by the Supreme Court.
1995 Carolina Panthers win 1st game ever beating New York Jets 26-15
1994 Botswana President Ketumile Masires BDP wins parliamentary election
1993 Amstel brewery on Curacao produces 1,000,000,000th bottle
1992 Charles Taylor launches an offensive against Monrovia Liberia
1991 Clarence Thomas is confirmed as Supreme Court Justice (52-48)
1990 Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev wins Nobel Peace Prize
1989 Billy Graham is given the 1,900th star on Hollywood Boulevard.
1988 NCAA record rushing yardage (768 yards-Oklahoma).
1987 Late Nite Comic opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 4 performances
1986 Longest post-season game, New York Mets beat Houston Astros 7-6 in 16 innings and win National League pennant.
1985 Nobel prize for economics awarded to Franco Modigliani
1984 Centrum party expels 2nd Member of parliament Janmaat due to fraud
1983 Black Hawks and Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds)
1982 The Garn - St Germain Depository Institutions Act deregulates the U.S. savings and loan industry.
1981 New York Yankees capture 33rd AL pennant, sweeping 3 games from Oakland Athletics
1980 George Brett is forced out of World Series with hemorrhoids
1979 1st Monday night game from NYC, Jets beat Vikings 14-7 (Shea Stadium)
1978 Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Civitan Golf Open
1977 Don Ritchie runs world record 100 mile (11:30:51)
1976 1st debate of major-ticket VP nominees Mondale (D) vs. Dole (R)
1974 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Paul J Flory (macro molecules)
1973 7th Country Music Association Award: Roy Clark wins
1972 61st Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Bucharest (3-2)
1971 The start of the 2500-year celebration of Iran, celebrating the birth of Persia.
1970 Bridge over Yarra River in Melbourne crashes; killing 35
1969 Bank of America World Headquarters (555 California) dedicated
1968 AL expansion draft, Kansas City pick Roger Nelson and Pilots pick Don Mincher 1st
1966 LBJ signs a bill creating Department of Transportation (DOT)
1965 WEMT (now WVII) TV channel 7 in Bangor, ME (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 Dr Martin Luther King Jr awarded Nobel Peace Prize
1963 Ludwig Erhard follows Conrad Adenauer as West German Chancellor
1962 WLOX TV channel 13 in Biloxi-Gulfport, MS (ABC) begins broadcasting
1960 Laughs & Other Events closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 8 performances
1959 Untouchables premieres
1958 Tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Egypt
1957 Giants trade Minneapolis franchise to Red Sox for SF Seals-franchises only, not the players
1956 Pyotr Bolotnikov runs world record 10k (28:42.8)
1954 Hurricane Hazel strikes US and Canada, 348 die
1953 KOIN TV channel 6 in Portland, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
1951 I Love Lucy debuts on CBS TV
1949 Billy Graham begins his ministry
1946 Smallest World Series share since 1918 (Cards $3,748, Red Sox $2,140)
1945 Baseball Attendance hits record 10.28 million (Tigers 1.28 is highest)
1944 The Arrow Cross Party (very similar to Hitler's NSDAP (Nazi party)) takes power in Hungary.
1941 1st mass deportation of German Jews to Eastern Europe
1939 Yeshiva of Mir closes after 124 years
1938 Robert Sherwoods Abe Lincoln in Illinois, premieres in New York City
1937 Ernest Hemingway novel To Have & Have Not published
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.
1933 Philadelphia Eagles play first NFL game, lose to New York Giants 56-0.
1932 Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
1928 German dirigible Graf Zeppelin lands in Lakehurst, New Jersey
1926 Austria government of Seipel, forms
1925 Pittsburgh Pirates beat Washington Senators, 4 games to 3 in 22nd World Series.
1924 President Coolidge declares Statue of Liberty a national monument
1923 New York Yankees' first World Series win beating New York Giants, 4 games to two (World Series #20).
1918 British Q-ship Cymric sinks British submarine J6
1917 Chicago White Sox beat New York Giants, four games to two in 14th World Series.
1915 WWI: Austria-Hungary invades the Kingdom of Serbia. Kingdom of Bulgaria enters the war, invading Kingdom of Serbia. The retreat of the Serbian First Army towards Greece begins the Serbian Campaign (WWI).
1914 Battle of Warsaw, begins (ends October 21)
1913 Train crash in Liverpool during Black Week
1910 Airship America launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
1905 Union workers at NVV rejects safety demands
1904 The Russian Baltic Fleet leaves Reval, Estonia for Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War.
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