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What are the important events that happened on October 15? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 15: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 15 is the 288th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 77 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 2, 2021 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 27,237,600 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaoctacontaoctagon’ day.
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Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 109 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 3,220 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 15 Historical Events
- 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.
- 1904 –The Russian Baltic Fleet leaves Reval, Estonia for Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War.
- 1966 –Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
- 1971 –The start of the 2500-year celebration of Iran, celebrating the birth of Persia.
- 1989 –Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL.
Who were born on October 15?
- 1874 –Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, (d. 1899)
- 1953 –Tito Jackson, American musician
- 1974 –Bianca Rinaldi, Brazilian actress
- 1976 –Christian Allen, American video game designer
- 1979 –Paul Robinson, English footballer
Who died on October 15?
- 1389 –Pope Urban VI
- 1945 –Pierre Laval, French politician (b. 1883)
- 1988 –Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English composer and pianist (b. 1892)
- 1999 –Josef Locke, Irish-born tenor (b. 1917)
- 2011 –Betty Driver, British Actress (b. 1920)
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