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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 77 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 2, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,341,440 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 125 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 4,681 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 15 Historical Events
- 1815 –Napoleon I of France begins his exile on Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1880 –Mexican soldiers kill Victorio, one of the greatest Apache military strategists.
- 1932 –Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
- 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.
- 1945 –World War II: The former premier of Vichy France Pierre Laval is shot by a firing squad for treason.
- 1956 –Fortran, the first modern computer language, is shared with the coding community for the first time.
- 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.
- 2003 –China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.
- 2007 –Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country’s first post 9/11 anti-terrorism raids.
- 2011 –Global protests break out in 951 cities in 82 countries.
Who were born on October 15?
- 1784 –Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Marshal of France and duke of Isly (d. 1849)
- 1825 –Queen Marie of Prussia, (d. 1889)
- 1858 –John L. Sullivan, American boxer (d. 1918)
- 1912 –Nellie Lutcher, American pianist, R&B and jazz singer (d. 1950)
- 1927 –Bill Henry, American baseball player
- 1942 –Penny Marshall, American actress and film director
- 1955 –Tanya Roberts, American actress
- 1964 –Roberto Vittori, Italian astronaut
- 1968 –Didier Deschamps, French footballer
- 1980 –Siiri Nordin, Finnish singer (Killer)
Who died on October 15?
- 1730 –Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (b. 1658)
- 1900 –Zdeněk Fibich, Czech composer (b. 1850)
- 1930 –Herbert Henry Dow, American chemical industrialist (b. 1866)
- 1946 –Hermann Göring, German Nazi official (b. 1893)
- 1960 –Clara Kimball Young, American actress (b. 1890)
- 1964 –Cole Porter, American composer (b. 1891)
- 1994 –Sarah Kofman, French philosopher (b. 1934)
- 1995 –Bengt Åkerblom, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1967)
- 2007 –Piet Boukema, Dutch jurist and politician (b. 1933)
- 2008 –Jack Narz, American game show host (b. 1922)
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