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, 1,760,486,400 seconds 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
- 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.
- 1864 –American Civil War: The Battle of Glasgow is fought, resulting in the surrender of Glasgow, Missouri, and its Union garrison, to the Confederacy.
- 1928 –The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
- 1932 –Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
- 1945 –World War II: The former premier of Vichy France Pierre Laval is shot by a firing squad for treason.
- 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.
- 1970 –Thirty-five construction workers are killed when a section of the new West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapses.
- 1987 –The Great Storm of 1987 hits France and England.
- 1989 –Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL.
- 2007 –Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country’s first post 9/11 anti-terrorism raids.
Who were born on October 15?
- 1893 –King Carol II of Romania, (d. 1953)
- 1894 –Moshe Sharett, second Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1965)
- 1938 –Marv Johnson, American singer (d. 1993)
- 1954 –Peter Bakowski, Australian poet
- 1959 –Todd Solondz, American film director
- 1968 –Jyrki 69, Finnish musician The 69 Eyes
- 1969 –Vítor Baía, Portuguese footballer
- 1971 –Andy Cole, British footballer
- 1972 –Matt Keeslar, American actor
- 1980 –Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist
Who died on October 15?
- 412 –Pope Theophilus of Alexandria
- 912 –Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi, Spanish-born Moor religious figure (b. 844)
- 1389 –Pope Urban VI
- 1880 –Victorio, Apache leader
- 1981 –Philip Fotheringham-Parker, British racing driver (b. 1907)
- 1987 –Thomas Sankara, Burkinan military officer and politician (b. 1949)
- 1995 –Bengt Åkerblom, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1967)
- 1995 –Marco Campos, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1976)
- 1999 –Josef Locke, Irish-born tenor (b. 1917)
- 2008 –Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Turkish poet (b. 1914)
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