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, 1,634,256,000 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 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
- 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.
- 1783 –The Montgolfier brothers’ hot air balloon marks the first human ascent, by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, (tethered balloon).
- 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.
- 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.
- 1944 –The Arrow Cross Party (very similar to Hitler’s NSDAP (Nazi party)) takes power in Hungary.
- 1953 –British nuclear test Totem 1 detonated at Emu Field, South Australia.
- 1970 –Thirty-five construction workers are killed when a section of the new West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapses.
- 1989 –Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL.
- 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.
Who were born on October 15?
- 1784 –Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Marshal of France and duke of Isly (d. 1849)
- 1865 –Albert Heijn, Dutch businessman (d. 1945)
- 1890 –Álvaro de Campos, a heteronym of Fernando Pessoa (d. 1935).
- 1920 –Henri Verneuil, French film director (d. 2002)
- 1924 –Mark Lenard, American actor (d. 1996)
- 1946 –John Getz, American actor
- 1946 –Richard Carpenter, American musician (The Carpenters)
- 1968 –Jyrki 69, Finnish musician The 69 Eyes
- 1981 –Guo Jingjing, Chinese diver
- 1983 –Stephy Tang, Hong Kong singer and actress
Who died on October 15?
- 1002 –Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946)
- 1810 –Alfred Moore, American judrist (b. 1755)
- 1918 –Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian religious figure (b. c. 1838)
- 1945 –Pierre Laval, French politician (b. 1883)
- 1946 –Hermann Göring, German Nazi official (b. 1893)
- 1960 –Clara Kimball Young, American actress (b. 1890)
- 1964 –Cole Porter, American composer (b. 1891)
- 1966 –Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, British politician (b. 1876)
- 2005 –Jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977)
- 2008 –Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Turkish poet (b. 1914)
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