October 15
(Redirected from 15 October)
October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 77 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 412 - Pope Theophilus of Alexandria
- 767 – Constantine II, Patriarch of Constantinople (executed)
- 898 - Lambert, Holy Roman Emperor
- 1002 – Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 949)
- 1174 - Petronilla of Aragon (b. 1135)
- 1326 - Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (b. 1261)
- 1389 – Pope Urban VI (b. 1318)
- 1564 - Andreas Vesalius, Flemish anatomist (b. 1514)
- 1582 – Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Carmelite nun and poet (b. 1515)
- 1715 - Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (b. 1675)
- 1811 – Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter (b. 1735)
- 1817 - Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Lithuanian-Polish military figure (b. 1746)
- 1819 - Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1744)
- 1837 - Ivan Dimitriev, Russian poet and statesman (b. 1760)
- 1865 - Andrés Bello, Venezuelan polymath (b. 1781)
- 1880 – Victorio, Apache leader
- 1891 – Gilbert Arthur a Beckett, British writer (b. 1837)
- 1900 – Zdenek Fibich, Czech composer (b. 1850)
1901 – 2000
- 1904 - George, King of Saxony (b. 1832)
- 1917 – Mata Hari, Dutch exotic dancer and spy (b. 1867)
- 1918 - Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and national saint of India (b. 1838)
- 1933 - Nitobe Inazo, Japanese diplomat (b. 1862)
- 1934 – Raymond Poincaré, French statesman (b. 1860)
- 1945 – Pierre Laval, premier of Vichy France (b. 1860)
- 1946 – Hermann Göring, German air force commander (b. 1893)
- 1948 - Edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863)
- 1955 - Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer (b. 1914)
- 1959 - Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian politician (b. 1909)
- 1960 - Clara Kimball Young, American actress and producer (b. 1890)
- 1964 – Cole Porter, American composer (b. 1891)
- 1965 – Abraham Fraenkel, Israeli mathematician (b. 1891)
- 1976 - Carlo Gambino, Italian-American crime boss (b. 1902)
- 1980 - Mikhail Lavrentyov, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900)
- 1980 - Apostolis Nikolaidis, Greek footballer and volleyball player (b. 1896)
- 1987 – Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso politician (b. 1949)
- 1988 – Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, Indian composer and classical pianist (b. 1892)
- 1990 - Delphine Seyrig, French actress (b. 1932)
- 1994 - Sarah Kofman, French philosopher (b. 1934)
- 1995 - Marco Campos, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1976)
- 1998 - Colette Darfeuil, French actress (b. 1906)
- 2000 – Konrad Emil Bloch, German-American biochemist (b. 1912)
From 2001
- 2001 – Zhang Xueliang, Chinese warlord and military figure (b. 1901)
- 2003 – Ben Metcalfe, environmental activist (b. 1919)
- 2005 - Jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977)
- 2011 - Betty Driver, English actress (b. 1920)
- 2012 - Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia (b. 1922)
- 2012 - Claude Cheysson, French politician (b. 1920)
- 2013 - Rudolf Friedrich, Swiss politician (b. 1923)
- 2013 - Hans Riegel, German businessman (b. 1923)
- 2014 - Marie Dubois, French actress (b. 1937)
- 2014 - Giovanni Reale, Italian historian and philosopher (b. 1931)
- 2014 - Robert Tiernan, American politician (b. 1929)
- 2015 - Kenneth D. Taylor, Canadian diplomat (b. 1934)
- 2015 - Nate Huffman, American basketball player (b. 1975)
- 2015 - Sergei Filippenkov, Russian footballer (b. 1971)
- 2015 - Larry N. Vanderhoef, American biochemist (b. 1941)
- 2015 - Neill Sheridan, American baseball player (b. 1921)
Births
1901 – 1925
- 1905 – Angelo Schiavio, Italian footballer (d. 1990)
- 1906 – Hiram Leong Fong, Hawaiian politician (d. 2004)
- 1907 – Varian Fry, rescuer of Jewish and other intellectuals from Marseilles in 1940 (d. 1987)
- 1908 – John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian economist (d. 2006)
- 1909 - Jesse Leonard Greenstein, American astronomer (d. 2002)
- 1909 – Robert Trout, reporter (d. 2000)
- 1911 - John S. McKiernan, Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1997)
- 1913 - Xi Zhongxun, Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician (d. 2002)
- 1914 – Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (d. 2007)
- 1915 – Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli politician and Prime Minister of Israel (d. 2012)
- 1916 - Hassan Gouled Aptidon, 1st President of Djibouti (d. 2006)
- 1917 – Arthur Schlesinger Jr., American political commentator and writer (d. 2007)
- 1917 – Jan Miner, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1919 - Malcolm Ross, American balloonist and physicist (d. 1985)
- 1920 – Mario Puzo, American novelist (d. 1999)
- 1920 – Chris Economaki, American Indianapolis 500 reporter (d. 2012)
- 1920 - Heinz Barth, German SS officer and war criminal (d. 2007)
- 1923 – Italo Calvino. Italian writer (d. 1985)
- 1924 – Lee Iacocca, industrialist
- 1924 – José Quintero, stage director
- 1924 – Mark Lenard, actor (d. 1996)
1926 – 1950
- 1926 – Michel Foucault, French philosopher (d. 1984)
- 1926 – Evan Hunter (Ed McBain, Curt Cannon), American writer (d. 2005)
- 1926 – Jean Peters, American actress (d. 2000)
- 1926 – Karl Richter, German conductor (d. 1981)
- 1926 - Agustin Garcia Calvo, Spanish philosopher (d. 2012)
- 1927 - Jeannette Charles, English actress
- 1927 - Bill Henry, American baseball player (d. 2014)
- 1927 - B. S. Abdur Rahman, Indian entrepreneur (d. 2015)
- 1930 - FM-2030, Iranian philosopher (d. 2000)
- 1930 - Ned McWherter, Governor of Tennessee (d. 2011)
- 1931 – Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Indian scientist and former President of India (d. 2015)
- 1931 - Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark, English academic and politician
- 1935 – Bobby Joe Morrow, American athlete
- 1935 - Dick McTaggart, British boxer
- 1935 - Maria Teresa Mirabal, Dominican activist (d. 1960)
- 1937 – Barry McGuire, singer
- 1937 - Linda Lavin, American actress, singer, director and producer
- 1938 – Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician (d. 1997)
- 1939 - Telesphore Toppo, Indian cardinal
- 1939 - Carmelo Bossi, Italian boxer (d. 2014)
- 1939 - Anna Maria Gherardi, Italian actress (d. 2014)
- 1940 – Peter C. Doherty, Australian immunologist
- 1940 – Benno Ohnesorg, German student (d. 1967)
- 1942 – Penny Marshall, actress, comedienne, movie director
- 1942 - Eric Charden, French singer (d. 2012)
- 1943 - John F. Street, American politician
- 1943 - Stanley Fischer, American economist and teacher
- 1944 – Sali Berisha, Albanian politician
- 1944 – David Trimble, Northern Irish politician, Nobel Peace Prize winner
- 1945 – Jim Palmer, American baseball player
- 1945 - Neophyte of Bulgaria, Bulgarian patriarch
- 1945 - Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Spanish cardinal
- 1946 – Richard Carpenter, singer, pianist, composer (Carpenters)
- 1946 - Stewart Stevenson, Scottish politician
- 1948 – Chris de Burgh, Irish singer
- 1948 - Renato Corona, Filipino jurist (d. 2016)
1951 – 1975
- 1951 - Roscoe Tanner, American tennis player
- 1951 - Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, Egyptian politician
- 1953 – Tito Jackson, American musician (Jackson 5)
- 1953 - Günther Oettinger, German politician
- 1954 - Princess Friederike of Hanover
- 1954 - Jere Burns, American actor
- 1955 - Tanya Roberts, American actress (d. 2021)
- 1955 - Kulbir Bhaura, Indian field hockey player
- 1956 - Soraya Post, Swedish politician
- 1956 - Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal, 36th Vice President of the Dominican Republic
- 1957 – Mira Nair, Indian director
- 1957 - Stacy Peralta, American director
- 1959 – Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York
- 1959 – Emeril Lagasse, American chef
- 1959 – Todd Solondz, director
- 1964 – Roberto Vittori, Italian astronaut
- 1966 - Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer
- 1966 - Dave Stead, English musician (Beautiful South)
- 1966 - Dougie Vipond, Scottish broadcaster and drummer (Deacon Blue)
- 1968 – Jyrki 69, Finnish musician
- 1968 – Didier Deschamps, French footballer
- 1968 - Vanessa Marcil, American actress
- 1969 – Dominic West, British actor
- 1969 - Vitor Baia, Portuguese footballer
- 1970 – Eric Benét, singer
- 1971 – Andy Cole, British footballer
- 1971 - Niko Kovac, Croatian footballer and coach
- 1972 – Sandra Kim, Belgian singer, Eurovision Song Contest winner
- 1972 - Fred Hoiberg, American basketball player
- 1974 - Bianca Rinaldi, Brazilian actress
- 1975 – Ginuwine, American singer
From 1976
- 1977 – David Trezeguet, French footballer
- 1979 – Paul Robinson, English footballer
- 1979 – Maris Verpakovskis, Latvian footballer
- 1981 – Elena Dementieva, Russian tennis player
- 1981 - Keyshia Cole, American singer
- 1982 - Sachiko Yamada, Japanese swimmer
- 1983 - Holly Montag, American television personality
- 1983 - Bruno Senna, Brazilian racing driver
- 1983 – Andreas Ivanschitz, Austrian footballer
- 1986 - Lee Donghae, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress
- 1986 - Carlo Janka, Swiss skier
- 1987 - Chantal Strand, Canadian voice actress and singer
- 1988 – Mesut Oezil, German footballer
- 1989 - Anthony Joshua, English boxer
- 1989 - Fedez, Italian rapper and singer
- 1990 - Jeon Ji-yoon, South Korean singer and actress
- 1990 - Kiko Mizuhara, American-Japanese model, actress and singer
- 1995 - Billy Unger, American actor
- 1996 - Zelo, South Korean rapper and dancer
- 1999 - Bailee Madison, American actress
- 2005 – Prince Christian of Denmark
Deaths
Holidays and observances
- Saint Teresa of Ávila Feast Day
- Global Handwashing Day
- National Tree Planting Day (Sri Lanka)
- Teachers' Day (Brazil)