Page 4: Historical Events In October - 15

1898  Gunther Ramin, composer on this day in history.   

1899  Cincinnati closes season with 16-1 & 19-3 victories over Cleve Spiders on October - 15.   

1900  Fritz Feld, Berlin Germany, actor (Jack Benny Show, At the Circus) on October - 15.   

1900  Zdenek Fibich, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history bernard von Brentano, German writer (Big Cats)   

1902  Andrey Yakolevich Shtogarenko, composer on October - 15.   

1904  Julian Hodge, British financier/multi-millionaire (Hodge Group) on October - 15.   

1905  On this day in history claude Debussy's "La Mer," premieres   

1905  On this day in history alexey Kozlovsky, composer   

1906  Hiram Fong, Honolulu U.S. (Sen-R-Hawaii) on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history john "Cardinal" Dearden, US cardinal (1969-88)/archbishop of Detroit   

1908  John Kenneth Galbraith, economist (Affluent Society-58 Hillman Award) on this day in history.   

1909  Robert Trout, Wake County NC, newscaster (ABC) on October - 15.   

1910  Xenophon Balaskas, cricketer (South African leg-spinner of 30's) on October - 15.   

1910  Stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, heavy weight boxing champ, shot & killed on October - 15.   

1911  On October - 15 james H[enry] Schmitz, Germany, sci-fi author (Lion Game)   

1912  Red Sox Tris Speaker's makes only world series unassisted double play, from the outfield on this day in history.   

1913  Train crash in Liverpool during "Black Week" on this day in history.   

1913  Klaus Barbie, gestapo chief (Lyon) on this day in history.   

1914  ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers) founded on October - 15.   

1914  On this day in history clayton Antitrust Act passed   

1914  Aleksander Rozycki, composer, dies at 69 on October - 15.   

1915  W Weyrauch, writer on this day in history.   

1917  Mata Hari Dutch dancer/German spy executed by firing squad in Paris on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history uSS Cassin (DD-43) torpedoed by German submarine U-61 off coast of Ireland. In trying to save the ship, Gunner's Mate Osmond Kelly Ingram becomes first American sailor killed in World War I and later is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism. He becomes the first enlisted man to have a ship named for him, in 1919.   

1917  Chicago White Sox beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 14th World Series on October - 15.   

1917  On October - 15 arthur Schlesinger Jr, Ohio, historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson)   

1917  Mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris on October - 15.   

1918  On October - 15 british Q-ship Cymric sinks British submarine J6   

1919  14 horses begin 300-mile race from Vt to Mass for $1000 prize money on October - 15.   

1919  Edwin C Tubb, Brits sci-fi writer (Earth is Heaven, Earthfall) on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history mario Puzo, novelist (The Godfather) born   

1921  On this day in history angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table tennis player (World Champ 1950-55)   

1922  Agustina Bessa-Luís, Portuguese writer on this day in history.   

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1471  On this day in history birth of konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526)   

1542  Djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605) was born on October - 15.   

1550  Henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange was born on this day in history.   

1608  Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647) was born on this day in history.   

1674  Robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together) was born on this day in history.   

1686  On this day in history birth of allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758)   

1701  On October - 15 birth of marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771)   

1711  On this day in history birth of elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741)   

0412  On this day in history death of theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria   

0892  On this day in history al-Mutamid, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   

0898  On this day in history death of lambert, Holy Roman Emperor   

0912  On October - 15 death of abdullah ibn Muhammad, Emir of Córdoba   

1002  Death of Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946) on this day in history.   

1080  Rudolf von Schwaben, German anti-King, dies on this day in history.   

1268  Dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies on this day in history.   

1271  Hostiensis, [Henricus the Segusia], cardinal/bishop of Ostia, dies on this day in history.