Page 4: Historical Events In October - 15

1898  Gunther Ramin, composer on October - 15.   

1899  Cincinnati closes season with 16-1 & 19-3 victories over Cleve Spiders on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history fritz Feld, Berlin Germany, actor (Jack Benny Show, At the Circus)   

1900  On this day in history zdenek Fibich, composer, dies at 49   

1901  On October - 15 bernard von Brentano, German writer (Big Cats)   

1902  On this day in history andrey Yakolevich Shtogarenko, composer   

1904  Julian Hodge, British financier/multi-millionaire (Hodge Group) on this day in history.   

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 October - 15.   

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 October - 15.   

1909  Robert Trout, Wake County NC, newscaster (ABC) on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history xenophon Balaskas, cricketer (South African leg-spinner of 30's)   

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

1911  On this day in history 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  On this day in history train crash in Liverpool during "Black Week"   

1913  Klaus Barbie, gestapo chief (Lyon) on October - 15.   

1914  On this day in history aSCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers) founded   

1914  Clayton Antitrust Act passed on October - 15.   

1914  On October - 15 aleksander Rozycki, composer, dies at 69   

1915  On this day in history w Weyrauch, writer   

1917  On this day in history mata Hari Dutch dancer/German spy executed by firing squad in Paris   

1917  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 on this day in history.   

1917  On October - 15 chicago White Sox beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 14th World Series   

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 this day in history.   

1918  British Q-ship Cymric sinks British submarine J6 on this day in history.   

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 October - 15.   

1921  On October - 15 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 October - 15 birth of konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526)   

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

1550  On October - 15 birth of henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange   

1608  On this day in history birth of evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647)   

1674  On this day in history birth of robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together)   

1686  Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758) was born on October - 15.   

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  Al-Mutamid, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on October - 15.   

0898  Death of Lambert, Holy Roman Emperor on this day in history.   

0912  Death of Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Emir of Córdoba on October - 15.   

1002  On October - 15 death of otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946)   

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

1268  On October - 15 dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies   

1271  On this day in history hostiensis, [Henricus the Segusia], cardinal/bishop of Ostia, dies