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  Fritz Feld, Berlin Germany, actor (Jack Benny Show, At the Circus) on this day in history.   

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

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

1902  On October - 15 andrey Yakolevich Shtogarenko, composer   

1904  On this day in history julian Hodge, British financier/multi-millionaire (Hodge Group)   

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

1905  On October - 15 alexey Kozlovsky, composer   

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

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

1908  On October - 15 john Kenneth Galbraith, economist (Affluent Society-58 Hillman Award)   

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 this day in history.   

1911  James H[enry] Schmitz, Germany, sci-fi author (Lion Game) on this day in history.   

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

1913  On October - 15 train crash in Liverpool during "Black Week"   

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

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 this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history w Weyrauch, writer   

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

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  On this day in history chicago White Sox beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 14th World Series   

1917  Arthur Schlesinger Jr, Ohio, historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson) on October - 15.   

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

1918  On this day in history british Q-ship Cymric sinks British submarine J6   

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

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  Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table tennis player (World Champ 1950-55) on this day in history.   

1922  On October - 15 agustina Bessa-Luís, Portuguese writer   

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1471  On October - 15 birth of konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526)   

1542  On this day in history birth of djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605)   

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

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

1674  On October - 15 birth of robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together)   

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

1701  Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.   

1711  On October - 15 birth of elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741)   

0412  On October - 15 death of theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria   

0892  Al-Mutamid, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on October - 15.   

0898  Death of Lambert, Holy Roman Emperor on October - 15.   

0912  Death of Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Emir of Córdoba on this day in history.   

1002  Death of Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946) on October - 15.   

1080  Rudolf von Schwaben, German anti-King, dies on October - 15.   

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.