Historical Events In October - 15

1898  On October - 15 gunther Ramin, composer  

1899  On October - 15 cincinnati closes season with 16-1 & 19-3 victories over Cleve Spiders  

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

1900  On October - 15 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 October - 15.  

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

1905  Alexey Kozlovsky, composer on October - 15.  

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

1909  On October - 15 robert Trout, Wake County NC, newscaster (ABC)  

1910  Xenophon Balaskas, cricketer (South African leg-spinner of 30's) on this day in history.  

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

1913  On October - 15 klaus Barbie, gestapo chief (Lyon)  

1914  On October - 15 aSCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers) founded  

1914  Clayton Antitrust Act passed on this day in history.  

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

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

1917  On October - 15 mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris  

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

1919  On this day in history 14 horses begin 300-mile race from Vt to Mass for $1000 prize money  

1919  On October - 15 edwin C Tubb, Brits sci-fi writer (Earth is Heaven, Earthfall)  

1921  Mario Puzo, novelist (The Godfather) born on this day in history.  

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  Konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526) was born on October - 15.  

1542  On October - 15 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  On October - 15 birth of evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647)  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

0912  On this day in history 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  On October - 15 dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies  

1271  On October - 15 hostiensis, [Henricus the Segusia], cardinal/bishop of Ostia, dies