Historical Events In October - 15

1898  On this day in history 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  Zdenek Fibich, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1901  Bernard von Brentano, German writer (Big Cats) on October - 15.  

1902  Andrey Yakolevich Shtogarenko, composer on this day in history.  

1904  On October - 15 julian Hodge, British financier/multi-millionaire (Hodge Group)  

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

1905  Alexey Kozlovsky, composer on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1910  On October - 15 xenophon Balaskas, cricketer (South African leg-spinner of 30's)  

1910  On October - 15 stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, heavy weight boxing champ, shot & killed  

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 October - 15.  

1913  On this day in history 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  On this day in history mata Hari Dutch dancer/German spy executed by firing squad in Paris  

1917  On October - 15 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 this day in history 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  British Q-ship Cymric sinks British submarine J6 on this day in history.  

1919  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1921  Mario Puzo, novelist (The Godfather) born on October - 15.  

1921  Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table tennis player (World Champ 1950-55) on this day in history.  

1922  Agustina Bessa-Luís, Portuguese writer on October - 15.  

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1471  Konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526) was born on this day in history.  

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

1550  On this day in history 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  Robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together) was born on October - 15.  

1686  On October - 15 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  Elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741) was born on this day in history.  

0412  Death of Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria on this day in history.  

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

0898  On October - 15 death of lambert, Holy Roman Emperor  

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

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

1080  On October - 15 rudolf von Schwaben, German anti-King, dies  

1268  Dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies on October - 15.  

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