Historical Events In October - 15

1898  On October - 15 gunther Ramin, composer  

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 October - 15 zdenek Fibich, composer, dies at 49  

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

1902  On October - 15 andrey Yakolevich Shtogarenko, composer  

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

1905  Claude Debussy's "La Mer," premieres on this day in history.  

1905  Alexey Kozlovsky, composer on October - 15.  

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

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

1908  On this day in history john Kenneth Galbraith, economist (Affluent Society-58 Hillman Award)  

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

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

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

1911  James H[enry] Schmitz, Germany, sci-fi author (Lion Game) on October - 15.  

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 October - 15.  

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

1914  ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers) founded on this day in history.  

1914  Clayton Antitrust Act passed on October - 15.  

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

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

1674  Robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together) was born on October - 15.  

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 October - 15.  

1711  Elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741) was born on October - 15.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies  

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