Page 4: Historical Events In October - 15

1898  On this day in history gunther Ramin, composer   

1899  Cincinnati closes season with 16-1 & 19-3 victories over Cleve Spiders on October - 15.   

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

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

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

1905  On October - 15 claude Debussy's "La Mer," premieres   

1905  Alexey Kozlovsky, composer on October - 15.   

1906  Hiram Fong, Honolulu U.S. (Sen-R-Hawaii) on October - 15.   

1907  John "Cardinal" Dearden, US cardinal (1969-88)/archbishop of Detroit on October - 15.   

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  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 October - 15.   

1911  On October - 15 james H[enry] Schmitz, Germany, sci-fi author (Lion Game)   

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

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

1913  Klaus Barbie, gestapo chief (Lyon) on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  Chicago White Sox beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 14th World Series on October - 15.   

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

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

1919  Edwin C Tubb, Brits sci-fi writer (Earth is Heaven, Earthfall) on October - 15.   

1921  On this day in history mario Puzo, novelist (The Godfather) born   

1921  On this day in history angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table tennis player (World Champ 1950-55)   

1922  On this day in history 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 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 October - 15.   

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  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 October - 15.   

0892  On October - 15 al-Mutamid, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   

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

0912  On this day in history death of abdullah ibn Muhammad, Emir of Córdoba   

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