Page 4: Historical Events In October - 15
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
1898 Gunther Ramin, composer on October - 15.
1899 Cincinnati closes season with 16-1 & 19-3 victories over Cleve Spiders on October - 15.
1900 On October - 15 fritz Feld, Berlin Germany, actor (Jack Benny Show, At the Circus)
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 On this day in history julian Hodge, British financier/multi-millionaire (Hodge Group)
1905 Claude Debussy's "La Mer," premieres on this day in history.
1905 Alexey Kozlovsky, composer on this day in history.
1906 Hiram Fong, Honolulu U.S. (Sen-R-Hawaii) on this day in history.
1907 On October - 15 john "Cardinal" Dearden, US cardinal (1969-88)/archbishop of Detroit
1908 On this day in history john Kenneth Galbraith, economist (Affluent Society-58 Hillman Award)
1909 On October - 15 robert Trout, Wake County NC, newscaster (ABC)
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 October - 15.
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 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 October - 15.
1914 Aleksander Rozycki, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.
1915 W Weyrauch, writer on this day in history.
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 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 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 October - 15 14 horses begin 300-mile race from Vt to Mass for $1000 prize money
1919 On this day in history edwin C Tubb, Brits sci-fi writer (Earth is Heaven, Earthfall)
1921 On October - 15 mario Puzo, novelist (The Godfather) born
1921 On October - 15 angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table tennis player (World Champ 1950-55)
1922 Agustina Bessa-LuÃs, Portuguese writer on October - 15.
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