Page 5: Historical Events In October - 15

1923  NY Yankees 1st World Series win beating NY Giants, 4 games to 2 on this day in history.   

1923  On October - 15 italo Calvino, Cuba, author (Winter's Night a Traveler)   

1924  Lee Iacocca, Chrysler magnate born on October - 15.   

1924  Pres Coolidge declares Statue of Liberty a national monument on this day in history.   

1924  Colin Romoff, NYC, orch leader (Andy Williams Show) on October - 15.   

1925  On October - 15 pitts Pirates beat Wash Senators, 4 games to 3 in 22nd World Series   

1925  On October - 15 mickey Baker, rocker   

1926  On this day in history austria govt of Seipel, forms   

1926  Evan Hunter, [Ed McBain], American writer (Blackboard Jungle) on this day in history.   

1928  On October - 15 german dirigible "Graf Zeppelin" lands in Lakehurst, NJ   

1932  Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight on this day in history.   

1933  On October - 15 philadelphia Eagles play 1st NFL game, lose to NY Giants 56-0   

1934  On October - 15 raymond Poincaré, premier/president France (1913-20), dies at 74   

1935  On October - 15 nHL's St Louis Eagles fold   

1937  On this day in history ernest Hemingway novel "To Have & Have Not" published   

1937  James Marcus, American actor (The Eagle, The Lonely Trail) dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history robert Sherwoods "Abe Lincoln in Illinois," premieres in NYC   

1939  On October - 15 laGuardia Airport opens in NYC   

1940  On October - 15 -16] Heavy German air raid on London, 400 killed   

1941  Jews caught outside the Polish Ghetto walls could be put to death on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history 1st mass deportation of German Jews to Eastern Europe   

1942  German 6th Army occupies Tractorenfabriek, 3,000 German's die on October - 15.   

1942  Dirk Bannink, nurse/local counciller Deventer, executed on October - 15.   

1944  On this day in history the Arrow Cross Party (very similar to Hitler's NSDAP (Nazi party)) takes over the power in Hungary.   

1944  Philip Mechanicus, journalist, executed in Auschwitz-Birkenau on October - 15.   

1945  French statesman Pierre Laval is executed for betraying his country to Nazis in World War Two on October - 15.   

1945  On this day in history pierre Laval former premier of Vichy France, executed   

1945  On October - 15 baseball Attendance hits record 10.28 million (Tigers 1.28 is highest)   

1945  On October - 15 pierre Laval, former premier of Vichy France, executed at 62   

1946  Hermann Goering, founder of the Gestapo and chief of the German air force, committed suicide by poison on October - 15.   

1946  Smallest World Series share since 1918 (Cards $3,748, Red Sox $2,140) on this day in history.   

1946  Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison on this day in history.   

1948  On October - 15 first women officers on active duty sworn in as commissioned officers in regular Navy under Women's Service Integration Act of June 1948 by Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan CAPT Joy B. Hancock, USN; LCDR Winifred R. Quick, USN; LCDR Anne King, USN; LCDR Frances L. Willoughby, MC, USN; LT Ellen Ford, SC, USN; LT Doris Cranmore, MSC, USN; LTJG Doris A. Defenderfer, USN; and LTJG Betty Rae Tennant, USN.   

1948  China's Red army occupies Chinchov on October - 15.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1711  On this day in history birth of elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741)   

0412  Death of Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria on October - 15.   

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

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

0912  On October - 15 death of abdullah ibn Muhammad, Emir of Córdoba   

1002  On this day in history death of otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946)   

1080  Rudolf von Schwaben, German anti-King, dies on October - 15.   

1268  On this day in history dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies   

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