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 this day in history italo Calvino, Cuba, author (Winter's Night a Traveler)   

1924  On October - 15 lee Iacocca, Chrysler magnate born   

1924  On October - 15 pres Coolidge declares Statue of Liberty a national monument   

1924  On this day in history colin Romoff, NYC, orch leader (Andy Williams Show)   

1925  On this day in history pitts Pirates beat Wash Senators, 4 games to 3 in 22nd World Series   

1925  On October - 15 mickey Baker, rocker   

1926  On October - 15 austria govt of Seipel, forms   

1926  On this day in history evan Hunter, [Ed McBain], American writer (Blackboard Jungle)   

1928  On this day in history german dirigible "Graf Zeppelin" lands in Lakehurst, NJ   

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

1933  Philadelphia Eagles play 1st NFL game, lose to NY Giants 56-0 on October - 15.   

1934  On this day in history 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  LaGuardia Airport opens in NYC on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history -16] Heavy German air raid on London, 400 killed   

1941  On this day in history jews caught outside the Polish Ghetto walls could be put to death   

1941  1st mass deportation of German Jews to Eastern Europe on October - 15.   

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

1942  On this day in history dirk Bannink, nurse/local counciller Deventer, executed   

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

1944  On October - 15 philip Mechanicus, journalist, executed in Auschwitz-Birkenau   

1945  French statesman Pierre Laval is executed for betraying his country to Nazis in World War Two on this day in history.   

1945  Pierre Laval former premier of Vichy France, executed on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history hermann Goering, founder of the Gestapo and chief of the German air force, committed suicide by poison   

1946  On October - 15 smallest World Series share since 1918 (Cards $3,748, Red Sox $2,140)   

1946  Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison on October - 15.   

1948  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 on October - 15.   

1948  China's Red army occupies Chinchov on this day in history.   

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

1608  Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647) was born on October - 15.   

1674  On this day in history birth of robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together)   

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

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  Death of Lambert, Holy Roman Emperor on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1268  Dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies on this day in history.   

1271  Hostiensis, [Henricus the Segusia], cardinal/bishop of Ostia, dies on this day in history.