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  Pres Coolidge declares Statue of Liberty a national monument on October - 15.   

1924  Colin Romoff, NYC, orch leader (Andy Williams Show) on this day in history.   

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

1925  On this day in history mickey Baker, rocker   

1926  On October - 15 austria govt of Seipel, forms   

1926  On October - 15 evan Hunter, [Ed McBain], American writer (Blackboard Jungle)   

1928  On this day in history 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  Philadelphia Eagles play 1st NFL game, lose to NY Giants 56-0 on October - 15.   

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

1935  NHL's St Louis Eagles fold on October - 15.   

1937  Ernest Hemingway novel "To Have & Have Not" published on October - 15.   

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

1938  Robert Sherwoods "Abe Lincoln in Illinois," premieres in NYC on October - 15.   

1939  On October - 15 laGuardia Airport opens in NYC   

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

1941  On October - 15 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 this day in history german 6th Army occupies Tractorenfabriek, 3,000 German's die   

1942  On October - 15 dirk Bannink, nurse/local counciller Deventer, executed   

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

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

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  Pierre Laval, former premier of Vichy France, executed at 62 on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history hermann Goering, founder of the Gestapo and chief of the German air force, committed suicide by poison   

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

1946  On October - 15 hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison   

1948  On this day in history 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  On October - 15 china's Red army occupies Chinchov   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1686  Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758) was born on October - 15.   

1701  On this day in history 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 October - 15 al-Mutamid, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   

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

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