What you know about today, October 15th

October 15th 1501    English crown prince Arthur marries Catharina of Arag¢n

October 15th 1520    King Henry VIII of England orders bowling lanes at Whitehall

October 15th 1522 Emperor Karel I names Hern n Cort‚s governor of Mexico

October 15th 1581    Commissioned by Catherine De Medici, the 1st ballet "Ballet Comique de la Reine," is staged in Paris

October 15th 1582    Many Catholic countries switch to Gregorian calendar, skip 10 days

October 15th 1598    Spanish general strategist Bernardino de Mendoza occupies fort Rhine

October 15th 1641    Paul de Chomedy de Maisonneuve claims Montreal

Events

October 15th 1501    English crown prince Arthur marries Catharina of Arag¢n October 15th 1520    King Henry VIII of England orders bowling lanes at Whitehall October 15th 1522    Emperor Karel I names Hern n Cort‚s governor of Mexico October 15th 1581    Commissioned by Catherine De Medici, the 1st ballet "Ballet Comique de la Reine," is staged in Paris October 15th 1582    Many Catholic countries switch to Gregorian calendar, skip 10 days October 15th 1598    Spanish general strategist Bernardino de Mendoza occupies fort Rhine October 15th 1641    Paul de Chomedy de Maisonneuve claims Montreal October 15th 1654    Prince Willem III appointed viceroy of Overijssel October 15th 1655    Jews of Lublin are massacred October 15th 1660    Asser Levy granted butchers license (kosher meat) in New Amsterdam October 15th 1705    English fleet under Lord Peterborough occupies Barcelona October 15th 1724    Cornelis Steenoven is 1st archbishop of Old-Catholic church October 15th 1756    Saxon army surrenders to Prussia October 15th 1777    Mjr James Graves Simcoe appointed commandant of Queen's Rangers (Penn) October 15th 1783    Jean PilÆ’tre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent October 15th 1786    Earliest 32øF (0øC) recorded temp in NYC October 15th 1789    1st presidental tour-George Washington in New England October 15th 1815    Napoleon Bonaparte exiled on Island of St Helena October 15th 1827    Charles Darwin reaches Christ's Counsel, Cambridge October 15th 1842    Karl Marx becomes editor-in-chief of Rheinische Zeitung October 15th 1846    Dr William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether October 15th 1860    11-year-old Grace Bedell writes to Lincoln, tells him to grow a beard October 15th 1863    Cliff House opens in SF (1st of many on site) October 15th 1864    Confederate troops occupy Glasgow, Missouri October 15th 1866    Great fire in Quebec destroys 2,500 houses October 15th 1874    Child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force October 15th 1877    45th Congress (1877-79) convenes October 15th 1878    Edison Electric Light Company incorporated October 15th 1880    K”ln cathedral completed, 633 years after it begun October 15th 1881    1st American fishing magazine, American Angler published October 15th 1883    Supreme Court declares Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional October 15th 1885    Hoss Radbourne pitches his 60th win of season October 15th 1889    Amsterdam Central Station officially opens October 15th 1890    Alabama Penny Savings Bank organizes in Birmingham October 15th 1894    Capt Alfred Dreyfus arrested accused of espionage October 15th 1897    Aaron/Samuel Bloch carry 1st Mail Pouch October 15th 1897    King Leopold II takes Belgian crown October 15th 1899    Cincinnati closes season with 16-1 & 19-3 victories over Cleve Spiders October 15th 1905    Claude Debussy's "La Mer," premieres October 15th 1905    Union workers at NVV rejects safety demands October 15th 1912    Red Sox Tris Speaker's makes only world series unassisted double play, from the outfield October 15th 1913    Train crash in Liverpool during "Black Week" October 15th 1914    ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers) founded October 15th 1914    Battle of Warsaw, begins (ends Oct 21) October 15th 1914    Clayton Anti-trust Act passed (union & strike rights) October 15th 1917    Chicago White Sox beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 14th World Series October 15th 1918    British Q-ship Cymric sinks British submarine J6 October 15th 1919    14 horses begin 300-mile race from Vt to Mass for $1000 prize money October 15th 1923    NY Yankees 1st World Series win beating NY Giants, 4 games to 2 October 15th 1924    Pres Coolidge declares Statue of Liberty a national monument October 15th 1925    Pitts Pirates beat Wash Senators, 4 games to 3 in 22nd World Series October 15th 1925    Willem Landr‚'s opera "Beatrice" premiers in The Hague October 15th 1926    Austria govt of Seipel, forms October 15th 1926    Philip Barry's "White Wings!," premieres in NYC October 15th 1928    German dirigible "Graf Zeppelin" lands in Lakehurst, NJ October 15th 1928    Walter Johnson signs a 3-year contract to manage the Senators October 15th 1933    Philadelphia Eagles play 1st NFL game, lose to NY Giants 56-0 October 15th 1935    NHL's St Louis Eagles fold October 15th 1937    Ernest Hemingway novel "To Have & Have Not" published October 15th 1937    Rather than accept any trade offers, the Yanks release Tony Lazzeri October 15th 1938    Robert Sherwoods "Abe Lincoln in Illinois," premieres in NYC October 15th 1939    LaGuardia Airport opens in NYC October 15th 1939    Yeshiva of Mir closes after 124 years October 15th 1940    -16] Heavy German air raid on London, 400 killed October 15th 1940    London's Waterloo Station bombed by Germans October 15th 1941    1st mass deportation of German Jews to Eastern Europe October 15th 1941    Japan Tojo regime forms October 15th 1941    Jews caught outside Polish Ghetto walls could be put to death October 15th 1942    German 6th Army occupies Tractorenfabriek, 3,000 German's die October 15th 1945    Baseball Attendance hits record 10.28 million (Tigers 1.28 is highest) October 15th 1946    Smallest World Series share since 1918 (Cards $3,748, Red Sox $2,140) October 15th 1946    St Louis Cards beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 43rd World Series October 15th 1946    Enos Slaughter scores from 1st on a single in World Series October 15th 1948    China's Red army occupies Chinchov October 15th 1949    Administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian govt October 15th 1949    Billy Graham begins his ministry October 15th 1949    Tripura accedes to Indian union October 15th 1951    "I Love Lucy" debuts on CBS TV October 15th 1951    Egyptian parliament accept denounces Suez Canal Treaty October 15th 1952    Arthur Laurent's "Time of the Cuckoo," premieres in NYC October 15th 1953    John Patrick's "Teahouse of the Red Moon," premieres in NYC October 15th 1953    KOIN TV channel 6 in Portland, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting October 15th 1953    WJNL (now WFAT) TV channel 19 in Johnstown, PA (IND) begins October 15th 1954    Hurricane Hazel strikes US & Canada, 348 die October 15th 1954    KLTV TV channel 7 in Tyler-Longview, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting October 15th 1956    Pyotr Bolotnikov runs world record 10k (28:42.8) October 15th 1956    William J Brennan Jr appointed to Supreme Court October 15th 1956    Yankees Enos Slaughter scores from 1st on a single in World Series October 15th 1957    Giants trade Minneapolis franchise to Red Sox for SF Seals-franchises only, not the players October 15th 1958    Tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Egypt October 15th 1958    USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR October 15th 1959    "Untouchables" premieres October 15th 1959    KNDO TV channel 23 in Yakima, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting October 15th 1960    "Laughs & Other Events" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 8 perfs October 15th 1962    Byron R White appointed to Supreme Court October 15th 1962    WLOX TV channel 13 in Biloxi-Gulfport, MS (ABC) begins broadcasting October 15th 1963    Ludwig Erhard follows Conrad Adenauer as West German Chancellor October 15th 1964    Craig Breedlove sets auto speed record of 846.97 kph October 15th 1964    Dr Martin Luther King Jr awarded Nobel Peace Prize October 15th 1964    Kosygin & Brezhnev replace Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev October 15th 1964    St Louis Cardinals beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 61st World Series October 15th 1964    NY Yankees appears in 14 & win 9 of last 16 World Series October 15th 1965    Dodgers & Sandy Koufax win 7th game of 62nd World Series vs Twins October 15th 1965    WEMT (now WVII) TV channel 7 in Bangor, ME (ABC) begins broadcasting October 15th 1966    Australia bans Troggs' "I Can't Control Myself," as "terribly obscene" October 15th 1966    LBJ signs a bill creating Dept of Transportation (DOT) October 15th 1968    AL expansion draft, KC pick Roger Nelson & Pilots pick Don Mincher 1st October 15th 1969    Bank of America World Headquarters (555 California) dedicated October 15th 1969    Madison Square Garden TV Network begins (Rangers vs North Stars) October 15th 1969    NY Met Ron Swoboda's spectacular diving catch of sinking liner with runners at 1st & 3rd in 9th, Mets win in 10th in World Series game October 15th 1969    Oriole Earl Weaver becomes 1st manager ejected in a World Series October 15th 1969    Vietnam Moratorium Day; millions nationwide protest the war October 15th 1970    Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt October 15th 1970    Baltimore Orioles beat Cin Reds, 4 games to 1 in 67th World Series October 15th 1970    Bridge over Yarra River in Melbourne crashes; killing 35 October 15th 1970    Russian passenger flight hijacked to Turkey October 15th 1972    61st Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Bucharest (3-2) October 15th 1972    Omni in Atlanta opens - Hawks beat NY Knicks 109-101 October 15th 1973    7th Country Music Assn Award: Roy Clark wins October 15th 1973    Tanks attack Thailand demonstrating students, 300 killed October 15th 1974    National Guard mobilizes to restore order in Boston school busing October 15th 1974    Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Paul J Flory (macro molecules) October 15th 1974    Washington Capitals 1st NHL tie, playing LA Kings to 1-1 tie October 15th 1975    Iceland moves intl boundary from 50 to 200 miles October 15th 1976    1st debate of major-ticket VP nominees Mondale (D) vs Dole (R) October 15th 1976    Ringo releases "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll" October 15th 1977    Arkansas' Steve Little kicks a record tying 67 yard field goal October 15th 1977    Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life," goes #1 & stays #1 for 10 weeks October 15th 1977    Don Ritchie runs world record 100 mile (11:30:51) October 15th 1978    Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Civitan Golf Open October 15th 1978    USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR October 15th 1979    1st Monday night game from NYC, Jets beat Vikings 14-7 (Shea Stad) October 15th 1979    Chinese premier Hwa Kwofeng visits Paris October 15th 1979    Military coup in El Salvador: president/general Carlos Romero flees October 15th 1979    NY Knicks retire 2nd number, # 10, Walt Frazier October 15th 1980    George Brett is forced out of World Series with hemorrhoids October 15th 1980    Nobel prize for economy awarded to Lawrence R Klein October 15th 1981    NY Yankees capture 33rd AL pennant, sweeping 3 games from Oakland A's October 15th 1983    Black Hawks & Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds) October 15th 1983    Columbia beats Yale 21-18 in football, will lose next 44 games October 15th 1983    US Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut Intl Airport October 15th 1984    Central Intelligence Agency's Information Act passes October 15th 1984    Centrum party expels 2nd Member of parliament Janmaat due to fraud October 15th 1985    Nobel prize for economics awarded to Franco Modigliani October 15th 1985    Shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit October 15th 1985    Shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds October 15th 1986    Longest post season game, Mets beat Astros 7-6 in 16 & win NL pennant October 15th 1987    "Late Nite Comic" opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 4 performances October 15th 1987    6th Belgium govt of Martens falls October 15th 1987    Coup in Burkina Faso, president Sankara dies October 15th 1987    Lanford Wilson's "Burn This," premieres in NYC October 15th 1987    NFL Players Assn orders an end to 24 day strike October 15th 1988    Amnesty International's Global Concert Tour ends in Buenos Aires October 15th 1988    NCAA record rushing yardage (768 yards-Oklahoma) October 15th 1988    With 2 outs in bottom of 9th, an injured Kirk Gibson hits dramatic 2 run HR to gives Dodgers a 5-4 win in 1st game of World Series October 15th 1989    Billy Graham is given 1,900th star on Hollywood Blvd October 15th 1989    S Afr pres FW de Klerk frees Sisulu & 4 other political prisoners October 15th 1989    South african ANC-founder/leader Walter Sisulu freed October 15th 1989    Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howes as NHL's all time top scorer October 15th 1990    Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev wins Nobel Peace Prize October 15th 1991    Clarence Thomas is confirmed as Supreme Court Justice (52-48) October 15th 1992    Charles Taylor launches an offensive against Monrovia Liberia October 15th 1992    Howard Stern radio show begins broadcasting on WLUP-AM, Chicago October 15th 1992    NYC Subway motorman Robert Ray convicted of manslaughter in death of 5 riders, when he fell asleep drunk while in control of train October 15th 1993    Amstel brewery on Curacao produces 1,000,000,000th bottle October 15th 1993    Guardian Angel Lisa Evers Sliwa files for divorce from Curtis Sliwa October 15th 1993    Nelson Mandela & S Afr Pres F W de Klerk awarded Nobel Peace Prize October 15th 1994    Botswana Pres Ketumile Masires BDP wins parliamentary election October 15th 1994    Pres Jean-Baptiste Aristide returns to Haiti October 15th 1995    Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA World Championship of Women's Golf October 15th 1995    Carolina Panthers win 1st game ever beating NY Jets 26-15 October 15th 1997    Britain's Andy Green sets jet-powered car record (763.035 mph) October 15th 1997    Cleve Indians beat Balt Orioles 4 games to 2 in ALCS October 15th 1997    Former rep Dan Rostenkowski released from custody for mail fraud October 15th 1997    NY jury awards boxer Mitch Green $45,000 in civil lawsuit against Mike Tyson, for street brawl in 1988 October 15th 1997    US launches nuclear powered Cassini to Saturn Births: October 15th 0070    Publius Vergilius Maro, Roman leader/poet (Bucolica, Aene‹s) October 15th 1542    Djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605) October 15th 1550    Henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange October 15th 1674    Robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together) October 15th 1761    Peter Gronland, composer October 15th 1762    Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer October 15th 1775    Bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer October 15th 1779    Johan O Wallin, Swedish poet/songwriter/archbishop (D”dens Engel) October 15th 1784    Thomas Hastings, composer October 15th 1785    Jos‚ Miguel Carrera, president of Chile (1811-14) October 15th 1795    Frederik Willem IV, king of Prussia (1840-61)/Germany (1849-61) October 15th 1799    August Ferdinand Haeser, composer October 15th 1816    Amiel Weeks Whipple, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 October 15th 1818    Irvin McDowell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1885 October 15th 1819    Marinus FAG Campbell, bibliography/literary October 15th 1822    Alfred Meissner, Austrian physician/writer October 15th 1829    Asaph Hall, discovered satellites of Mars (Phobos & Deimos) October 15th 1831    Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author (Ramona) October 15th 1832    Henry Harrison Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1912 October 15th 1833    Klaas Kater, Dutch Christian Worker's Union Leader October 15th 1836    Thomas Lafayette Rosser, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1910 October 15th 1844    Friedrich Nietzsche, Germany, philosopher/anti-semite (Å¡bermensch) October 15th 1851    George F Moore, US theologist (Hebrews, Old Testament) October 15th 1852    Wilhelm Posse, composer October 15th 1856    R G Nivelle, French military man October 15th 1858    Frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer October 15th 1858    John L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ (1882-92) October 15th 1859    Jaime de Magalhes Lima, Portuguese author/poet (Salmos do Prisoneiro) October 15th 1865    Walther Amelung, German archaeologist October 15th 1874    Otallo Morales, composer October 15th 1878    Paul Reynaud, premier France (May-June 1940) October 15th 1879    Jane Darwell, [Patti Woodward], Palmyra MO, actress (Huckleberry Finn) October 15th 1879    Sara Allgood, Dublin Ireland, actress (Blackmail, Storm in a Teacup) October 15th 1881    P G Wodehouse, British-American writer (Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves) October 15th 1890    Arcady Dubensky, composer October 15th 1892    Ina Claire, [Fagan], Washington DC, actress (Ninotchika) October 15th 1893    Charles II, King of Romania (1930-40) October 15th 1895    Alfred Neumann, German playwright (Devil) October 15th 1896    Melville Cooper, Birmingham England, TV panelist (I Got a Secret) October 15th 1898    Gunther Ramin, composer October 15th 1900    Fritz Feld, Berlin Germany, actor (Jack Benny Show, At the Circus) October 15th 1900    Mervyn LeRoy, movie producer (Devil at 4 O'Clock) October 15th 1901    Bernard von Brentano, German writer (Big Cats) October 15th 1901    Hermann Abs, director (Deutsche Bank)/Hitler's advisor October 15th 1901    Robert Bromston Thesiger Daniell, soldier October 15th 1902    Andrey Yakolevich Shtogarenko, composer October 15th 1902    William Edmundson, Spokane Wash, vocalist (Southernaires) October 15th 1904    Julian Hodge, British financier/multi-millionaire (Hodge Group) October 15th 1905    Alexey Kozlovsky, composer October 15th 1905    Charles P Snow, England, novelist/scientist (Death Under Sail) October 15th 1905    Dag Ivar Wiren, composer October 15th 1905    Edna Deanne Fuelling, dancer choreographer/drama teacher October 15th 1907    John "Cardinal" Dearden, US cardinal (1969-88)/archbishop of Detroit October 15th 1908    John Kenneth Galbraith, economist (Affluent Society-58 Hillman Award) October 15th 1909    Robert Trout, Wake County NC, newscaster (ABC) October 15th 1910    Xenophon Balaskas, cricketer (South African leg-spinner of 30's) October 15th 1911    James H[enry] Schmitz, Germany, sci-fi author (Lion Game) October 15th 1913    Klaus Barbie, gestapo chief (Lyon) October 15th 1915    W Weyrauch, writer October 15th 1917    Arthur Schlesinger Jr, Ohio, historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson) October 15th 1917    Jan Miner, Boston Mass, actress (Crime Photographer) October 15th 1919    Edwin C Tubb, Brits sci-fi writer (Earth is Heaven, Earthfall) October 15th 1919    Howard Frank Trayton Smith, diplomat/head (MI5) October 15th 1921    Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table tennis player (World Champ 1950-55) October 15th 1921    Gul Mahomed, cricketer (Indian & Pakistani batsman) October 15th 1921    Mario Puzo, NYC, novelist (Godfather, Cotton Club, Earthquake) October 15th 1923    Italo Calvino, Cuba, author (Winter's Night a Traveler) October 15th 1924    Colin Romoff, NYC, orch leader (Andy Williams Show) October 15th 1924    Lee A Iacocca, CEO (Chrysler Corp) October 15th 1924    Nigel Green, South Africa, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File) October 15th 1925    Mickey Baker, rocker October 15th 1926    Evan Hunter, [Ed McBain], American writer (Blackboard Jungle) October 15th 1926    Jean Peters, Canton OH, actress (Viva Zapata!, Apache, Deep Waters) October 15th 1926    Karl Richter, composer October 15th 1926    Michel Foucault, French philosopher (History of Sexuality) October 15th 1926    Paul-Michel Foucault, French philosopher (Les Mots et les Choses) October 15th 1927    Mary Perot Nichols, journalist October 15th 1927    Oswald Moxley Gibbs, diplomat October 15th 1928    Mark Lenard, actor (Mr Spock's dad Sarek-Star Trek) October 15th 1930    Fela Ransome/Anikulapo Kuti, Nigerian singer/saxophonist October 15th 1930    Phillipe Leroy, Paris France, actor (Night Porter, Leonardo da Vinci) October 15th 1932    Jaan Raats, composer October 15th 1932    Riekus Waskowsky, poet October 15th 1934    Peter Haskell, Boston Mass, actor (Bracken's World, Rituals) October 15th 1935    Bobby Joe Morrow, Brownsville TX, sprinter (Olympic-3 gold-1956) October 15th 1935    Hans Croiset, Dutch theatre director/actor (Witte Waan) October 15th 1935    Murdo Alexander MacLeod, minister October 15th 1936    Kari Rydman, composer October 15th 1937    Anthony Hopkins, clinical neurologist October 15th 1937    Barry McGuire, Oklahoma City, singer (Eve of Destruction) October 15th 1937    Linda Lavin, Portland Maine, actress (Alice, Barney Miller) October 15th 1938    Marvin E "Marv" Johnson, US gospel/R&B singer (Move 2 mountains) October 15th 1938    Rafael Aponte-Ledee, composer October 15th 1939    Carmelo Bossi, Italy, light middleweight boxer (Olympic-silver-1960) October 15th 1942    Don Stevenson, Seattle Wash, rock drummer (Moby Grape) October 15th 1942    James A Leach, (Rep-R-Iowa, 1977- ) October 15th 1942    Penny Marshall, Bronx NY, actress (Odd Couple, Laverne & Shirley) October 15th 1944    Mac Collins, (Rep-R-Georgia) October 15th 1945    Jim Palmer, NYC, Oriole pitcher/sportscaster/jockey underwear salesman October 15th 1945    Steven Camacho, cricketer (WI batsman early seventies) October 15th 1946    Richard Carpenter, New Haven Ct, vocalist (Carpenters-Close to You) October 15th 1946    Victor Banerjee, Calcutta India, actor (A Passage to India) October 15th 1947    Lynn Lowry, E St Louis Ill, actress (Cat People, Crazies) October 15th 1948    Aleksandr S Puchkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut October 15th 1950    Chris De Burgh, [Davidson], Argent/Irish rock vocalist (Lady in Red) October 15th 1950    Koos van der Vaart, Dutch MP (PvdA) October 15th 1951    Frank Dimino, Wash DC, rock vocalist (Angel) October 15th 1951    Roscoe Tanner, tennis player (Wimbledon Finals 1979) October 15th 1953    Larry Miller, NYC, comedian/actor (Larry-Pursuit Of Happiness) October 15th 1953    [Toriano] Tito Jackson, singer (Jackson 5-ABC, Never Can Say Goodbye) October 15th 1954    Jere Burns, Cambridge MS, actor (Something So Right, Kirk-Dear John) October 15th 1954    Kip Byrne, Detroit Mich, Canadian Tour golfer (Mich State Jr-1970-71) October 15th 1955    Cathy Ladman, comedienne (Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead) October 15th 1955    Kristine Winder, Vancouver BC, playmate (Oct, 1977) October 15th 1955    Tanya Roberts, [Leigh], Bronx NY, actress (Charlie's Angels, Sheena) October 15th 1955    Victor Pecci, Paraguay, tennis star October 15th 1958    Jayne Modean, Hartford Ct, actress (Nurse Hooter-Trauma Center) October 15th 1959    Sarah Magaret Fergusson, [Fergie], London England, Duchess of York October 15th 1962    Susan DeMattei, SF Calif, cyclist (Olympics-bronze-96) October 15th 1963    Angela Rock, Lakewood CA, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-1992) October 15th 1963    Stanley Menzo, Suriname/Dutch soccer goaltender (Ajax/PSV) October 15th 1965    Daniel Held, Milwaukee Wisc, 10k runner October 15th 1966    Douglas Vipond, British pop drummer (Deacon Blue-Raintown) October 15th 1966    Jeffrey Jacquet, Bay City Texas, actor (Mork & Mindy, Whiz Kids) October 15th 1967    Carlos Garcia, Venezuela, infielder (Pitts Pirates) October 15th 1968    George Koonce, NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31) October 15th 1968    Meredith Rainey, Brooklyn NY, 800m runner October 15th 1969    Curtis Cotton, NFL/WLAF cornerback (Oak Raiders, Frankfurt Galaxy) October 15th 1970    Cooper Harris, CFL linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats) October 15th 1970    Lonnie Palelei, guard (NY Jets) October 15th 1971    Angelia Savage, Miss USA-Florida (1997, top 6) October 15th 1971    Bernardo Harris, NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31) October 15th 1971    Roland McGhee, Flint Michigan, long jumper October 15th 1972    Fred Hoiberg, NBA guard (Indiana Pacers) October 15th 1973    Susannah Kate Pryde, Auckland NZ, road race cyclist (Olympics-96) October 15th 1978    Cheryl Crowe, Miss Delaware Teen USA (1997) October 15th 1978    Devon Gummersall, Colo, actor (Relativity, Brian-My So Called Life) October 15th 1979    Mahana Ka'ahumanu Walters, Miss Hawaii Teen USA (3rd-1997) October 15th 1991    Owen Joseph Kline, son of Phoebe Cates & Kevin Kline Deaths: October 15th 0892    Al-Mutamid, kalief of Abbasiden, dies October 15th 1080    Rudolf von Schwaben, German anti-King, dies October 15th 1268    Dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies October 15th 1271    Hostiensis, [Henricus the Segusia], cardinal/bishop of Ostia, dies October 15th 1389    Urbanus VI, [Bartolomeo Prignano], Italian pope (1378-89), dies October 15th 1512    Antoon Keldermans, Flem builder (Middelburg town hall), dies at 72 October 15th 1524    Joachim Patinir, Flemish landscape painter, dies at about 45 October 15th 1539    Reynier Brunt, procureur-general of Court of Holland, dies October 15th 1595    Abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak Faizi, Persian-Dutch E indies poet, dies at 48 October 15th 1605    Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din, Mogol keizer of India (1556-1605), dies at 63 October 15th 1682    John Ferrabosco, composer, dies at 56 October 15th 1690    Juan de Vald‚s Leal, Spanish painter/sculptor, dies at 68 October 15th 1817    Tadeusz AB Kosciusko, Polish lt-general/freedom fighter, dies October 15th 1819    F Louise W, daughter of viceroy Willem V, dies at 48 October 15th 1865    Andr‚s Bello, Venezuelan poet (Alocuci¢n), dies at 83 [or 10/16] October 15th 1883    Francesco Schira, composer, dies at 74 October 15th 1900    Zdenek Fibich, composer, dies at 49 October 15th 1910    Stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, HW boxing champ, shot & killed October 15th 1914    Aleksander Rozycki, composer, dies at 69 October 15th 1915    Paul Scheerbart, [Bruno Kfer], German writer (Tarub), dies at 52 October 15th 1917    Mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris October 15th 1934    Raymond Poincar‚, premier/president France (1913-20), dies at 74 October 15th 1937    James Marcus, actor (Clockwork Orange), dies at 60 October 15th 1942    Dirk Bannink, nurse/local counciller Deventer, executed October 15th 1944    Philip Mechanicus, journalist, executed in Auschwitz-Birkenau October 15th 1945    Pierre Laval, former premier of Vichy France, executed at 62 October 15th 1946    Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison October 15th 1949    L szl¢ Rajk, Hungarian Sect of State/Foreign minister, hanged October 15th 1955    Fumio Hayasaka, composer, dies at 41 October 15th 1958    Jack Mason, cricketer (England all-rounder v Australia 1897-98), dies October 15th 1958    John C Poortenaar, painter/etcher/cartoonist, dies at 72 October 15th 1958    John Hamilton, actor (Perry White-Superman), dies at 61 October 15th 1960    Clara Kimball Young, actress (Return of Chandu), dies of stroke at 70 October 15th 1960    Henny Porten, silent screen actress (Mother Love), dies at 70 October 15th 1960    Maude Eburne, actress (Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman), dies at 84 October 15th 1963    Edmond Fleg[enheimer], Swiss/French writer (Ecoute Isra‰l), dies October 15th 1964    Cole Porter, composer (Still of the Night), dies at 73 October 15th 1965    Carl Hoff, orch leader (Music Hall), dies at 60 October 15th 1968    Bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62 October 15th 1968    Franz Reizenstein, composer, dies at 57 October 15th 1969    Rod[erique] La Rocque, US western actor (Mystery Woman), dies October 15th 1969    Shermake, president of (Somalia), murdered October 15th 1976    Carlo Gambino, US gangster, dies at 74 October 15th 1977    Ralph Truman, actor (Henry V, Treasure Island), dies at 77 October 15th 1981    Frank DeKova, actor (Chief Wild Eagle-F Troop), dies October 15th 1981    Justin Jud Strunk Jr, comedian (Laugh In), dies at 48 October 15th 1982    Elsie Randolph, actress (That'll Make You Whistle), dies October 15th 1983    Pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83 October 15th 1985    Meret Oppenheim, writer, dies at 72 October 15th 1987    Thomas Sankara, president of Burkina Faso, dies October 15th 1990    Delphine Seyrig, dies of lung disease at 58 October 15th 1990    Leonard Bernstein, composer (West Side Story), dies at 72 October 15th 1991    Hotze de Roos, carpenter/kid book writer (Chameleon series), dies October 15th 1992    Dorothy Helen Baker, mother of Diane Baker, dies at 78 October 15th 1993    Ken E Jones, musician (New Amsterdam Symph Orch), dies of AIDS at 34 October 15th 1994    Hannes Wustinger, Austrian race car driver, dies at 29 October 15th 1994    Jean Dast‚, French actor (Z‚ro de Conduite, L'Atalante), dies at 90 October 15th 1994    Karl Edward Wagner, writer, dies at 48 October 15th 1994    Sarah Kofman, philosopher, dies at 60 October 15th 1994    Wilhelmus HL "Willem" Tollenaar, actor/director (Elkerlyc), dies at 82 October 15th 1995    Arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant, dies at 82 October 15th 1995    Phil Sidey, broadcaster, dies at 69 October 15th 1996    Bernard Frank, oriental scholar/writer, dies at 69