Historical Events In October - 15

1898  On this day in history gunther Ramin, composer   

1899  Cincinnati closes season with 16-1 & 19-3 victories over Cleve Spiders on October - 15.   

1900  Fritz Feld, Berlin Germany, actor (Jack Benny Show, At the Circus) on this day in history.   

1900  Zdenek Fibich, composer, dies at 49 on October - 15.   

1901  Bernard von Brentano, German writer (Big Cats) on this day in history.   

1902  Andrey Yakolevich Shtogarenko, composer on this day in history.   

1904  Julian Hodge, British financier/multi-millionaire (Hodge Group) on this day in history.   

1905  On October - 15 claude Debussy's "La Mer," premieres   

1905  On October - 15 alexey Kozlovsky, composer   

1906  On this day in history hiram Fong, Honolulu U.S. (Sen-R-Hawaii)   

1907  On this day in history 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  Robert Trout, Wake County NC, newscaster (ABC) on October - 15.   

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  On October - 15 james H[enry] Schmitz, Germany, sci-fi author (Lion Game)   

1912  Red Sox Tris Speaker's makes only world series unassisted double play, from the outfield on October - 15.   

1913  On this day in history 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 October - 15.   

1915  W Weyrauch, writer on this day in history.   

1917  Mata Hari Dutch dancer/German spy executed by firing squad in Paris on this day in history.   

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 October - 15.   

1917  On October - 15 chicago White Sox beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 14th World Series   

1917  On October - 15 arthur Schlesinger Jr, Ohio, historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson)   

1917  Mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris on October - 15.   

1918  British Q-ship Cymric sinks British submarine J6 on October - 15.   

1919  14 horses begin 300-mile race from Vt to Mass for $1000 prize money on October - 15.   

1919  On this day in history edwin C Tubb, Brits sci-fi writer (Earth is Heaven, Earthfall)   

1921  Mario Puzo, novelist (The Godfather) born on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table tennis player (World Champ 1950-55)   

1922  Agustina Bessa-Luís, Portuguese writer on October - 15.   

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1471  Konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526) was born on this day in history.   

1542  On this day in history birth of djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605)   

1550  Henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange was born on October - 15.   

1608  On October - 15 birth of evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647)   

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

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  Elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741) was born on October - 15.   

0412  On this day in history death of theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria   

0892  Al-Mutamid, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on October - 15.   

0898  On this day in history death of lambert, Holy Roman Emperor   

0912  Death of Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Emir of Córdoba on October - 15.   

1002  On October - 15 death of otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946)   

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

1268  On October - 15 dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies   

1271  On this day in history hostiensis, [Henricus the Segusia], cardinal/bishop of Ostia, dies