Page 4: Historical Events In October - 15

1898  On October - 15 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 October - 15.   

1900  On October - 15 zdenek Fibich, composer, dies at 49   

1901  On October - 15 bernard von Brentano, German writer (Big Cats)   

1902  On this day in history andrey Yakolevich Shtogarenko, composer   

1904  On this day in history julian Hodge, British financier/multi-millionaire (Hodge Group)   

1905  On this day in history claude Debussy's "La Mer," premieres   

1905  On October - 15 alexey Kozlovsky, composer   

1906  Hiram Fong, Honolulu U.S. (Sen-R-Hawaii) on October - 15.   

1907  On October - 15 john "Cardinal" Dearden, US cardinal (1969-88)/archbishop of Detroit   

1908  On October - 15 john Kenneth Galbraith, economist (Affluent Society-58 Hillman Award)   

1909  On this day in history robert Trout, Wake County NC, newscaster (ABC)   

1910  Xenophon Balaskas, cricketer (South African leg-spinner of 30's) on this day in history.   

1910  On October - 15 stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, heavy weight boxing champ, shot & killed   

1911  James H[enry] Schmitz, Germany, sci-fi author (Lion Game) on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history red Sox Tris Speaker's makes only world series unassisted double play, from the outfield   

1913  Train crash in Liverpool during "Black Week" on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history klaus Barbie, gestapo chief (Lyon)   

1914  On October - 15 aSCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers) founded   

1914  Clayton Antitrust Act passed on this day in history.   

1914  On October - 15 aleksander Rozycki, composer, dies at 69   

1915  W Weyrauch, writer on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history mata Hari Dutch dancer/German spy executed by firing squad in Paris   

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 this day in history arthur Schlesinger Jr, Ohio, historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson)   

1917  On this day in history mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris   

1918  On October - 15 british Q-ship Cymric sinks British submarine J6   

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

1919  Edwin C Tubb, Brits sci-fi writer (Earth is Heaven, Earthfall) on October - 15.   

1921  Mario Puzo, novelist (The Godfather) born on October - 15.   

1921  On October - 15 angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table tennis player (World Champ 1950-55)   

1922  On this day in history agustina Bessa-Luís, Portuguese writer   

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

0412  On October - 15 death of theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria   

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  Death of Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Emir of Córdoba on this day in history.   

1002  Death of Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946) on this day in history.   

1080  Rudolf von Schwaben, German anti-King, dies on this day in history.   

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

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