Historical Events In October - 15

1898  Gunther Ramin, composer on October - 15.   

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  Zdenek Fibich, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1901  Bernard von Brentano, German writer (Big Cats) on October - 15.   

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

1905  Alexey Kozlovsky, composer on this day in history.   

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

1907  On October - 15 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  On October - 15 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 this day in history stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, heavy weight boxing champ, shot & killed   

1911  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1913  Klaus Barbie, gestapo chief (Lyon) on this day in history.   

1914  ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers) founded on October - 15.   

1914  On October - 15 clayton Antitrust Act passed   

1914  Aleksander Rozycki, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history w Weyrauch, writer   

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

1917  On October - 15 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.   

1917  Chicago White Sox beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 14th World Series on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history arthur Schlesinger Jr, Ohio, historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson)   

1917  On October - 15 mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris   

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

1921  On October - 15 mario Puzo, novelist (The Godfather) born   

1921  On October - 15 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 October - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

1608  On this day in history birth of evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647)   

1674  On October - 15 birth of robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together)   

1686  Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758) was born on this day in history.   

1701  Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771) was born on October - 15.   

1711  On this day in history birth of elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741)   

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

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

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 this day in history rudolf von Schwaben, German anti-King, dies   

1268  On this day in history dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies   

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