Page 4: Historical Events In October - 15

1898  Gunther Ramin, composer on October - 15.   

1899  On this day in history cincinnati closes season with 16-1 & 19-3 victories over Cleve Spiders   

1900  On October - 15 fritz Feld, Berlin Germany, actor (Jack Benny Show, At the Circus)   

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

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

1902  On October - 15 andrey Yakolevich Shtogarenko, composer   

1904  On October - 15 julian Hodge, British financier/multi-millionaire (Hodge Group)   

1905  Claude Debussy's "La Mer," premieres on October - 15.   

1905  Alexey Kozlovsky, composer on this day in history.   

1906  On October - 15 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  On October - 15 xenophon Balaskas, cricketer (South African leg-spinner of 30's)   

1910  On this day in history stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, heavy weight boxing champ, shot & killed   

1911  James H[enry] Schmitz, Germany, sci-fi author (Lion Game) on October - 15.   

1912  On October - 15 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  Klaus Barbie, gestapo chief (Lyon) on this day in history.   

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

1914  Clayton Antitrust Act passed on this day in history.   

1914  Aleksander Rozycki, composer, dies at 69 on October - 15.   

1915  On this day in history w Weyrauch, writer   

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

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

1917  Arthur Schlesinger Jr, Ohio, historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson) on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 October - 15.   

1921  Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table tennis player (World Champ 1950-55) on October - 15.   

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

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1471  On October - 15 birth of konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1711  On October - 15 birth of elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741)   

0412  Death of Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria on this day in history.   

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

0898  Death of Lambert, Holy Roman Emperor on this day in history.   

0912  On October - 15 death of abdullah ibn Muhammad, Emir of Córdoba   

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 October - 15.   

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