Historical Events In October - 15

1923  NY Yankees 1st World Series win beating NY Giants, 4 games to 2 on this day in history.   

1923  Italo Calvino, Cuba, author (Winter's Night a Traveler) on this day in history.   

1924  Lee Iacocca, Chrysler magnate born on October - 15.   

1924  Pres Coolidge declares Statue of Liberty a national monument on this day in history.   

1924  Colin Romoff, NYC, orch leader (Andy Williams Show) on this day in history.   

1925  On October - 15 pitts Pirates beat Wash Senators, 4 games to 3 in 22nd World Series   

1925  Mickey Baker, rocker on this day in history.   

1926  On October - 15 austria govt of Seipel, forms   

1926  Evan Hunter, [Ed McBain], American writer (Blackboard Jungle) on this day in history.   

1928  German dirigible "Graf Zeppelin" lands in Lakehurst, NJ on this day in history.   

1932  Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight on October - 15.   

1933  Philadelphia Eagles play 1st NFL game, lose to NY Giants 56-0 on this day in history.   

1934  Raymond Poincaré, premier/president France (1913-20), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1935  NHL's St Louis Eagles fold on October - 15.   

1937  Ernest Hemingway novel "To Have & Have Not" published on this day in history.   

1937  James Marcus, American actor (The Eagle, The Lonely Trail) dies at 70 on October - 15.   

1938  On this day in history robert Sherwoods "Abe Lincoln in Illinois," premieres in NYC   

1939  LaGuardia Airport opens in NYC on October - 15.   

1940  On October - 15 -16] Heavy German air raid on London, 400 killed   

1941  On this day in history jews caught outside the Polish Ghetto walls could be put to death   

1941  On October - 15 1st mass deportation of German Jews to Eastern Europe   

1942  On this day in history german 6th Army occupies Tractorenfabriek, 3,000 German's die   

1942  Dirk Bannink, nurse/local counciller Deventer, executed on October - 15.   

1944  The Arrow Cross Party (very similar to Hitler's NSDAP (Nazi party)) takes over the power in Hungary on this day in history.   

1944  Philip Mechanicus, journalist, executed in Auschwitz-Birkenau on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history french statesman Pierre Laval is executed for betraying his country to Nazis in World War Two.   

1945  On this day in history pierre Laval former premier of Vichy France, executed   

1945  On October - 15 baseball Attendance hits record 10.28 million (Tigers 1.28 is highest)   

1945  Pierre Laval, former premier of Vichy France, executed at 62 on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history hermann Goering, founder of the Gestapo and chief of the German air force, committed suicide by poison   

1946  On October - 15 smallest World Series share since 1918 (Cards $3,748, Red Sox $2,140)   

1946  On October - 15 hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison   

1948  On October - 15 first women officers on active duty sworn in as commissioned officers in regular Navy under Women's Service Integration Act of June 1948 by Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan CAPT Joy B. Hancock, USN; LCDR Winifred R. Quick, USN; LCDR Anne King, USN; LCDR Frances L. Willoughby, MC, USN; LT Ellen Ford, SC, USN; LT Doris Cranmore, MSC, USN; LTJG Doris A. Defenderfer, USN; and LTJG Betty Rae Tennant, USN.   

1948  On this day in history china's Red army occupies Chinchov   

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1471  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1608  Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647) was born on this day in history.   

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

1686  Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758) was born on October - 15.   

1701  Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.   

1711  Elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741) was born on October - 15.   

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

0892  Al-Mutamid, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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.