About October 15
October 15, 2021 is the 288th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 77 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
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Libra is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 109 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On October 15
- 1529 –The Siege of Vienna ends as the Austrians rout the invading Turks, turning the tide against almost a century of unchecked conquest throughout eastern and central Europe by the Ottoman Empire.
- 1764 –Edward Gibbon observes a group of friars singing in the ruined Temple of Jupiter in Rome, which inspires him to begin work on The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
- 1815 –Napoleon I of France begins his exile on Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1878 –The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
- 1880 –Mexican soldiers kill Victorio, one of the greatest Apache military strategists.
- 1894 –The Dreyfus affair: Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying.
- 1910 –Airship America launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
- 1932 –Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
- 1939 –The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed La Guardia Airport) is dedicated.
- 1944 –The Arrow Cross Party (very similar to Hitler’s NSDAP (Nazi party)) takes power in Hungary.
- 1945 –World War II: The former premier of Vichy France Pierre Laval is shot by a firing squad for treason.
- 1956 –Fortran, the first modern computer language, is shared with the coding community for the first time.
- 1966 –Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
- 1970 –The domestic Soviet Aeroflot Flight 244 is hijacked and diverted to Turkey.
- 1970 –Thirty-five construction workers are killed when a section of the new West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapses.
- 1990 –Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation.
- 1997 –The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.
- 2003 –China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.
- 2005 –A riot in Toledo, Ohio breaks out during a National Socialist/Neo-Nazi protest; over 100 are arrested.
- 2008 –The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst day in the Dow’s history based on a percentage drop.
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