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What are the important events that happened on October 15? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 15: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 15 is the 289th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 77 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 2, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,728,950,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaoctacontaenneagon’ day.
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Libra is the zodiac 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 106 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,316 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 15 Historical Events
- 1934 –The Soviet Republic of China collapses when Chiang Kai-shek’s National Revolutionary Army successfully encircles Ruijin, forcing the fleeing Communists to begin the Long March.
- 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.
- 1979 –Black Monday in Malta. The Building of the Times of Malta, the residence of the opposition leader Eddie Fenech Adami and several Nationalist Party clubs are ransacked and destroyed by supporters of the Malta Labour Party.
- 2003 –The Staten Island Ferry boat Andrew J. Barberi runs into a pier at the St. George Ferry Terminal in Staten Island, killing 11 people and injuring 43.
Who were born on October 15?
- 1829 –Asaph Hall, American astronomer (d. 1907)
- 1906 –Hiram Leong Fong, American politician (d. 2004)
- 1957 –Stacy Peralta, American director
- 1977 –Erin McKeown, American musician
- 1987 –Jesse Levine, Canadian/American tennis player
Who died on October 15?
- 1817 –Tadeusz Kościuszko, Lithuanian-born Polish military officer (b. 1746)
- 1934 –Raymond Poincaré, French statesman (b. 1860)
- 1994 –Sarah Kofman, French philosopher (b. 1934)
- 2000 –Vincent Canby, American movie critic (b. 1924)
- 2008 –Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Turkish poet (b. 1914)
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