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 288th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 77 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 2, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,760,486,400 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 ‘dihectaoctacontaoctagon’ 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 125 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 4,681 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 15 Historical Events
- 1863 –American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks during a test, killing its inventor, Horace L. Hunley.
- 1888 –The “From Hell” letter sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
- 1910 –Airship America launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
- 1944 –The Arrow Cross Party (very similar to Hitler’s NSDAP (Nazi party)) takes power in Hungary.
- 1953 –British nuclear test Totem 1 detonated at Emu Field, South Australia.
- 1971 –The start of the 2500-year celebration of Iran, celebrating the birth of Persia.
- 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.
- 2007 –Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country’s first post 9/11 anti-terrorism raids.
- 2011 –Legoland Florida in Winter Haven, Florida Opens. This is the world’s largest Legoland theme park
Who were born on October 15?
- 1711 –Elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741)
- 1844 –Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (d. 1900)
- 1879 –Jane Darwell, Academy Award-winning American actress (d. 1967)
- 1893 –King Carol II of Romania, (d. 1953)
- 1906 –Hiram Leong Fong, American politician (d. 2004)
- 1946 –Palle Danielsson, Swedish jazz double bassist, member of Tomasz Stanko Septet
- 1970 –Eric Benét, American singer
- 1976 –Yoon Son-ha, South Korean actress and singer
- 1977 –David Trezeguet, French footballer
- 1981 –Guo Jingjing, Chinese diver
Who died on October 15?
- 412 –Pope Theophilus of Alexandria
- 1810 –Alfred Moore, American judrist (b. 1755)
- 1811 –Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter (b. 1735)
- 1918 –Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian religious figure (b. c. 1838)
- 1987 –Thomas Sankara, Burkinan military officer and politician (b. 1949)
- 1994 –Sarah Kofman, French philosopher (b. 1934)
- 1999 –Josef Locke, Irish-born tenor (b. 1917)
- 2001 –Zhang Xueliang, Chinese head of state (b. 1901)
- 2005 –Jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977)
- 2009 –Heinz Versteeg, Dutch footballer in Germany (b. 1939)
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