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 289^th 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, 28,815,840 minutes 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.

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.

October 15 Historical Events

• 1815 –
  Napoleon I of France begins his exile on Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1939 –
  The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed La Guardia Airport) is dedicated.
• 1940 –
  The President of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, is executed by the Spanish dictatorship of Francisco Franco, making him the only European president to have been executed.
• 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.
• 1971 –
  The start of the 2500-year celebration of Iran, celebrating the birth of Persia.
• 2007 –
  Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country’s first post 9/11 anti-terrorism raids.
• 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.

Who were born on October 15?

• 1840 –
  Honoré Mercier, politician and premier of Quebec (d. 1894)
• 1900 –
  Mervyn LeRoy, American film director (d. 1987)
• 1907 –
  Varian Fry, American journalist (d. 1967)
• 1909 –
  Robert Trout, American reporter (d. 2000)
• 1934 –
  N. Ramani, Indian flutist
• 1940 –
  Peter Doherty, Australian immunologist, Nobel laureate
• 1971 –
  Jason Arhndt, American wrestler
• 1972 –
  Sandra Kim, Belgian singer
• 1977 –
  David Trezeguet, French footballer
• 1988 –
  Mesut Özil, German footballer

Who died on October 15?

• 912 –
  Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi, Spanish-born Moor religious figure (b. 844)
• 1715 –
  Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (b. 1675)
• 1819 –
  Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1744)
• 1900 –
  Zdeněk Fibich, Czech composer (b. 1850)
• 1917 –
  Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)
• 1994 –
  Sarah Kofman, French philosopher (b. 1934)
• 1995 –
  Marco Campos, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1976)
• 1999 –
  Josef Locke, Irish-born tenor (b. 1917)
• 2008 –
  Edie Adams, American singer and actress (b. 1927)
• 2010 –
  Richard C. Miller, American photographer (b. 1912)