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| Birthday October 15, 0070 Virgil, Mantua, (Publius Vergilius Maro) born BC - Italy (’neid) |
| Birthday October 15, 1542 Akbar, Indian Mughal emperor (1556-1605) |
| Birthday October 15, 1785 Jose Miguel Carrera, president of Chile (1811-14) |
| Birthday October 15, 1829 Asaph Hall, discoverer of the moons of Mars, Phobos & Deimos |
| Birthday October 15, 1844 Friedrich Nietzsche, šbermensch |
| Birthday October 15, 1858 John L. Sullivan, (heavyweight champ 1882-92) |
| Birthday October 15, 1881 P.G. Wodehouse is born |
| Birthday October 15, 1900 Mervyn Le Roy, movie producer |
| Birthday October 15, 1905 C P Snow, British novelist & scientist |
| Birthday October 15, 1908 John Kenneth Galbraith, economist |
| Birthday October 15, 1917 Arthur Schlesinger Jr., historian |
| Birthday October 15, 1921 Mario Puzo, author (Godfather) |
| Birthday October 15, 1924 Lee Iacocca, CEO of Chrysler Corp |
| Birthday October 15, 1926 Jean Peters, Actress |
| Birthday October 15, 1937 Linda Lavin, in Portland Maine - Alice TV show |
| Birthday October 15, 1942 Penny Marshall, NYC (Laverne & Shirley) former Mrs Rob Reiner |
| Birthday October 15, 1945 Jim Palmer, baseball player |
| Birthday October 15, 1946 Richard Carpenter, (Carpenters) |
| Birthday October 15, 1959 Princess Sarah Ferguson, (Fergie), the Duchess of York |
| Birthday October 15, 1960 Moneyball author Michael Lewis is born |
| History October 15, 1582 Catholic countries switch to Gregorian calendar cut 10 prior days. |
| History October 15, 1780 British retreat from Middleburgh |
| History October 15, 1783 Jean Pilƒtre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent. |
| History October 15, 1860 Grace Bedell writes to Lincoln tells him to grow a beard. |
| History October 15, 1863 Cliff House opens in SF (1st of many on the site). |
| History October 15, 1863 C.S.S. Hunley sinks during tests |
| History October 15, 1880 Chiricahua Apache leader Victorio is killed south of El Paso, Texas |
| History October 15, 1885 Hoss Radbourne pitches his 60th win of the season |
| History October 15, 1914 ASCAP founded (American Soc of Composers Authers & Publishers) |
| History October 15, 1917 Mata Hari is executed |
| History October 15, 1917 Mata Hari executed by firing squad outside of Paris. |
| History October 15, 1923 Yanks win 1st world shampionship Beating the Giants |
| History October 15, 1930 Duke Ellington records his first big hit, Mood Indigo |
| History October 15, 1939 LaGuardia Airport opened in NYC |
| History October 15, 1945 Vichy leader executed for treason |
| History October 15, 1946 Herman Goering dies |
| History October 15, 1946 Enos Slaughter scores from 1st on a single in the World Series |
| History October 15, 1946 Nazi Hermann Goering poisons himself in prison. |
| History October 15, 1948 Gerald Ford marries Elizabeth Bloomer |
| History October 15, 1948 A murderous husband is executed |
| History October 15, 1951 I Love Lucy premiers |
| History October 15, 1954 Hurricane Hazel hits the Carolinas and Ontario |
| History October 15, 1959 Untouchables premier |
| History October 15, 1964 Kosygin & Brezhnev replace Soviet premier Nikita Krushchev |
| History October 15, 1965 First draft card burned |
| History October 15, 1966 Operation Attleboro continues in Tay Ninh Province |
| History October 15, 1969 Bank of America World Headquarters (555 California) dedicated |
| History October 15, 1969 National Moratorium demonstrations held across the United States |
| History October 15, 1981 Yanks defeat A's 4-0 & win 33 pennant |
| History October 15, 1989 Wayne Gretzky breaks NHL points record |
| History October 15, 1989 Gretzky breaks scoring record |
| History October 15, 1990 Mikhail Gorbachev wins Nobel Peace Prize |
| History October 15, 1991 Thomas confirmed to the Supreme Court |
| History October 15, 2004 Funeral coaches exempted from car-seat law |
| History October 15, 2007 Drew Carey debuts as new host of The Price is Right |