15 October
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The 15t o October is the 288t day o the year (289t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 77 days bidin.
Events
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- 1582 - The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Spain, Portugal, Italy an Poland.
- 1815 - Napoleon I stairts his time in exile on the Sooth Atlantic island o St. Helena.
- 1880 - Cologne Cathedral is completit efter ower 600 year.
- 1894 - French military office Alfred Dreyfus is arrested, stairting the Dreyfus Affair.
- 1945 - Vichy Fraunce politeecian Pierre Laval is executit.
- 1946 - Hermann Göring, Nazi politeecian, commits suicide.
- 1987 - Blaise Compaoré takes ower in Burkina Faso.
- 1990 - Mikhail Gorbachev wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1993 - Nelson Mandela an Frederik Willem de Klerk win the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1997 - The Cassini-Huygens space probe is launched tae the planet Saturn.
- 2001 - The Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 mile o Jupiter's muin Io.
- 2012 - In the Edinburgh Agreement, David Cameron an Alex Salmond agree the terms for a referendum on Scots unthirldom.
Births
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- 70 BC - Virgil, Roman poet (d. 19 BC)
- 1542 - Akbar the Great, Mughal Emperor (d. 1605)
- 1608 - Evangelista Torricelli, Italian pheesicist an mathemateecian (d. 1647)
- 1795 - Frederick William IV o Proushie (d. 1861)
- 1814 - Mikhail Lermontov, Roushie writer, poet an penter (d. 1841)
- 1829 - Asaph Hall, American astronomer (d. 1907)
- 1844 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (d. 1900)
- 1893 - Carol II o Romanie (d. 1953)
- 1894 - Moshe Sharett, 2nt Prime meenister o Israel (d. 1965)
- 1914 - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King o Afghanistan (d. 2007)
- 1920 - Mario Puzo, American writer (d. 1999)
- 1923 - Italo Calvino, Italian jurnalist an writer (d. 1985)
- 1926 - Michel Foucault, French philosopher (d. 1984)
- 1931 - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, 11t Preses o Indie (d. 2015)
- 1944 - Sali Berisha, Albanian politeecian
- 1944 - David Trimble, Northren Erse politeecian
- 1946 - Stewart Stevenson, Scots politeecian
- 1959 - Sarah, Duchess o York
- 1968 - Didier Deschamps, French fitbawer
- 1971 - Andy Cole, Inglis fitbawer
- 1974 - Bianca Rinaldi, Brazilian actress
- 1977 - David Trezeguet, French fitbawer
- 1981 - Elena Dementieva, Roushie tennis player
- 1988 - Mesut Oezil, German fitbawer
Daiths
- 1389 - Pape Urban VI (b. 1318)
- 1917 - Mata Hari, Dutch dancer an spy (b. 1876)
- 1934 - Raymond Poincaré, French politeecian (b. 1860)
- 1945 - Pierre Laval, French politeecian (b. 1883)
- 1946 - Hermann Göring, German Nazi politeecian (b. 1893)
- 1956 - Jules Rimet, 3rd Preses o FIFA (b. 1873)
- 1964 - Cole Porter, American componer (b. 1891)
- 2012 - Norodom Sihanouk, King o Cambodie (b. 1922)
Halidays
- Global Handwashing Day
- Teacher's Day (Brazil)
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