Page 4: Historical Events In October - 15

1898  On October - 15 gunther Ramin, composer   

1899  Cincinnati closes season with 16-1 & 19-3 victories over Cleve Spiders on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history fritz Feld, Berlin Germany, actor (Jack Benny Show, At the Circus)   

1900  On this day in history zdenek Fibich, composer, dies at 49   

1901  Bernard von Brentano, German writer (Big Cats) on October - 15.   

1902  On this day in history andrey Yakolevich Shtogarenko, composer   

1904  Julian Hodge, British financier/multi-millionaire (Hodge Group) on October - 15.   

1905  Claude Debussy's "La Mer," premieres on October - 15.   

1905  On October - 15 alexey Kozlovsky, composer   

1906  Hiram Fong, Honolulu U.S. (Sen-R-Hawaii) on this day in history.   

1907  On October - 15 john "Cardinal" Dearden, US cardinal (1969-88)/archbishop of Detroit   

1908  On October - 15 john Kenneth Galbraith, economist (Affluent Society-58 Hillman Award)   

1909  Robert Trout, Wake County NC, newscaster (ABC) on October - 15.   

1910  Xenophon Balaskas, cricketer (South African leg-spinner of 30's) on this day in history.   

1910  On October - 15 stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, heavy weight boxing champ, shot & killed   

1911  On this day in history james H[enry] Schmitz, Germany, sci-fi author (Lion Game)   

1912  On this day in history red Sox Tris Speaker's makes only world series unassisted double play, from the outfield   

1913  On this day in history train crash in Liverpool during "Black Week"   

1913  On October - 15 klaus Barbie, gestapo chief (Lyon)   

1914  ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers) founded on October - 15.   

1914  Clayton Antitrust Act passed on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history aleksander Rozycki, composer, dies at 69   

1915  W Weyrauch, writer on this day in history.   

1917  Mata Hari Dutch dancer/German spy executed by firing squad in Paris on this day in history.   

1917  USS Cassin (DD-43) torpedoed by German submarine U-61 off coast of Ireland. In trying to save the ship, Gunner's Mate Osmond Kelly Ingram becomes first American sailor killed in World War I and later is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism. He becomes the first enlisted man to have a ship named for him, in 1919 on October - 15.   

1917  Chicago White Sox beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 14th World Series on this day in history.   

1917  Arthur Schlesinger Jr, Ohio, historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson) on October - 15.   

1917  Mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history british Q-ship Cymric sinks British submarine J6   

1919  14 horses begin 300-mile race from Vt to Mass for $1000 prize money on October - 15.   

1919  On this day in history edwin C Tubb, Brits sci-fi writer (Earth is Heaven, Earthfall)   

1921  On October - 15 mario Puzo, novelist (The Godfather) born   

1921  On this day in history angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table tennis player (World Champ 1950-55)   

1922  On October - 15 agustina Bessa-Luís, Portuguese writer   

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1471  Konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526) was born on this day in history.   

1542  Djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605) was born on this day in history.   

1550  Henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange was born on October - 15.   

1608  Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647) was born on this day in history.   

1674  On October - 15 birth of robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together)   

1686  On this day in history birth of allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758)   

1701  On this day in history birth of marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771)   

1711  Elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741) was born on this day in history.   

0412  Death of Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria on this day in history.   

0892  Al-Mutamid, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on October - 15.   

0898  On this day in history death of lambert, Holy Roman Emperor   

0912  On October - 15 death of abdullah ibn Muhammad, Emir of Córdoba   

1002  On October - 15 death of otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946)   

1080  On October - 15 rudolf von Schwaben, German anti-King, dies   

1268  On this day in history dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies   

1271  On October - 15 hostiensis, [Henricus the Segusia], cardinal/bishop of Ostia, dies