Tukuk-OS📅 October 15
15 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on October 15? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2018 — Thirteen-year-old Jayme Closs was kidnapped from her home in Barron, Wisconsin, and held captive for 88 days.
- 2013 — A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Bohol in the Philippines, resulting in 222 deaths.
- 2011 — Global demonstrations against economic inequality, corporate influence on government, and other issues, were held in more than 950 cities in 82 countries.
- 2007 — New Zealand Police conducted several anti-terrorism raids in relation to the discovery of an alleged paramilitary training camp in the Urewera mountain ranges, arresting 17 people and seizing four guns and 230 rounds of ammunition.
- 2006 — An earthquake registering 6.7 Mw occurred off the northwestern coast of the island of Hawaiʻi.
2006 Kiholo Bay earthquakeMoment magnitude scaleHawaiʻi (island)
- 1996 — The Irish Criminal Assets Bureau was established following the gangland murders of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe and investigative journalist Veronica Guerin.
Criminal Assets BureauKilling of Jerry McCabeVeronica Guerin
- 1979 — President Carlos Humberto Romero of El Salvador was overthrown and exiled in a military coup d'état.
- 1967 — The Motherland Calls (depicted in coat of arms), a colossal statue in Volgograd, Russia, which commemorates the casualties of the Battle of Stalingrad, was dedicated, becoming the then-tallest statue in the world.
- 1965 — Vietnam War protests: At an anti-war rally in New York City, David J. Miller burned his draft card (example pictured), the first such act to result in arrest under a new amendment to the Selective Service Act.
Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam WarDraft-card burningMilitary Selective Service Act
- 1954 — Hurricane Hazel made landfall in the Carolinas in the United States before moving north to Toronto in Canada later the same day, killing 176 people in the two countries.
- 1932 — Air India (modern aircraft pictured), the flag carrier airline of India, began operations under the name Tata Airlines.
- 1888 — The "From Hell" letter, allegedly from Jack the Ripper, was sent to George Lusk, the chairman of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee in London.
- 1864 — American Civil War: Confederate forces captured Glasgow, Missouri, although it had little long-term benefit as Price's Missouri Expedition was defeated a week later.
American Civil WarConfederate States of AmericaBattle of Glasgow, Missouri
- 1815 — Napoleon began his exile on Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean, which would encompass his final six years.
- 1529 — Ottoman–Habsburg wars: The siege of Vienna ended with Austrian forces repelling the invading Turks, turning the tide against almost a century of conquest in Europe by the Ottoman Empire.
Ottoman–Habsburg warsSiege of Vienna (1529)Ottoman wars in Europe
Births
- 2005 — Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark
- 2000 — Melki Sedek Huang, Indonesian activist and sex offender
- 1999 — Bailee Madison, American-Canadian actress and singer
- 1999 — Ben Woodburn, Welsh footballer
- 1998 — Teuku Wariza Aris Munandar, Indonesian activist and politician
- 1996 — Charly Musonda, Belgian footballer
- 1996 — Grace Van Dien, American actress
- 1996 — Zelo, South Korean rapper and dancer
- 1995 — Jack Flaherty, American baseball player
- 1995 — Jakob Pöltl, Austrian basketball player
- 1994 — Lil' Kleine, Dutch rapper
- 1994 — Babar Azam, Pakistani cricket player
Deaths
- 2025 — Jim Bolger, New Zealand businessman and politician, 35th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1935)
- 2024 — Mike Jackson, English general (born 1944)
- 2021 — David Amess, British politician, member of Parliament for Southend West (born 1952)
- 2018 — Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, philanthropist, owner of the Seattle Seahawks (born 1953)
- 2017 — Chinggoy Alonzo, Filipino theater, movie & television actor (born 1950)
- 2017 — Deng Ken, Chinese politician, younger brother of former Paramount leader of China Deng Xiaoping (born 1911)
- 2014 — Giovanni Reale, Italian philosopher and historian (born 1931)
- 2013 — Donald Bailey, American drummer (born 1933)
- 2012 — Claude Cheysson, French lieutenant and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1920)
Claude CheyssonMinistry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France)
- 2012 — Erol Günaydın, Turkish actor and screenwriter (born 1933)
- 2012 — Maria Petrou, Greek-English computer scientist and academic (born 1953)
- 2012 — Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia (born 1922)
Observances & holidays
- Breast Health Day (Europe)
- Christian feast day: Gundisalvus of Lagos
- Christian feast day: Magdalene of Nagasaki
- Christian feast day: Teresa of Ávila
- Christian feast day: Thecla of Kitzingen
- Christian feast day: October 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
- Shwmae Su'mae Day (Wales)
- White Cane Safety Day
- World Students' Day
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