Today in History
15 October
235 births · 97 deaths · 42 events recorded
Featured Birthday · Born 1926
Michel Foucault
French philosopher (1926–1984)
Notable Births
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Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark
b. 2005
Heir apparent to the Danish throne (born 2005)
Bailee Madison
b. 1999
American actress (born 1999)
Ben Woodburn
b. 1999
Wales international footballer (born 1999)
Charly Musonda (footballer, born 1996)
b. 1996
Belgian footballer
Grace Van Dien
b. 1996
American actress (born 1996)
Zelo
b. 1996
South Korean rapper (born 1996)
Mesut Özil
b. 1988
German footballer (born 1988)
Michel Foucault
b. 1926
French philosopher (1926–1984)
Notable Deaths
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Jim Bolger
d. 2025
Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1990 to 1997
Mike Jackson (British Army officer)
d. 2024
British Army general (1944–2024)
David Amess
d. 2021
British politician (1952–2021)
Paul Allen
d. 2018
American businessman (1953–2018)
Giovanni Reale
d. 2014
Italian historian of philosophy (1931–2014)
Claude Cheysson
d. 2012
French politician (1920–2012)
Danilo Kiš
d. 1989
Serbian and Yugoslav novelist (1935–1989)
Cole Porter
d. 1964
American composer and songwriter (1891–1964)
On This Day in History
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2018
13-year-old American girl, Jayme Closs, is kidnapped from her Barron, Wisconsin home after her parents were both murdered.
Kidnapping of Jayme Closs
2016
One hundred and ninety-seven nations amend the Montreal Protocol to include a phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons.
Montreal Protocol
2013
The 7.2 Mw Bohol earthquake strikes the Philippines. At least 215 were killed.
Seismic magnitude scales
2008
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst percentage drop in the Dow's history.
Dow Jones Industrial Average
2007
Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11 anti-terrorism raids.
2007 New Zealand police raids
2006
The 6.7 Mw Kiholo Bay earthquake rocks Hawaii, causing property damage, injuries, landslides, power outages, and the closure of Honolulu International Airport.
Seismic magnitude scales
2003
China launches Shenzhou 5, its first crewed space mission.
Shenzhou 5
2001
NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles (180 km) of Jupiter's moon Io.
Galileo (spacecraft)