15 October
Notable Births
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)
Jack Flaherty
b. 1995
American baseball player (born 1995)
Jakob Pöltl
b. 1995
Austrian basketball player (born 1995)
Lil' Kleine
b. 1994
Musical artist
Babar Azam
b. 1994
Pakistani cricketer (born 1994)
Richaun Holmes
b. 1993
American basketball player (born 1993)
Roh Tae-hyun
b. 1993
South Korean singer (born 1993)
Ncuti Gatwa
b. 1992
Rwandan and Scottish actor (born 1992)
Teoscar Hernández
b. 1992
Dominican baseball player (born 1992)
Vincent Martella
b. 1992
American actor (born 1992)
Brock Nelson
b. 1991
American ice hockey player (born 1991)
Jeon Ji-yoon
b. 1990
South Korean singer (born 1990)
Blaine Gabbert
b. 1989
American football player (born 1989)
Anthony Joshua
b. 1989
British boxer (born 1989)
Michel Foucault
b. 1926
French philosopher (1926–1984)
Notable Deaths
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)
Erol Günaydın
d. 2012
Turkish actor (1933-2012)
Norodom Sihanouk
d. 2012
King of Cambodia (1941–1955; 1993–2004)
Betty Driver
d. 2011
British actress and singer (1920–2011)
Mildred Fay Jefferson
d. 2010
American physician (1927–2010)
Johnny Sheffield
d. 2010
American child actor (1931–2010)
Edie Adams
d. 2008
American actress (1927–2008)
Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca
d. 2008
Turkish poet (1914-2008)
Jack Narz
d. 2008
American radio personality, television host, and singer (1922–2008)
Matti Wuori
d. 2005
Finnish lawyer, writer and politician
Zhang Xueliang
d. 2001
Chinese general and warlord (1901–2001)
Konrad Emil Bloch
d. 2000
German biochemist (1912–2000)
Josef Locke
d. 1999
Irish singer (1917–1999)
Sarah Kofman
d. 1994
French philosopher (1934–1994)
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)
1997
The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.
Cassini–Huygens
1994
The United States, under the Clinton administration, returns Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to the island.
Presidency of Bill Clinton
1991
The "Oh-My-God particle", an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray measured at 40,000,000 times that of the highest energy protons produced in a particle accelerator, is observed at the University of Utah HiRes observatory in Dugway Proving Ground, Utah.
Oh-My-God particle
1991
The leaders of the Baltic States, Arnold Rüütel of Estonia, Anatolijs Gorbunovs of Latvia and Vytautas Landsbergis of Lithuania, signed the OSCE Final Act in Helsinki, Finland.
Baltic states
1990
Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation.
Mikhail Gorbachev
1989
Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL.
Wayne Gretzky
1987
Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460 crashes near Conca di Crezzo, Italy, killing all 37 people on board.
Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460
1987
A coup d'état in Burkina Faso overthrows and kills then President Thomas Sankara.
1987 Burkina Faso coup d'état
1979
Supporters of the Malta Labour Party ransack and destroy the Times of Malta building and other locations associated with the Nationalist Party.
Black Monday (Malta)
1979
A coup d'état in El Salvador overthrows President Carlos Humberto Romero and begins the 12 year-long Salvadoran Civil War.
1979 Salvadoran coup d'état
1970
During the construction of Australia's West Gate Bridge, a span of the bridge falls and kills 35 workers. The incident is the country's worst industrial accident to this day.
West Gate Bridge
1966
The Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
Black Panther Party