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October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 77 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 1066 ...
1894 – Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish artillery officer in the French military, was wrongly arrested for treason . 1917 – Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari (pictured) was executed by firing squad for spying for Germany. 1945 – Pierre Laval, twice head of government of Vichy France, was executed for high treason .
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October 7: 1885 – Birth of Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962) 1896 – Death of Emma Wedgwood, English naturalist, wife of Charles Darwin, (b. 1808) 1903 – Death of Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (b. 1832) 1939 – Birth of Harold Kroto, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.
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The original Famous Birthdays website was created by Edward Morykwas, a Michigan schoolteacher, in 1996. [4] [5] [6]The site was updated to its current format in November 7, 2012, by Evan Britton, [7] who has since described the website as "Wikipedia for Generation Z".
Mark Russell (August 23, 1932–March 30, 2023), American political satirist and show tunes pianist, would have turned 92 this year. Kjeld Bonfils (1918 – 1984), Danish pianist and vibraphone player, would have turned 106. Ernst Krenek (August 23, 1900 –December 22, 1991), Austrian composer, would have turned 124 this year. edit today's ...
2024 day arrangement. October 1: Unification Day in Cameroon (1961); National Day in China (1949); Independence Day in Tuvalu (1978); : Defenders Day in Ukraine (2015); Yosemite Valley. 959 – Edgar ascended to the English throne upon the death of his brother Eadwig. 1386 – The Wonderful Parliament met at Westminster Abbey to address King ...