October 15 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | October 15 Calendar
October 15th Daily Holidays include:
- Blind Americans Equality Day
- Breast Health Day
- Global Handwashing Day
- I Love Lucy Day
- International Day of Rural Women
- My Mom is a Student Day
- National Aesthetician Day
- National Cheese Curd Day
- National Chicken Cacciatore Day
- National Grouch Day
- National HSA Awareness Day
- National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
- National Lemon Bar Day
- National Mushroom Day
- National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day
- National Pug Day
- National Riley Day
- National Roast Pheasant Day
- National Sunday School Teacher Appreciation Day – October 15, 2023 (Third Sunday in October)
- Sewing Lovers Day
- Shine a Light Night
- White Cane Safety Day
- World Students’ Day
- World Toy Camera Day – October 15, 2023 (Third Sunday in October)
October 15: Famous Birthdays
- October 15, 1844 – Friedrich Nietzsche: Nietzsche’s work strongly influenced modern intellectual history. We honor his legacy today!
- October 15, 1924 – Lee Iacocca, American author and businessman who developed the Ford Mustang and Ford Pinto)
- October 15, 1945 – Jim Palmer, American baseball player and sportscaster
- October 15, 1946 – Richard Carpenter, American singer and songwriter, part of the duet The Carpenters
- October 15, 1953 – Tito Jackson, American singer and songwriter, part of the Jackson 5
- October 15, 1959 – Sarah, Duchess of York
October 15: Historical Events
- October 15, 1582 – The Gregorian calendar is adopted
- October 15, 1783 – The Montgolfier brothers hot air balloon makes the first human ascent piloted by Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier
- October 15, 1793 – Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted of treason
- October 15, 1815 – Napoleon starts his exile on Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean
- October 15, 1878 – The Edison Electric Light Company starts operation
- October 15, 1879 – Flooding on the Segura river in southeaster Spain kills 1077 people
- October 15, 1928 – The Graf Zeppelin finishes its first trans-Atlantic flight in Lakehurst, New Jersey
- October 15, 1932 – Tata Airlines makes its first flight, later changing it’s name to Air India
- October 15, 1939 – The New York Municipal Airport is dedicated, ultimately changing its name to LaGuardia Airport
- October 15, 1954 – Hurricane Hazel is responsible for the deaths of 95 and causing huge floods along the eastern seaboard of North America as far as Toronto
- October 15, 1966 – The Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale
- October 15, 1970 – During the construction of the West Gate Bridge in Melbourne, Australia, a span of the bridge falls and kills 35 workers
- October 15, 1990 – Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union leader is given the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to open up his nation and lesson the Cold War tensions
- October 15, 2008 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average drops 733.08 points or 7.87% in the second worst percentage drop in the Dow’s history
- October 15, 2013 – At least 215 people die when the 7.2 Mw Bohol earthquake hits the Philippines
October 15: Music Events
- October 15, 1977 – You Light Up My Life, by Debbie Boone hits #1 on the Hot 100 and remains there for 10 weeks
- October 15, 2000 – Beautiful Day by U2 is their fourth #1 hit in the UK (video below)
- October 15, 2006 – Patti Smith plays the last show at the venue CBGB in Manhattan
- October 15, 2014 – Chuck Berry performs for the last time at the St. Louis club Blueberry Hill
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