DateNameLocation / Topic
Wednesday, Oct 15
Commemoration Day of King's Father Commemoration Day of King's Father
Wednesday, Oct 15
Teachers' Day Teachers' Day
Wednesday, Oct 15
International Day of Rural Women International Day of Rural Women
Wednesday, Oct 15
White Cane Safety Day White Cane Safety Day
Wednesday, Oct 15
National Aesthetician Day National Aesthetician Day
Wednesday, Oct 15
National Cheese Curd Day National Cheese Curd Day
Wednesday, Oct 15
National I Love Lucy Day National I Love Lucy Day
Wednesday, Oct 15
National Grouch Day National Grouch Day
Wednesday, Oct 15
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
Wednesday, Oct 15
National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day
Wednesday, Oct 15
National White Cane Safety Day National White Cane Safety Day
Wednesday, Oct 15
BRA Day USA BRA Day USA
Wednesday, Oct 15
Hagfish Day Hagfish Day
Wednesday, Oct 15
National Fossil Day National Fossil Day
Wednesday, Oct 15
Simchat Torah Simchat Torah
Wednesday, Oct 15
Cayenne Festival Cayenne Festival
Wednesday, Oct 15
Evacuation Day Evacuation Day
Wednesday, Oct 15
National Take Your Parents To Lunch Day National Take Your Parents To Lunch Day
Wednesday, Oct 15
National Mushroom Day National Mushroom Day
Wednesday, Oct 15
Global Handwashing Day Global Handwashing Day
Wednesday, Oct 15
National Fetch Day National Fetch Day
Wednesday, Oct 15
World Students Day World Students Day
Wednesday, Oct 15
National Chicken Cacciatore Day National Chicken Cacciatore Day
Wednesday, Oct 15
Global Dignity Day Global Dignity Day
Wednesday, Oct 15
SUDEP Action Day SUDEP Action Day
Wednesday, Oct 15
Unity Day Unity Day

Historical Events on October 15

  • 1529: The Turks who are trying to invade Vienna are routed by the Austrians during the Siege of Vienna. This ends almost a century of conquest by the Ottoman Empire throughout Europe.
  • 1582: Due to the recent implementation of the Gregorian Calendar, this day doesn’t exist in 1582 in parts of Italy, Poland, Spain and Portugal.
  • 1764: As Edward Gibbon watches some friars singing in the decrepit Temple of Jupiter in Rome, he is struck with inspiration and immediately begins work on “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.”
  • 1783: The first human ascent in a tethered hot air balloon is by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.
  • 1793: Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried, convicted and condemned to death in a trial in Palais de Justice in Paris, France. She’s scheduled to be executed the following day.
  • 1815: The exile of Napoleon I of France begins on this day on Saint Helena.
  • 1864: Glasgow, Missouri is surrendered to the Confederacy after the Battle of Glasgow Missouri is conducted during the American Civil War.
  • 1878: Edison Electric Light Co. goes into operation on this day.
  • 1888: Investigators in London who are investigating the Jack the Ripper murders receive a letter signed “From Hell” and half a kidney that is supposedly from Jack the Ripper himself.
  • 1965: An anti-war rally is staged in Manhattan by the Catholic Worker Movement. During this rally, draft cards were burnt – which led to people being arrested under a new amendment to the Selective Service Program.
  • 1966: Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton create the Black Panther Party.
  • 1970: 35 workers are killed when a portion of the West Gate Bridge in Melbourne, Australia collapses.

Famous Birthdays on October 15

  • Roman poet Virgil is born in 70 BC.
  • Scottish poet and playwright Allan Ramsay is born in 1686.
  • German poet and philosopher Friedrick Nietzsche is born in 1844.
  • American singer and educator Charles W. Clark is born in 1865.