Born on October 15
October 15 birthdays & history
If you were born on October 15, you share a birthday with Friedrich Nietzsche, Akbar and Michel Foucault. October 15 babies are Libra, with opal as their birthstone and the marigold as their birth flower. October 15 is the 289th day of the year in leap years (288th in other years).
Famous people born on October 15
- 1844Friedrich Nietzsche, German composer, poet, and philosopher
- 1542Akbar, Mughal emperor
- 1926Michel Foucault, French historian and philosopher
- 1814Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author, poet, and painter
- 1988Mesut Özil, German footballer
- 1608Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician
- 1923Italo Calvino, Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist
- 1920Mario Puzo, American author and screenwriter
- 1968Didier Deschamps, French footballer and manager
- 1908John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, 7th United States Ambassador to India
What happened on October 15
- 1910Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
- 1923The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
- 1928The airship Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
- 1932Air India, the flag carrier airline of India, began operations under the name Tata Airlines.
- 1939The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated.
- 1951Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes completes the synthesis of norethisterone, the basis of an early oral contraceptive.
- 1956FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
- 1966The Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
- 1989Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL.
- 1991The "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.
- 1991The 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.
- 1994The United States, under the Clinton administration, returns Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to the island.
Also observed on October 15
- Breast Health Day (Europe)
- Shwmae Su'mae Day (Wales)
- White Cane Safety Day
- World Students' Day
Questions, answered
What star sign is October 15?
People born on October 15 are Libra. Their birthstone is opal and their birth flower is the marigold.
Which famous people were born on October 15?
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844), Akbar (1542), Michel Foucault (1926), Mikhail Lermontov (1814), Mesut Özil (1988), Evangelista Torricelli (1608) were all born on October 15.
What happened on October 15 in history?
Among other things: in 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; in 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; in 1994, The United States, under the Clinton administration, returns Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to the island.
Can I get a newspaper front page from October 15?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any October 15 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “October 15”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.