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October 15th - 288th Day of the Year
1529
Ottoman armies under Suleiman end their siege of Vienna and head back to Belgrade.
1582
The Gregorian (or New World) calendar is adopted in Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal; and the preceding ten days are lost to history.
1783
Francois Pilatre de Rozier makes the first manned flight in a hot air balloon. The first flight was let out to 82 feet, but over the next few days the altitude increased up to 6,500 feet.
1813
During the land defeat of the British on the Thames River in Canada, the Indian chief Tecumseh, now a brigadier general with the British Army (War of 1812), is killed.
1863
For the second time, the Confederate submarine H L Hunley sinks during a practice dive in Charleston Harbor, this time drowning its inventor along with seven crew members.
1878
Thomas A. Edison founds the Edison Electric Light Co.
1880
Victorio, feared leader of the Minbreno Apache, is killed by Mexican troops in northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico.
1888
The "From Hell" letter, allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper, is received by investigators.
1892
An attempt to rob two banks in Coffeyville, Kan., ends in disaster for the Dalton gang as four of the five outlaws are killed and Emmet Dalton is seriously wounded.
1894
Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army officer, is arrested for betraying military secrets to Germany.
1914
Congress passes the Clayton Anti-Trust Act, which labor leader Samuel Gompers calls "labor's charter of freedom." The act exempts unions from anti-trust laws; strikes, picketing and boycotting become legal; corporate interlocking directorates become illegal, as does setting prices which would effect a monopoly.
1917
Mata Hari, a Paris dancer, is executed by the French after being convicted of passing military secrets to the Germans.
1924
German ZR-3 flies 5000 miles, the furthest Zeppelin flight to date.
1941
Odessa, a Russian port on the Black Sea which has been surrounded by German troops for several weeks, is evacuated by Russian troops.
1945
Vichy French Premier Pierre Laval is executed by a firing squad for his wartime collaboration with the Germans.
1946
Hermann Göring, Hitler’s designated successor, dies by his own hand.
1950
President Harry Truman meets with General Douglas MacArthur at Wake Island to discuss U.N. progress in the Korean War.
1964
Nikita Khrushchev is replaced by Leonid Brezhnev as leader of the Soviet Union.
1965
In a demonstration staged by the student-run National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam, some of the first public burnings of draft cards in the United States takes place.
1966
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale establish the Black Panther Party, an African-American revolutionary socialist political group, in the US.
1969
Rallies for The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam draw over 2 million demonstrators across the US, a quarter million of them in the nation's capital.
1979
A coup d'etat in El Salavador overthrows President Carlos Humberto Romero and begins the 12 year-long Salvadoran Civil War.
1987
The Great Storm of 1987 strikes the UK and Europe during the night of Oct 15-16, killing over 20 people and causing widespread damage.
1989
Canadian hockey player Wayne Gretzky makes his 1,851st goal, breaking the all-time scoring record in the National Hockey League.
1990
Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the USSR, receives Nobel Peace Prize for his work in making his country more open and reducing Cold War tensions.
1991
The U.S. Senate votes 52 to 48 to confirm Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court.
1997
- Andy Green of the UK becomes the first person to break the sound barrier in the Earth's atmosphere, driving the ThrustSSC supersonic car to a record 763 mph (1,228 km/h).
- The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.
2001
NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 111 miles (180 km) of Jupiter's moon, Io.
2003
China launches its first manned space mission, Shenzhou V.
2007
New Zealand police arrest 17 people believed to be part of a paramilitary training camp.
2008
Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 733.08 points, the second-largest percentage drop in the Dow's history.
2011
Protests break out in countries around the globe, under the slogan "United for Global Democracy."
Ottoman armies under Suleiman end their siege of Vienna and head back to Belgrade.
1582
The Gregorian (or New World) calendar is adopted in Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal; and the preceding ten days are lost to history.
1783
Francois Pilatre de Rozier makes the first manned flight in a hot air balloon. The first flight was let out to 82 feet, but over the next few days the altitude increased up to 6,500 feet.
1813
During the land defeat of the British on the Thames River in Canada, the Indian chief Tecumseh, now a brigadier general with the British Army (War of 1812), is killed.
1863
For the second time, the Confederate submarine H L Hunley sinks during a practice dive in Charleston Harbor, this time drowning its inventor along with seven crew members.
1878
Thomas A. Edison founds the Edison Electric Light Co.
1880
Victorio, feared leader of the Minbreno Apache, is killed by Mexican troops in northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico.
1888
The "From Hell" letter, allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper, is received by investigators.
1892
An attempt to rob two banks in Coffeyville, Kan., ends in disaster for the Dalton gang as four of the five outlaws are killed and Emmet Dalton is seriously wounded.
1894
Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army officer, is arrested for betraying military secrets to Germany.
1914
Congress passes the Clayton Anti-Trust Act, which labor leader Samuel Gompers calls "labor's charter of freedom." The act exempts unions from anti-trust laws; strikes, picketing and boycotting become legal; corporate interlocking directorates become illegal, as does setting prices which would effect a monopoly.
1917
Mata Hari, a Paris dancer, is executed by the French after being convicted of passing military secrets to the Germans.
1924
German ZR-3 flies 5000 miles, the furthest Zeppelin flight to date.
1941
Odessa, a Russian port on the Black Sea which has been surrounded by German troops for several weeks, is evacuated by Russian troops.
1945
Vichy French Premier Pierre Laval is executed by a firing squad for his wartime collaboration with the Germans.
1946
Hermann Göring, Hitler’s designated successor, dies by his own hand.
1950
President Harry Truman meets with General Douglas MacArthur at Wake Island to discuss U.N. progress in the Korean War.
1964
Nikita Khrushchev is replaced by Leonid Brezhnev as leader of the Soviet Union.
1965
In a demonstration staged by the student-run National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam, some of the first public burnings of draft cards in the United States takes place.
1966
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale establish the Black Panther Party, an African-American revolutionary socialist political group, in the US.
1969
Rallies for The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam draw over 2 million demonstrators across the US, a quarter million of them in the nation's capital.
1979
A coup d'etat in El Salavador overthrows President Carlos Humberto Romero and begins the 12 year-long Salvadoran Civil War.
1987
The Great Storm of 1987 strikes the UK and Europe during the night of Oct 15-16, killing over 20 people and causing widespread damage.
1989
Canadian hockey player Wayne Gretzky makes his 1,851st goal, breaking the all-time scoring record in the National Hockey League.
1990
Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the USSR, receives Nobel Peace Prize for his work in making his country more open and reducing Cold War tensions.
1991
The U.S. Senate votes 52 to 48 to confirm Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court.
1997
- Andy Green of the UK becomes the first person to break the sound barrier in the Earth's atmosphere, driving the ThrustSSC supersonic car to a record 763 mph (1,228 km/h).
- The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.
2001
NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 111 miles (180 km) of Jupiter's moon, Io.
2003
China launches its first manned space mission, Shenzhou V.
2007
New Zealand police arrest 17 people believed to be part of a paramilitary training camp.
2008
Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 733.08 points, the second-largest percentage drop in the Dow's history.
2011
Protests break out in countries around the globe, under the slogan "United for Global Democracy."
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KNOD, Harlan Newspaper, Hy-Vee, Milk & Honey, Farm Table Delivery, Nelson Farm Supply, Shelby County Physical Therapy, Shelby County State Bank, State Farm-EJ Leinen, Town & Country Credit Union, Ouren Real Estate, and ThinkSpace IT.
KNOD, Harlan Newspaper, Hy-Vee, Milk & Honey, Farm Table Delivery, Nelson Farm Supply, Shelby County Physical Therapy, Shelby County State Bank, State Farm-EJ Leinen, Town & Country Credit Union, Ouren Real Estate, and ThinkSpace IT.
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