Tuesday October 15, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

October 15: Day of the Week

October 15, 2024 is the 289th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 77 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.

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Here’s the October calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

October 15 Historical Event(s)

1880
Mexican soldiers kill Victorio, one of the greatest Apache military strategists.
1894
The Dreyfus affair: Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying.
1928
The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
1944
The Arrow Cross Party (very similar to Hitler’s NSDAP (Nazi party)) takes power in Hungary.
1951
Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes conducts the very last step of the first synthesis of norethisterone, the progestin that would later be used in one of the first two oral contraceptives.
1970
The domestic Soviet Aeroflot Flight 244 is hijacked and diverted to Turkey.
1979
Black Monday in Malta. The Building of the Times of Malta, the residence of the opposition leader Eddie Fenech Adami and several Nationalist Party clubs are ransacked and destroyed by supporters of the Malta Labour Party.
1997
The first supersonic land speed record is set by Andy Green in ThrustSSC (United Kingdom), exactly 50 years and 1 day after Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in the Earth’s atmosphere.
2003
The Staten Island Ferry boat Andrew J. Barberi runs into a pier at the St. George Ferry Terminal in Staten Island, killing 11 people and injuring 43.
2008
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst day in the Dow’s history based on a percentage drop.

Who were born on October 15?

1879
Jane Darwell, Academy Award-winning American actress (d. 1967)
1937
Linda Lavin, American actress
1938
Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician and political activist (d. 1997)
1959
Todd Solondz, American film director
1966
Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer
1976
Manuel Dallan, Italian rugby player
1978
Takeshi Morishima, Japanese professional wrestler
1979
Paul Robinson, English footballer
1982
Charline Labonté, Canadian ice hockey player
1983
Bruno Senna, Brazilian racing driver

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