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Sunday October 15, 2023

October 15: Day of the Week

October 15, 2023 is the 288th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 77 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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

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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)

  • 1815
    Napoleon I of France begins his exile on Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.
  • 1864
    American Civil War: The Battle of Glasgow is fought, resulting in the surrender of Glasgow, Missouri, and its Union garrison, to the Confederacy.
  • 1939
    The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed La Guardia Airport) is dedicated.
  • 1940
    The President of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, is executed by the Spanish dictatorship of Francisco Franco, making him the only European president to have been executed.
  • 1944
    The Arrow Cross Party (very similar to Hitler’s NSDAP (Nazi party)) takes power in Hungary.
  • 1953
    British nuclear test Totem 1 detonated at Emu Field, South Australia.
  • 1969
    Vietnam War; The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam is held in Washington DC and across the US. Over 2 million demonstrate nationally; about 250,000 in the nation’s capitol.
  • 1989
    Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL.
  • 2005
    A riot in Toledo, Ohio breaks out during a National Socialist/Neo-Nazi protest; over 100 are arrested.
  • 2011
    Legoland Florida in Winter Haven, Florida Opens. This is the world’s largest Legoland theme park

Who were born on October 15?

  • 1853
    Jan Harte van Tecklenburg, Dutch politician (d. 1937)
  • 1894
    Moshe Sharett, second Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1965)
  • 1926
    Michel Foucault, French philosopher (d. 1984)
  • 1930
    Fereydun M. Esfandiary, Iranian philosopher (d. 2000)
  • 1946
    Stewart Stevenson, Scottish politician
  • 1966
    Bill Charlap, American jazz pianist
  • 1972
    Matt Keeslar, American actor
  • 1979
    Paul Robinson, English footballer
  • 1985
    Arron Afflalo, American basketball player
  • 1985
    Walter Alberto López, Uruguayan footballer

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