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)
- 1815Napoleon I of France begins his exile on Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1864American Civil War: The Battle of Glasgow is fought, resulting in the surrender of Glasgow, Missouri, and its Union garrison, to the Confederacy.
- 1939The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed La Guardia Airport) is dedicated.
- 1940The President of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, is executed by the Spanish dictatorship of Francisco Franco, making him the only European president to have been executed.
- 1944The Arrow Cross Party (very similar to Hitler’s NSDAP (Nazi party)) takes power in Hungary.
- 1953British nuclear test Totem 1 detonated at Emu Field, South Australia.
- 1969Vietnam 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.
- 1989Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL.
- 2005A riot in Toledo, Ohio breaks out during a National Socialist/Neo-Nazi protest; over 100 are arrested.
- 2011Legoland Florida in Winter Haven, Florida Opens. This is the world’s largest Legoland theme park
Who were born on October 15?
- 1853Jan Harte van Tecklenburg, Dutch politician (d. 1937)
- 1894Moshe Sharett, second Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1965)
- 1926Michel Foucault, French philosopher (d. 1984)
- 1930Fereydun M. Esfandiary, Iranian philosopher (d. 2000)
- 1946Stewart Stevenson, Scottish politician
- 1966Bill Charlap, American jazz pianist
- 1972Matt Keeslar, American actor
- 1979Paul Robinson, English footballer
- 1985Arron Afflalo, American basketball player
- 1985Walter Alberto López, Uruguayan footballer
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