Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: October 15
October 15, 2025 is the 288th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 77 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Libra is your zodiac sign. Opal is your modern birthstone. Jasper is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: October 15
- 1783 –The Montgolfier brothers’ hot air balloon marks the first human ascent, by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, (tethered balloon).
- 1888 –The “From Hell” letter sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
- 1904 –The Russian Baltic Fleet leaves Reval, Estonia for Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War.
- 1956 –Fortran, the first modern computer language, is shared with the coding community for the first time.
- 1965 –Vietnam War: The Catholic Worker Movement stages an anti-war rally in Manhattan including a public burning of a draft card; the first such act to result in arrest under a new amendment to the Selective Service Act.
- 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.
- 1990 –Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation.
- 2001 –NASA’s Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter’s moon Io.
- 2007 –Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country’s first post 9/11 anti-terrorism raids.
Who were born on October 15?
- 1858 –John L. Sullivan, American boxer (d. 1918)
- 1881 –P. G. Wodehouse, British novelist (d. 1975)
- 1890 –Álvaro de Campos, a heteronym of Fernando Pessoa (d. 1935).
- 1912 –Nellie Lutcher, American pianist, R&B and jazz singer (d. 1950)
- 1921 –Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table-tennis player (d. 2006)
- 1923 –Italo Calvino. Italian writer (d. 1985)
- 1934 –N. Ramani, Indian flutist
- 1944 –Sali Berisha, former President of Albania; current Prime Minister
- 1958 –Renée Jones, American actress
- 1969 –Paige Davis, American television personality and actress
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