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, 2024 is the 289th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 77 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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
- 1904 –The Russian Baltic Fleet leaves Reval, Estonia for Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War.
- 1917 –World War I: At Vincennes outside of Paris, Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for the German Empire.
- 1934 –The Soviet Republic of China collapses when Chiang Kai-shek’s National Revolutionary Army successfully encircles Ruijin, forcing the fleeing Communists to begin the Long March.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1970 –Thirty-five construction workers are killed when a section of the new West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapses.
- 1987 –The Great Storm of 1987 hits France and England.
- 2003 –China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.
- 2005 –A riot in Toledo, Ohio breaks out during a National Socialist/Neo-Nazi protest; over 100 are arrested.
- 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?
- 1909 –Jesse Leonard Greenstein, American astronomer (d. 2002)
- 1925 –Mickey Baker, American guitarist (Mickey & Sylvia)
- 1934 –N. Ramani, Indian flutist
- 1946 –Palle Danielsson, Swedish jazz double bassist, member of Tomasz Stanko Septet
- 1948 –Chris de Burgh, Irish singer and songwriter
- 1959 –Sarah, Duchess of York
- 1981 –Elena Dementieva, Russian tennis player
- 1981 –Keyshia Cole, American R&B singer
- 1981 –Radoslav Židek, Slovak snowboarder
- 1985 –Arron Afflalo, American basketball player
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