Talk: October 15
From open-encyclopedia.com - the free encyclopedia.
Part of WikiProject Days of the Year
Be careful when using 'this day in history'-type websites as a reference
Selected anniversaries entry for this day. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before editing this entry. --mav 00:30, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)
October 15: Ramadan begins on the Islamic calendar of most Islamic countries (2004), White Cane Safety Day (United States)
- 1582 - Pope Gregory XIII implemented the Gregorian calendar.
- 1894 - The Dreyfus affair: Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish artillery officer in the French military, was wrongly arrested for treason.
- 1917 - Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari was executed by a firing squad for spying for Germany.
- 1987 - The Great Storm of 1987 hit France and England.
- 2003 - China launched Shenzhou 5, their first manned space mission.
Recent days: October 14 – October 13 – October 12
view - talk -
Removed:
- 1928 - Graf Zeppelin lands in Lakehurst, New Jersey.
Outside of "this day in history"-type webpages (VERY bad source), I could only find one website that gives this info. Her maiden voyage was sometime in the teens of October, but I can't pin down the exact days to any reasonable degree of certainty. --mav 03:51, 15 Oct 2003 (UTC)
