History of October 15

 

History of October 15

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Important events of this day in the history of the country and the world

Important events of October 15

• 1582 - The Gregorian calendar is adopted by Spain, Portugal and Italy.
• 1685 – King Louis XIV of France revokes the Edict of Nantes, which had granted religious freedom to Protestants.
• 1793 – Marie Antoinette, queen consort of Louis XVI, is executed during the French Revolution.
• 1815 – Napoleon Bonaparte returns to Paris after escaping from exile on Elba.
• 1823 - The Central American United Provinces gained independence from Spain.
• 1859 – John Brown leads a raid on the American armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in an attempt to arm slaves and start a rebellion.
• 1880 – Thomas Edison opens his first electric power station in New York City.
• 1917 – Mata Hari, a Dutch exotic dancer accused of spying for the Germans, was executed by a firing squad in France.
• 1926 – Erich Maria Remarque's novel All Quiet on the Western Front is published.
• 1946 – Hermann Goring, one of the leading figures of the Nazi Party, committed suicide by taking a cyanide pill before his scheduled execution at the Nuremberg trials.
• 1954 – Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing more than 95 people and causing billions of dollars in damage.
• 1956 – The first modern computer programming language, FORTRAN, is released to the public.
• 1965 – The first draft cards are burned during anti-war protests in the United States.
• 1966 – The Black Panther Party is founded in Oakland, California.
• 1970 – The Anwar Sadat High Dam on the Nile River was officially inaugurated.
• 1981 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated by Islamic extremists.
• 1989 - East German leader Erich Honecker resigns after massive protests against his government.
• 1991 – Clarence Thomas is confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, despite sexual harassment allegations by Anita Hill.
• 2009 – The Treaty of Lisbon, which amends the Lisbon Treaty and establishes the institutional framework of the European Union, is signed.