October 15 historical events
1080 — Battle of Volta Mantovana (1080)
The Battle of Volta Mantovana was fought on the 15th of October 1080 between troops raised by the schismatic bishops of Lombardy loyal to the emperor Henry IV and to anti-pope Guibert of Ravenna against forces commanded by Matilda of Tuscany. Margravine Matilda was defeated and the pro-Imperial forces gained the upper hand.
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1165 — Battle of Fahs al-Jullab
The Battle of Faḥṣ al-Jullāb was fought on Thursday 15 October 1165 between the invading Almohads and the king of Murcia, Ibn Mardanīsh. An Almohad army under sayyids Abū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar and Abū Saʿīd ʿUthmān, the brothers of the Caliph Abū Yaʿḳūb Yūsuf, went on the offensive against Ibn Mardanīsh in the summer of 1165.
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1211 — Battle of the Rhyndacus (1211)
The Battle of the Rhyndacus was fought on 15 October 1211 between the forces of the Latin Empire and the Byzantine Greek Empire of Nicaea, established following the fragmentation of the Byzantine state after the Fourth Crusade. The Latin emperor, Henry of Flanders, desired to expand his territory in Asia Minor at the expense of the Nicaeans.
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1385 — Battle of Valverde (1385)
The Battle of Valverde was fought on 15 October 1385, near Valverde de Mérida, Castile, between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Crown of Castile, and was part of the Portuguese Crisis of 1383–1385.
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1529 — Siege of Vienna (1529)
The 1529 siege of Vienna was the first attempt by the Ottoman Empire to capture the city of Vienna in the Archduchy of Austria, part of the Holy Roman Empire. Suleiman the Magnificent, sultan of the Ottomans, attacked the city with over 100,000 men, while the defenders, led by Niklas Graf Salm, numbered no more than 21,000. Nevertheless, Vienna was able to survive the siege.
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1585 — Siege of IJsseloord
The Siege of IJsseloord or the Capture of Arnhem was a siege that took place between the 6 and 15 October 1585 at Arnhem (Gelderland in the Netherlands) during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604). The Dutch and English were victorious when the sconce of IJsseloord after seven days capitulated and Arnhem fell into their hands. The English under Queen Elizabeth I had just signed the treaty of Nonsuch in August and as such the English contingent was enlarged and put under temporary command of John Norreys.
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1638 — Battle of Thann (1638)
The Battle of Thann (1638) was fought between the Weimar Army in the Service of the French, under Bernard of Saxe-Weimar and an Imperial-Lorraine under Charles de Lorraine. The battle was won by the Weimarans and the Imperials retreated back to the Franche-Comté, this was one of many attempts to relieve the besieged Breisach.
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1645 — Parliamentarian forces win the Battle of Sherburn in Elmet
On October 15, 1645, Parliamentarian forces defeated Royalist troops at Sherburn in Elmet, Yorkshire, during the English Civil War.
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1651 — Qing forces capture Zhoushan
On October 15, 1651, Qing forces captured Zhoushan, an important base for the Southern Ming regent Zhu Yihai, Prince of Lu. After the loss of Zhoushan, Zhu Yihai went to Xiamen and later lived on Kinmen.
October 15 marks the capture of Zhoushan. The local gazetteer dates it to the second day of the ninth lunar month in the eighth year of the Shunzhi reign.
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1678 — Siege of Stralsund (1678)
The siege of Stralsund was an armed engagement between the Electorate of Brandenburg and the Swedish Empire from 20 September to 15 October 1678, during the Scanian War. After two days of bombardment on 10 and 11 October, the severely devastated Swedish fortress of Stralsund surrendered to the Brandenburgers.
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1718 — Battle of Milazzo (1718)
The Battle of Milazzo was fought on October 15, 1718 near the city of Milazzo in Sicily, Italy between Spain and Austria as part of the War of the Quadruple Alliance.
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1760 — Battle of Kloster Kampen
The Battle of Kloster Kampen (also known as the Battle of Kloster Kamp or Battle of Campen) was a French victory over an Anglo-German army during the Seven Years' War. The Allied forces were driven from the field.
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1778 — Affair at Little Egg Harbor
The Affair at Little Egg Harbor took place on October 15, 1778, in South Jersey during the American Revolutionary War. American Loyalists commanded by Patrick Ferguson surprised an outpost of Patriot Kazimierz Pułaski‘s Legion at night, killing 45 and capturing five. The raid took place about one week after the Battle of Chestnut Neck, a British raid aimed at suppressing privateers who used the area as a base to harass and seize British ships and their cargoes.
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1781 — Battle of Raft Swamp
The Battle of Raft Swamp was fought near Red Springs, North Carolina in Robeson County, on October 15, 1781 during the American War of Independence. Raft Swamp was well known for being a refuge for Loyalists during the American Revolution. On October 15, 1781, in the course of Gen. Griffith Rutherford's expedition against Wilmington, the Patriot cavalry vanguard commanded by Maj. Joseph Graham briefly engaged with some mounted Loyalists of Col. Hector "One-Eyed Hector" McNeill on Rockfish Creek. Major Graham's cavalry charged and broke the Loyalist cavalry and led to fierce combat on the narrow causeway, as well as another clash on a second causeway.
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1788 — Siege of Anapa (1788)
The siege of Anapa of 1788 was a major confrontation between the North Caucasians led by Sheikh Mansur and Turkish troops led by the commander of Anapa, Tatal-Bey, with a Russian force led by General Peter Tekeli. During the battle, the Russian army managed to force the Turks and North Caucasians into the fortress, after which they began besieging it. However, according to General Tekeli, the Russian army was not ready to storm Anapa yet, and if they managed to capture fortress, it would be difficult to hold. Thus, the Russian troops retreated from Anapa on October 15, 1788, and, except for minor skirmishes with Circassian mountaineers, the siege of Anapa was the last major battle of the campaign and the year 1788 as a whole.
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1793 — Battle of La Tremblaye
The battle of La Tremblaye (15 October 1793) took place near Cholet during the war in the Vendée, and was a Republican victory over the Vendéens.
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1793 — Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted of treason
Marie Antoinette (Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was Queen of France as the wife of Louis XVI from 10 May 1774 until the abolition of the French monarchy in 1792 during the French Revolution. Born in November 1755 at the Hofburg in Vienna, Marie Antoinette was the fifteenth child and youngest daughter of Emperor Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa.
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1796 — 1796 United States House of Representatives election in Tennessee
The 1796 United States House of Representatives election in Tennessee was held on October 15, 1796, to determine the first Congressman of Tennessee. Tennessee was admitted to the United States on June 1, 1796. Democratic-Republican candidate, Andrew Jackson defeated his Nonpartisan opponent, James Roby, with 98.9% of the vote. Andrew Jackson was seated in Congress on December 5, 1796.
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1810 — Battle of Fuengirola
The Battle of Fuengirola (October 15, 1810) was an engagement between a small Army of the Duchy of Warsaw garrison of a medieval Moorish fortress in Fuengirola against a much larger Anglo-Spanish expeditionary corps under Andrew Blayney. Blayney led an amphibious assault on Sohail Castle under heavy bombardment. The defenders, fighting with the First French Empire, were men from the 4th Regiment of the Duchy of Warsaw.
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1826 — Battle of Gawok
The Battle of Gawok took place on 15 October 1826 during the Java War between rebels under Prince Diponegoro and the Dutch colonial army. The battle took place near the village of Gawok, west of the city of Surakarta. Diponegoro's army, which had previously defeated Dutch columns on its march from Yogyakarta, intended to attack the Dutch military headquarters at Surakarta.
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1864 — Battle of Glasgow, Missouri
The Battle of Glasgow was fought on October 15, 1864, in and near Glasgow, Missouri as part of Price's Missouri Expedition during the American Civil War. The battle resulted in the capture of needed weapons and improved Confederate morale, which had been dented after a defeat in the Battle of Pilot Knob. In late 1864, the Confederate leadership in the Trans-Mississippi Theater planned a campaign into the state of Missouri, in the hope of drawing Union troops from more important theaters east of the Mississippi River. Major General Sterling Price commanded the expedition, and initially hoped to capture St. Louis.
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1864 — Capture of Sedalia
The capture of Sedalia occurred during the American Civil War when a Confederate force captured the Union garrison of Sedalia, Missouri, on October 15, 1864. Confederate Major General Sterling Price, who was a former Governor of Missouri and had commanded the Missouri State Guard in the early days of the war, had launched an invasion into the state of Missouri on August 29.
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1877 — Battle of Aladzha
The Battle of Aladzha (Turkish: Alacadağ Muharebesi, lit. 'Battle of Alacadağ'; Russian: Авлияр-Аладжинское сражение, lit. 'Battle of Avliyar–Aladzha') was a key battle of the Caucasian campaign of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78. Russian troops broke through the defenses of the Turkish troops on the Aladzhin heights, which allowed them to seize the initiative and begin the siege of Kars.
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1880 — Battle of Tres Castillos
The Battle of Tres Castillos, October 14–15, 1880, in Chihuahua State, Mexico resulted in the death of the Chiricahua Apache chieftain Victorio and the death or capture of most of his followers. The battle ended Victorio's War, a 14-month long odyssey of fight and flight by the Apaches in southern New Mexico, western Texas, and Chihuahua.
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1880 — Cologne celebrates the completion of its cathedral
On October 15, 1880, Cologne celebrated the completion of its cathedral in a ceremony attended by Emperor Wilhelm I. Work on the Gothic cathedral had begun in 1248 and resumed in the nineteenth century after a long interruption. The completed twin spires rose more than 157 metres, although finishing work and maintenance continued afterward.
October 15 is the completion celebration, not a claim that every building task ended that day.
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1884 — Kép campaign
The Kép campaign (2 to 15 October 1884) was an important campaign in northern Vietnam during the opening months of the Sino-French War (August 1884–April 1885). A force of just under 3,000 French troops under the command of General François de Négrier defeated a major Chinese invasion of the Red River Delta launched by Pan Dingxin's Guangxi Army in successive engagements at Lâm (6 October), Kép (8 October) and Chũ (10 October and 11 October).
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1887 — Preston North End F.C. 26–0 Hyde F.C.
Preston North End 26–0 Hyde is the result of an FA Cup first round tie between Preston North End and Hyde of Manchester, which took place on 15 October 1887. It holds the largest margin of victory in an English football match at FA Cup or League level.
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1894 — Alfred Dreyfus is arrested on suspicion of treason
On October 15, 1894, French army captain Alfred Dreyfus was arrested in Paris on suspicion of treason. The case led to the Dreyfus affair, and he was later exonerated.
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1896 — Battle of Talisay ends on October 15, 1896
The Battle of Talisay was fought in Batangas province, Philippines, from October 12 to 15, 1896, during the Philippine Revolution. The retained article reports a Filipino victory.
The source infobox gives the battle's date range as October 12–15; this entry records its October 15 endpoint. The article lead separately gives October 12 as the battle date.
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1910 — 1910 Chilean presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Chile in 1910, following the death of President Pedro Montt on August 16 that year and the death of his successor, Vice President Elías Fernández Albano, less than a month later. Fernández's vice president Emiliano Figueroa called new presidential elections. Political parties agreed on presenting a single candidate – Ramón Barros – as a symbol of unity in celebration of Chile's first centenary of independence.
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1911 — 1911 Mexican general election
General elections were held in Mexico on 1 and 15 October 1911.
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1915 — Rovno offensive
The Rovno offensive — the operation of the Austro-Hungarian Northern armies against the armies of the Russian Southwestern Front — the so-called campaign on Rovno, or Lutsk-Rovno offensive operation. The purpose of the offensive was the liberation of Eastern Galicia, but by the end of the operation, a small part of Eastern Galicia was still held by the Russian Imperial Army.
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1917 — Action of 15 October 1917
The Action of 15 October 1917 was a naval engagement of World War I between Imperial Germany and the United States off the coast of Mind Head, Ireland.
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1917 — Mata Hari is executed at Vincennes
On October 15, 1917, Mata Hari was executed by a French firing squad at Vincennes after a military court convicted her of espionage.
The statement records her conviction and execution, without treating disputed spying allegations as settled facts.
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1932 — J. R. D. Tata flies the Karachi–Bombay airmail route
On October 15, 1932, J. R. D. Tata flew a Puss Moth aircraft carrying mail from Karachi to Bombay via Ahmedabad. The flight marked the start of Tata’s airline service, the forerunner of Air India.
Karachi is in present-day Pakistan; Ahmedabad and Bombay, now Mumbai, are in India.
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1940 — Lluís Companys is executed in Barcelona
On October 15, 1940, Francoist authorities executed Catalan president Lluís Companys at Montjuïc Castle in Barcelona.
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1940 — Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator premieres in New York
Charlie Chaplin presented The Great Dictator in New York City. He starred in the satire alongside Paulette Goddard.
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1943 — Defense of Przebraże
The Defence of Przebraże (Polish: Obrona Przebraża, Ukrainian: Оборона Пшебража; 4 July — 15 October 1943) was fought between the Ukrainian Insurgent Army against the Polish Self–Defense, Home Army and Soviet partisans in the Łuck County of the Wołyń Voivodeship. The Northern Operational Group under the command of Dmytro Klyachkivsky and 3rd Operational Group "Turiv" under the command of Yuriy Stelmaschuk tried four times to destroy and conquer the largest Polish Self–Defense base and center in the Volhynia, but the UPA didn't succeed.
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1944 — Horthy broadcasts an armistice proclamation
On October 15, 1944, Hungary’s regent Miklós Horthy broadcast an armistice proclamation in an unsuccessful attempt to take Hungary out of the Second World War.
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1944 — Operation Hurricane (1944)
Operation Hurricane was a 24-hour bombing operation to "demonstrate to the enemy in Germany generally the overwhelming superiority of the Allied Air Forces in this theatre" (in the directive to Harris ACO RAF Bomber Command) and "cause mass panic and disorginazation [sic] in the Ruhr, disrupt frontline communications and demonstrate the futility of resistance" (in the words of the Official RAF History).
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1945 — 1945 Manitoba general election
The 1945 Manitoba general election was held on October 15, 1945 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. The election was a landslide majority government for the incumbent coalition government led by the Liberal-Progressive Party. The 1945 provincial election was extremely different from the previous election, which was held in 1941.
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1946 — Hermann Göring dies by suicide before his execution
On October 15, 1946, convicted Nazi war criminal Hermann Göring died by taking cyanide in his cell at Nuremberg, shortly before his scheduled execution.
The Nuremberg executions took place on October 16, 1946.
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1948 — Battle of Jinzhou
Battle of Chinchow (simplified Chinese: 锦州之战; traditional Chinese: 錦州之戰; pinyin: Jǐnzhou Zhīzhàn) took place between the People's Liberation Army and the National Revolutionary Army during the Liaoshen Campaign in the Chinese Civil War. The battle was a turning point in the campaign, which eventually led to capture of Northeast China by the Communist Party.
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1950 — 1950 East German general election
General elections were held in East Germany on 15 October 1950. They were the first held since the founding of the country on 7 October 1949. There were 466 deputies in the Volkskammer, including 66 from East Berlin who were not directly elected.
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1950 — 1950 East German state elections
State elections were held in East Germany on 15 October 1950, alongside general elections to the Volkskammer. They were the last state elections in the country, as the states were dissolved in 1952. Voters were presented with a single list from the Socialist Unity Party of Germany-dominated National Front, which they could only approve or reject.
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1950 — A campaign against Nationalist guerrillas begins in the Hunan–Hubei–Sichuan border region
On October 15, 1950, Communist forces began attacking Nationalist guerrilla positions in the Hunan–Hubei–Sichuan border region of China. The fighting formed part of the continuing conflict after the Nationalist government had withdrawn from mainland China. The campaign continued through November and ended in a Communist victory.
October 15 marks the beginning of this campaign, not the end of the Chinese Civil War.
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1950 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Western Hunan
Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Western Hunan was a counter-guerrilla / counterinsurgency campaign the communists fought against the Kuomintang guerrilla left behind after the nationalist regime withdrew from mainland China. The campaign was fought during the Chinese Civil War in the post-World War II era in western Hunan Province, and resulted in a PLA victory. This campaign was part of Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Central and Southern China.
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1951 — The Battle of Heartbreak Ridge ends
The Battle of Heartbreak Ridge was fought from September 13 to October 15, 1951, near Yanggu, north of the pre-war 38th-parallel boundary, in present-day South Korea. United Nations forces fought North Korean and Chinese troops. French soldiers captured the final ridge position on October 13.
October 15 marks the end of the broader fighting period in the cited source; the final ridge position was captured on October 13.
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1951 — Luis Miramontes synthesizes norethisterone in Mexico City
Working at Syntex in Mexico City, chemist Luis Ernesto Miramontes synthesized norethisterone. The compound became an active ingredient in early oral contraceptives.
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1953 — Construction begins on Beijing’s Soviet Exhibition Hall
On October 15, 1953, construction began on the Soviet Exhibition Hall in Beijing, now known as the Beijing Exhibition Center.
The start of construction in 1953 was separate from completion in 1954.
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1954 — Hurricane Hazel
Hurricane Hazel was the deadliest, second-costliest, and most intense hurricane of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm killed at least 469 people in Haiti before it struck the United States near the border between North and South Carolina as a Category 4 hurricane. After causing 95 fatalities in the US, Hazel struck Canada as an extratropical storm, which raised the death toll by 81 people, mostly in Toronto.
Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto.
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1957 — Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge opens to traffic
On October 15, 1957, the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge formally opened to traffic. The road-and-rail bridge linked Hanyang and Wuchang across the Yangtze River.
The opening ceremony followed completion of construction in September.
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1961 — 1961 Turkish general election
General elections were held in Turkey on 15 October 1961. The Republican People's Party (CHP) emerged as the largest party, winning 173 of the 450 seats. It was the first time the CHP had won the most seats after the transition to a multi-party system, and the first time no party won a majority of seats. Voter turnout was 81%.
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1963 — South Korean presidential election, 1963
Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 15 October 1963. They were the first elections since the 1961 May Coup, and the first during the Third Republic. The result was a narrow victory for the acting incumbent and leader of the governing military Supreme Council for National Reconstruction, Park Chung Hee, who won 46.6% of the vote, securing a transition to civilian rule under his Democratic Republican Party.
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1963 — The last French troops leave Bizerte
France completed the withdrawal of its forces from the naval base at Bizerte, ending its remaining military presence in Tunisia. France had kept control of the base after Tunisian independence in 1956.
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1964 — United Kingdom general election, 1964
The United Kingdom general election of 1964 was won by the Labour Party with an overall majority of four seats. The election was held on 15 October 1964, just over five years after the previous election, and 13 years after the Conservative Party had retaken power.
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1964 — 1964 United Kingdom general election in Scotland
On 15 October 1964, the 1964 United Kingdom general election was held in Scotland, to elect all 630 seats of the House of Commons, with 71 constituencies being in Scotland. The election was the last election fought by the Unionists as a separate party. From April 1965 the party was renamed as the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, and became the Scottish branch of the UK Conservative Party.
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1964 — 1964 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
On 15 October 1964, the 1964 United Kingdom general election was held in Northern Ireland, to elect all 630 members of the House of Commons, including the 12 Northern Ireland seats. The Ulster Unionists won all the seats in region, as they had at the previous election. In the election as a whole, the Conservative Party, which included the Ulster Unionists, led by Sir Alec Douglas-Home, lost their majority, lost power after thirteen years in government.
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1964 — 1964 United Kingdom general election in England
On Thursday 15 October 1964, the 1964 United Kingdom general election was held in England, to elect all 630 members of the House of Commons, with 511 constituencies being in England.
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1964 — Smethwick in the 1964 general election
The constituency of Smethwick in the West Midlands of England gained national media coverage at the 1964 general election, when Peter Griffiths of the Conservative Party gained the seat against the national trend, amidst controversy concerning racism.
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1967 — Antrim wins the 1967 All-Ireland camogie final replay
Antrim defeated Dublin by four points in the All-Ireland senior camogie final replay at Croke Park.
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1968 — Siege of Owerri
The Siege of Owerri, (October 15, 1968 – April 25, 1969), was a military conflict between Nigerian and Biafran forces. The capture was a major victory for the Biafrans because the victory opened up telephone lines, enhanced road telecommunications, and showed that with stiff resistance, Biafra could defeat Nigerian forces.
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1968 — Operation OAU
Operation OAU (2 September – 15 October 1968) was a battle between Nigerian 3 Marine Commando Division (3MCDO) and Biafran 12 Division in modern day south-eastern Nigeria. Operation OAU was an intermittent battle that may have resulted in over 25,000 deaths on both sides. Although the Biafran soldiers were outnumbered, they were able to retain control of Umuahia and eventually recapture the cities of Owerri and Aba.
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1970 — 1970 United Arab Republic presidential confirmation referendum
Presidential elections were held in the United Arab Republic on 15 October 1970, following the death of the incumbent Gamal Abdel Nasser on 28 September of the same year. The election took the form of a referendum on the candidacy of vice president and acting president Anwar El Sadat. According to the official results, 90% of voters voted in favor of Sadat, with a turnout of 85%.
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1970 — A section of the West Gate Bridge collapses during construction
On 15 October 1970, a 112-metre section of the West Gate Bridge collapsed during construction in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The collapse killed 35 workers and injured 18 others.
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1972 — 1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final (replay)
The 1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 85th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
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1973 — 1973 United Nations Security Council election
The 1973 United Nations Security Council election was held on 15 October 1973 during the Twenty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly elected the Byelorussian SSR, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Iraq, and Mauritania, as the five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 1974.
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1973 — Egyptian forces make a second attack on Fort Budapest
Egyptian troops launched a renewed attack on Fort Budapest near Port Said during the 1973 Arab–Israeli War. The Israeli garrison retained control of the fort.
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1976 — 1976 Iranian local elections
Local elections were held in Iran on 15 October 1976 to elect the members of 435 municipal councils, 162 city and town councils, and 238 regional educational councils. They were the first local elections to be held during rule of the one-party state under the Resurgence Party.
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1978 — 1978 Brazilian presidential election
Indirect presidential elections were held in Brazil on 15 October 1978. The opposition Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) chose an anti-candidate to fill the spot and denounce the restrictive democracy. The MDB chose General Euler Bentes Monteiro to run against João Figueiredo from the National Renewal Alliance Party (ARENA). Figueiredo won with 355 electoral votes against 226 votes for Euler Monteiro.
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1979 — Salvadoran Civil War
The Salvadoran Civil War was a conflict between the military-led government of El Salvador and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), a coalition or "umbrella organization" of five left-wing guerrilla groups. A coup on October 15, 1979, led to the killings of anti-coup protesters by the government as well as anti-disorder protesters by the guerrillas, and is widely seen as the tipping point toward civil war. By January 1980, the left-wing political organizations united to form the Coordinated Revolutionaries of the Masses (CRM). A few months later, the left-wing armed groups united to form the Unified Revolutionary Directorate (DRU).
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1980 — Operation Dezful
The Operation Dezful fought in early stage of the Iran-Iraq War on October 15, 1980. The Iranian Army's aim was to stop Iraqis progress in Iranian territories and to push them back before stall of their progress. However, due to hassle in decision making, purge of army commander due to their participation in Nojeh coup plot, and underestimating fire power of Iraqi forces they failed to reach their goals and retreat to the eastern shores of Karkhe River in west of Dezful.
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1981 — 1981 United Nations Security Council election
The 1981 United Nations Security Council election was held on 15 October 1981 during the Thirty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly elected Guyana, Jordan, Poland, Togo, and Zaire (now D.R. Congo), as the five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 1982.
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1983 — Hong Kong announces a linked exchange rate for its currency
Financial Secretary John Bremridge announced that note-issuing banks would obtain certificates to issue banknotes at a fixed exchange rate of HK$7.80 to US$1. The arrangement took effect two days later.
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1985 — Liberian general election, 1985
General elections were held in Liberia on 15 October 1985. These were the first elections since the 12 April 1980 military coup that brought Samuel Doe to power. Official results showed that Samuel Doe won the presidential election with 50.9% of the vote, just enough to avoid a runoff. His National Democratic Party of Liberia won large majorities in both houses of the Legislature. The polls were marred by allegations of widespread fraud and rigging. Many independent observers believed that the Liberian Action Party's Jackson Doe, who officially finished second, was the actual winner.
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1986 — Bangladeshi presidential election, 1986
Presidential elections were held in Bangladesh on 15 October 1986. The result was a victory for Hussain Muhammad Ershad, who won 84.1% of the vote. Turnout was 54.9%.
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1986 — Yuan T. Lee shares the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that Yuan T. Lee, Dudley Herschbach and John Polanyi would share the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research on how chemical reactions occur.
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1987 — 1987 Burkina Faso coup d'état
The 1987 Burkina Faso coup d'état was a violent military coup in Burkina Faso, which took place on 15 October 1987. The coup was organized by Captain Blaise Compaoré against incumbent far-left President Captain Thomas Sankara, his former friend, bandmate, and associate during the 1983 upheaval. Compaoré has never acknowledged that a coup had taken place and claims to be a Sankara loyalist.
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1987 — Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460
The Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460 was a flight that crashed on 15 October 1987 in Conca di Crezzo, Italy, that took the lives of 34 passengers and 3 crew. The aircraft took off from Milan-Linate (LIN) for a flight to Cologne (CGN). Icing conditions existed. Fifteen minutes after takeoff, while climbing through FL147 in IAS hold mode (constant speed set at 133 kts) the aircraft rolled left and right.
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1987 — 1987 United Nations Security Council election
The 1987 United Nations Security Council election was held on 15 October 1987 during the Forty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly elected Algeria, Brazil, Nepal, Senegal, and Yugoslavia, as the five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 1988.
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1989 — Beşiktaş J.K. 10–0 Adana Demirspor
10–0 is the final score of the Süper Lig game played between Beşiktaş J.K. and Adana Demirspor at 1989–90 season, on 15 October 1989. The score sets the current Biggest win record in history of Süper Lig.
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1989 — Wayne Gretzky becomes the NHL’s all-time points leader
Playing for the Los Angeles Kings against his former team in Edmonton, Wayne Gretzky passed Gordie Howe’s NHL career points total. He broke the record with a goal late in regulation time.
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1991 — The Fly's Eye observatory detects an exceptionally energetic cosmic ray
The University of Utah's Fly's Eye detector at Dugway recorded the air shower produced by a cosmic ray later nicknamed the Oh-My-God particle.
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1992 — 1992 United States presidential debates
The 1992 United States presidential debates were a series of debates held during the 1992 presidential election. The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), a bipartisan organization formed in 1987, organized four debates among the major party candidates, sponsoring three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate. Republican nominee George H. W. Bush, Democratic nominee Bill Clinton, and Independent candidate Ross Perot met the criteria for inclusion in the debates.
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1994 — Botswana general election, 1994
General elections were held in Botswana on 15 October 1994, alongside simultaneous local elections. The result was a victory for the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), which had won every election since 1965. However, the elections also saw a strong performance from the Botswana National Front (BNF), which trebled its number of MPs and won all four seats in the capital Gaborone.
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1994 — Jean-Bertrand Aristide returns to Haiti from exile
On October 15, 1994, Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide returned to Haiti after three years in exile following the 1991 military coup.
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1995 — 1995 Iraqi presidential referendum
A presidential referendum was held in Iraq on October 15, 1995. It was the first direct presidential election in Ba'athist Iraq under the rule of Saddam Hussein, who had seized power through the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) in 1979. Taking the form of a referendum with no other candidates, the election involved distributing to voters paper ballots that said: "Do you approve of President Saddam Hussein being the President of the Republic?"
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1997 — Operation Dawn (1997)
Operation Dawn (Turkish: Sabah Harekâtı) was a cross-border operation by the Turkish Armed Forces (in conjunction with the forces of the Kurdistan Democratic Party) into northern Iraq between 25 September and 15 October 1997 against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), following Operation Hammer earlier the same year.
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1997 — Cassini–Huygens launches for Saturn
On October 15, 1997, the Cassini orbiter and Huygens probe launched from Cape Canaveral aboard a Titan IVB/Centaur rocket, beginning their journey to Saturn.
The launch was separate from arrival at Saturn in 2004 and Huygens’ landing on Titan in 2005.
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1997 — Steven Chu shares the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that Steven Chu, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and William Phillips would share the Nobel Prize in Physics for methods that use laser light to cool and trap atoms.
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2000 — 2000 Madeiran regional election
The 2000 Madeira Regional Election (Portuguese: Eleições Regionais da Madeira de 2000) was an election held on 15 October 2000 to elect the 61 members of the regioanl legislative assembly for the Portuguese autonomous region of the Madeira. There was an increase of two more seats in dispute, compared with the previous election, distributed by the 11 municipalities of the archipelago, proportionally to the number of registered voters of each municipality.
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2000 — 2000 Azorean regional election
The Azores regional election, 2000 (Portuguese: Eleições Regionais dos Açores, 2000) was an election held on 15 October 2000 to elect the 52 members of the regional legislative assembly for the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores. The Socialist Party, under the leadership of Carlos César was reelected, receiving 49 percent of the votes, and winning an absolute majority, while their direct rivals, the Social Democratic Party fell to just 32 percent.
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2000 — MLS Cup 2000
MLS Cup 2000 was the fifth edition of the MLS Cup, the championship soccer match of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top-level soccer league of the United States. It took place on October 15, 2000, at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C., and was contested by the Kansas City Wizards and Chicago Fire to decide the champion of the 2000 MLS season.
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2001 — Calgary municipal election, 2001
The city of Calgary, Alberta, held a municipal election on October 15, 2001.
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2001 — 2001 Edmonton municipal election
The 2001 Edmonton municipal election was held on October 15, 2001 to elect a mayor and twelve councilors to sit on Edmonton City Council, nine trustees to sit on the public school board, seven trustees to sit on the separate school board, and seven members of the Capital Health Board of Directors. This election was the first, and to date only, election in which directors were elected to the boards of Alberta's Regional Health Authorities.
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2002 — The Brother Elephants win the 2002 CPBL championship
The Brother Elephants beat the Chinatrust Whales 9–5 to clinch the championship. They finished the series with a 4–0 result, which included the automatic win awarded for winning both halves of the regular season.
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2003 — 2003 Azerbaijani presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Azerbaijan on 15 October 2003. As expected, Ilham Aliyev, son of the outgoing president, Heydar Aliyev, was officially elected with an overwhelming majority in a vote international observers deemed not to be free or fair. The election was characterized by ballot stuffing and manipulated voter lists. The final vote tabulation was kept from OSCE/ODIHR monitors, which meant that they could not judge the accuracy of the results.
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2003 — Shenzhou 5 launches with Yang Liwei aboard
On October 15, 2003, Shenzhou 5 launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, carrying Yang Liwei on China’s first crewed spaceflight.
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2004 — 2004 United Nations Security Council election
The 2004 United Nations Security Council election was held on 15 October 2004 at United Nations Headquarters in New York City during the 59th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The General Assembly elected five non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year terms commencing on 1 January 2005. The five candidate nations elected were Argentina, Denmark, Greece, Japan, and Tanzania.
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2006 — Ecuadorian general election, 2006
On 15 October 2006, Ecuador held a general election. The voters stood to elect a new President, a new National Congress, as well as other positions. Since no candidate was able to secure the needed majority of the presidential vote in the first round, a run-off election was held on 26 November. According to preliminary results published by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal on 28 November, Rafael Correa had a clear lead over Álvaro Noboa after 96% of the votes had been counted.
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2006 — Tabasco state election, 2006
A local election was held in the Mexican state of Tabasco on Sunday, 15 October 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the local level: * A new Governor of Tabasco to serve for a six-year term. * 17 municipal presidents (mayors) to serve for a three-year term. * Local deputies to serve for a three-year term in the Congress of Tabasco.
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2006 — 2006 Kiholo Bay earthquake
The 2006 Kīholo Bay earthquake occurred on October 15 at 07:07:49 local time with a magnitude of 6.7 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The shock was centered 21 kilometers (13 mi) southwest of Puakō and 21 km (13 mi) north of Kailua-Kona, Hawaiʻi, just offshore of the Kona Airport, at a depth of 38.2 km (23.7 mi).
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2007 — Calgary municipal election, 2007
The 2007 Calgary municipal election was held Monday, October 15, 2007. The citizens of Calgary elected one mayor, 12 of their 14 aldermen (one from each of 14 wards) to the city council, five of the seven Calgary School District trustees (each representing 2 of 14 wards), and three of the seven Calgary Catholic School District trustees (each representing 2 of 14 wards). All but one of the incumbent councillors ran again in this election (Barry Erskine, of Ward 11), and two incumbents were returned by acclamation.
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2007 — Alberta municipal elections, 2007
Municipal elections were held in Alberta, Canada on Monday, October 15, 2007. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. Mayors (reeves), councillors (aldermen), and trustees were elected to office in 15 of the 16 cities, all 111 towns, all 99 villages, all 4 specialized municipalities, all 64 municipal districts, 3 of the 7 improvement districts, and the advisory councils of the 3 special areas. The City of Lloydminster is on the Saskatchewan schedule (every three years), and held elections on October 25, 2006 and October 28, 2009, while 4 improvement districts (Nos. 12, 13, 24, and 25) have no councils and are led solely by the Minister of Municipal Affairs.
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2007 — 2007 New Zealand police raids
The 2007 New Zealand raids were a series of armed police arrests conducted on Monday, 15 October 2007, in response to the discovery of an alleged paramilitary training camp in the Urewera mountain range near the town of Ruatoki. About 300 police, including members of the Armed Offenders Squad and Special Tactics Group, were involved in the arrests in which four guns and 230 rounds of ammunition were seized and 17 people arrested.
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2007 — 2007 Lethbridge municipal election
The 2007 Lethbridge municipal election was held Monday, October 15, 2007, to elect eight aldermen (at-large), the seven Lethbridge School District No. 51 trustees (at-large), and five of the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 4's nine trustees (as Ward 2). The incumbent mayor had no challengers. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections.
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2007 — 2007 Edmonton municipal election
The 2007 Edmonton municipal election was held Monday, October 15, 2007, to elect a mayor and 12 councillors to the city council, eight of the nine trustees to Edmonton Public Schools, and four of the seven trustees to the Edmonton Catholic Schools. One incumbent public school trustee had no challengers, and three separate school trustee candidates (one being an incumbent) were unchallenged.
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2007 — 2007 Belfast-Murray River provincial by-election
A provincial by-election was held in Prince Edward Island on October 15, 2007, to fill the vacancy in the Legislative Assembly riding of Belfast-Murray River. It was called by Premier Robert Ghiz on September 17, 2007. The by-election was caused by the decision of PC MLA and former Premier Pat Binns to resign after he was appointed ambassador to the Republic of Ireland by Stephen Harper, following his election loss in the 2007 provincial election.
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2007 — Battle of Las Anod (2007)
The 2007 Battle of Las Anod saw Somaliland National Army engage Puntland forces in Las Anod, capital of the Sool region. The ensuing battle resulted in Somaliland ousting the Puntland army from the city.
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2007 — 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
The 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held in Beijing, China, at the Great Hall of the People from 15 to 21 October 2007. During the Congress, CCP General Secretary Hu Jintao secured a second term as leader, and formally incorporated his key policies into the party constitution. It was succeeded by the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
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2008 — 2008 Azerbaijani presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Azerbaijan on 15 October 2008. The incumbent Ilham Aliyev of the New Azerbaijan Party was re-elected with 89% of the vote. Several shortcomings in the election were highlighted. In the lead-up to the election, OSCE highlighted election irregularities and government repression of the opposition. The opposition were not allowed by the government to hold campaign rallies.
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2008 — Obama and McCain hold their third presidential debate
On October 15, 2008, Barack Obama and John McCain held their third and final presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York.
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2008 — Jersey votes for senators and parish constables in 2008
Jersey held an island-wide vote for six senators and elections for parish constables. The two sets of elections took place on the same day.
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2009 — 2009 Memphis mayoral special election
The 2009 Memphis mayoral special election took place on October 15, 2009. Mayor Willie Herenton resigned on July 30, 2009, in anticipation of his 2010 campaign against Democratic Congressman Steve Cohen. Following Herenton's resignation, City Council Chairman Myron Lowery, a former WMC-TV news reporter, was elevated as Mayor Pro Tem, and served until the special election.
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2010 — CMLL Entre el Cielo y el Infierno
Entre el Cielo y el Infierno (Spanish for "Between heaven and hell") was a major professional wrestling event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on October 15, 2010 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The driving force behind the show was a long running storyline between CMLL's regular roster and a group of "outsiders" known as Los Invasores ("The Invaders") who had shown up over the summer of 2010. In the main event Negro Casas represented CMLL against Charly Manson, who had worked for CMLL's rival promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) for decades.
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2010 — 15th Busan International Film Festival
The 15th Busan International Film Festival was held from October 7 to October 15, 2010, at the Busan Stadium Yachting Center Outdoor Stage, hosted by actors Jung Joon-ho and Han Ji-hye. A total of 308 films from 67 countries were screened in 6 theaters, with a record 103 world premieres and 52 international premieres. The festival had a total attendance of 182,046.
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2011 — 2011 Korean FA Cup final
The 2011 Korean FA Cup final was a football match played on 15 October 2011 at Tancheon Sports Complex in Seongnam that decided the champions of the 2011 Korean FA Cup. It was contested between Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma and Suwon Samsung Bluewings, which also met each other in 2009.
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2011 — 2011 University of Cambridge Chancellor election
A rare contested election for the position of chancellor of the University of Cambridge occurred in October 2011, following the retirement of the previous chancellor, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Four candidates contested the election: David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville, who was nominated by the university's Nomination Board and won with 52% of the vote; actor Brian Blessed, who finished second with 25% of the votes cast; barrister Michael Mansfield QC with 17%; and local grocery-owner Abdul Arain with 6%.
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2011 — Siege of Dammaj
The siege of Dammaj began in October 2011 when the Houthis, a rebel group which controls the Saada Governorate, accused Salafis loyal to the Yemeni government of smuggling weapons into their religious center in the town of Dammaj and demanded they hand over their weapons and military posts in the town. As the Salafis refused, Houthi rebels responded by imposing a siege on Dammaj, closing the main entrances leading to the town.
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2012 — 2012 President's Cup (Maldives) final
The 2012 President's Cup (Maldives) final was the 62nd Final of the Maldives President's Cup.
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2013 — Macon-Bibb holds its mayoral runoff
On October 15, 2013, voters in Macon-Bibb, Georgia, chose between Robert Reichert and C. Jack Ellis in a mayoral runoff for the newly consolidated city-county.
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2013 — A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Bohol in the Philippines, resulting in 222 deaths
The 2013 Bohol earthquake occurred on October 15 at 8:12:31 PST in Bohol, an island province located in Central Visayas, Philippines. The magnitude of the earthquake was recorded at Mw 7.2, its epicenter in the vicinity of 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) S 24° W of Sagbayan, and its depth of focus at 12 kilometres (7.5 mi). It affected the whole Central Visayas region, particularly Bohol and Cebu.
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2014 — Jersey general election, 2014
General elections were held in Jersey on 15 October 2014, alongside a referendum on electoral reform.
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2014 — Mozambican general election, 2014
General elections were held in Mozambique on 15 October 2014. Filipe Nyusi, the candidate of the ruling FRELIMO, was elected as President, and FRELIMO retained its parliamentary majority.
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2014 — Haryana Legislative Assembly election, 2014
A general election was held on 15 October 2014 to elect 90 members of the Haryana Legislative Assembly. The term of previous assembly elected in 2009 was to expire on 27 October 2014. The results were announced on 19 October. The BJP won the majority in the Assembly. Manohar Lal Khattar was chosen to head the new government.
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2014 — Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2014
A legislative assembly election was held on 15 October 2014, in a single phase, to select the 288 members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in India. The result was announced on 19 October, with the BJP getting a plurality.
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2014 — Battle of Benina Airport
The Battle of Benina Airport was a battle of the Second Libyan Civil War which lasted from August 2014 until October 2014 between the Islamic Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries supported by extremist fundamental groups such as Ansar al-Sharia, who attempted to capture the airport, and the Libyan National Army led by General Khalifa Haftar.
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2015 — 2015 Port Vila by-election
A by-election to the Parliament of Vanuatu was held in the constituency of Port-Vila (the capital city) on 15 October 2015. It followed the death of sitting MP (former Prime Minister, and incumbent Leader of the Opposition) Edward Natapei, of the centre-left Vanua'aku Pati. Natapei died after a long illness in July. Although Port-Vila is a multi-member constituency, only one seat was vacant, and therefore only one new member was elected.
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2015 — 2015–2016 Latakia offensive
The 2015–2016 Latakia offensive was a campaign of the Syrian Civil War that was launched by government forces in October 2015 to recapture rebel-held territory in the Latakia Governorate bordering Turkey.
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2015 — 2015 Egyptian Super Cup
The 2015 Egyptian Super Cup was the 13th edition of the Egyptian Super Cup, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Egyptian Premier League and Egypt Cup. The match is usually contested by the winners of the Premier League and the Egypt Cup, but since Zamalek won the double (2014–15 Egyptian Premier League and 2015 Egypt Cup), Al Ahly qualified by default as the runners-up in both occasions.
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2016 — UFC Fight Night: Lamas vs. Penn
UFC Fight Night: Lamas vs. Penn (also known as UFC Fight Night 97) was a planned mixed martial arts event that was set to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 15, 2016 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Philippines.
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2016 — 2016 Australian Capital Territory election
A general election for the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly was held on Saturday, 15 October 2016. The 15-year incumbent Labor Party, led by Chief Minister Andrew Barr, won a fifth term over the main opposition Liberal Party, led by opposition leader Jeremy Hanson.
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2016 — 2016 J.League Cup final
2016 J.League Cup final was the 24th final of the J.League Cup competition. The final was played at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama on October 15, 2016. Urawa Reds won the championship.
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2016 — 2016 Halifax municipal election
The 2016 Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election was held on October 15, 2016, to elect councillors and a mayor to a four-year term on the Halifax Regional Council, the governing body of the Halifax Regional Municipality. This election was one of many across Nova Scotia as part of the 2016 Nova Scotia municipal elections. School board elections were also on the ballot.
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2016 — 2016 Nova Scotia municipal elections
Municipal and school board elections were held in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on October 15, 2016. Here is a summary of the mayoral results in the major communities in the province and the council results for the four largest municipalities.
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2016 — Eastern Qalamoun offensive (September–October 2016)
The Eastern Qalamoun offensive was a large-scale military offensive against Syrian rebel positions in the eastern Qalamoun Mountains of the Rif Dimashq Governorate launched by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant along a frontline of more than 15 kilometers in the region.
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2016 — 21st Busan International Film Festival
The 21st Busan International Film Festival was held from October 6 to October 15, 2016 at the Busan Cinema Center and was hosted by Sul Kyung-gu and Han Hyo-joo. A total of 301 films from 69 countries were screened at the festival, including 96 world premieres and 27 international premieres. A new Vision-Director Award was given to two promising directors of newly produced independent films in the Korean Cinema Today-Vision section, who have shown the most outstanding production skills.
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2016 — Hong Kong's DBC digital radio license ends
Hong Kong's Executive Council approved the early termination of Digital Broadcasting Corporation's digital sound broadcasting licence, effective October 15.
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2017 — 2017 Venezuelan regional elections
Regional elections were held in Venezuela on 15 October 2017 to elect the executive position of all 23 federal entities. This marked the first state executive election not held on the same date as elections for state legislatures, and the second time that regional elections were held separately from municipal elections. They were the 9th regional elections held in Venezuela since 1989.
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2017 — 2017 Austrian legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Austria on 15 October 2017 to elect the 26th National Council, the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament. The snap election was called when the coalition government between the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) was dissolved in May by the latter party's new leader Sebastian Kurz.
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2017 — 2017 Macedonian local elections
Local elections were held on October 15 and 29, 2017, in the Republic of Macedonia to elect mayors and members of municipality councils of the 80 municipalities in Macedonia. These were the sixth local elections since the independence of Macedonia. The local elections were held as scheduled, on October 15, 2017. Only 45 municipalities elected a mayor in the first round, and 35 had to vote again on October 29.
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2017 — 2017 Kyrgyz presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Kyrgyzstan on 15 October 2017. Incumbent President Almazbek Atambayev was not allowed to run again because the constitution sets a single six-year term for the head of state. Eleven candidates registered for the race, and from this field Sooronbay Jeenbekov of the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan won more than 50% of the vote, avoiding a runoff.
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2017 — 2017 Lower Saxony state election
The 2017 Lower Saxony state election was held on 15 October 2017 to elect the 18th Landtag of Lower Saxony. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Stephan Weil was defeated. Though the SPD became the largest party in the Landtag largely fueled by the personal popularity of Weil, their gains were offset by losses for the Greens, depriving the government of its majority.
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2017 — 2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
The 2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict, also known as the Kirkuk crisis, was a conflict in which the Iraqi government retook disputed territories in Iraq which had been held by the Peshmerga since ISIL's Northern Iraq offensive in 2014. The conflict began on 15 October 2017 after tensions arising from the Kurdistan Region independence referendum of 25 September.
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2017 — Global Wars 2017
Global Wars 2017 was a professional wrestling tour co-produced by the American Ring of Honor (ROH) and Japanese New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotions. The tour's four events took place on October 12 at Buffalo RiverWorks in Buffalo, New York, October 13 at Stage AE in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 14 at Express Live! in Columbus, Ohio, and October 15 at Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park, Illinois.
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2018 — Jayme Closs is abducted from her Wisconsin home
Thirteen-year-old Jayme Closs was kidnapped from her home near Barron after her parents were killed. She escaped captivity in January 2019.
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2019 — 2019 Mozambican general election
General elections were held in Mozambique on 15 October 2019. During the leadup to the elections, assassinations and significant intimidation of prominent leaders of opposition parties and election observers were alleged. In addition, state resources, media, and aid for cyclone victims were also alleged to be used in favour of the ruling party (FRELIMO) and its candidates.
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2021 — 26th Busan International Film Festival
The 26th Busan International Film Festival opened on October 6, 2021 at the Busan Cinema Center in Busan, South Korea with the South Korean film Heaven: To the Land of Happiness by Im Sang-soo. Park So-dam and Song Joong-ki hosted the opening of the festival, which was streamed live on YouTube. In the 26th edition, 223 films from 70 countries were officially invited to the festival. 63 community service screenings were also part of the festival.
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2022 — UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araújo
UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araújo (also known as UFC Fight Night 212, UFC on ESPN+ 70, and UFC Vegas 62) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 15, 2022, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.
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2022 — 2022 British Columbia municipal elections
The 2022 British Columbia municipal elections were held on 15 October 2022. Municipal elections took place in all municipalities and regional district electoral areas in the Canadian province of British Columbia to elect mayors, school board trustees, rural directors and city councillors. Elections BC administered campaign financing, disclosure and advertisement of candidates; however, voting, ballots and candidate nominations were administered by each jurisdiction's local electoral officer.
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2022 — 2022 Vancouver municipal election
The 2022 Vancouver municipal election was held on October 15, 2022, the same day as the municipal elections held throughout British Columbia. Voters elected the mayor of Vancouver by first-past-the-post. Ten city councillors, 7 park board commissioners, and 9 school board trustees were elected through plurality at-large voting. In addition, voters were presented with 3 capital plan questions. Across the city, 171,494 voters cast ballots.
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2022 — 2022 Emperor's Cup final
The 2022 Emperor's Cup final was the final of the 2022 Emperor's Cup, the 102nd edition of the Emperor's Cup. Ventforet Kofu played their first-ever Emperor's Cup final, as their past best performances were defeats in the quarter-finals in 2006, 2013, 2018, and 2019. It was also their first-ever elite cup final, as Kofu never got past the quarter-finals in the J.League Cup.
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2023 — 2023 Polish parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 15 October 2023 to elect members of the Sejm and Senate. A referendum containing four questions concerning economic and immigration policy of the government was held simultaneously. In the previous 2019 Polish parliamentary election, the ruling right-wing Law and Justice Party (PiS) had held onto its majority in the Sejm with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki forming a second government.
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2023 — 2023 Athens municipal election
The 2023 Athens Municipal election was held on 8 October and 15 October 2023 to elect the mayor of Athens as a part of the 2023 Greek Local elections. The first round was inconclusive, and a second round run-off took place a week later, between the two candidates having the most votes, the incumbent Kostas Bakoyannis from conservative New Democracy (ND) party and Haris Doukas from social democratic PASOK party.
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2023 — 2023 Rancho Santa Fe Open
The 2023 Rancho Santa Fe Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the thirteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2023 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Rancho Santa Fe, California, United States between 9 and 15 October 2023.
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2023 — 2023 BFI London Film Festival
The 67th BFI London Film Festival was a film festival that took place from 4–15 October 2023. The competition films were announced on 29 August 2023 while the films for the galas and the strands were revealed on 31 August 2023. The juries for the various sections of the festival were announced on 19 September 2023.
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2023 — 2023 Korea Open (tennis)
The 2023 Hana Bank Korea Open (sponsored by Hana Bank) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 19th edition of the tournament and a WTA 250 event on the 2023 WTA Tour. The tournament took place at the Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul, South Korea from 9 to 15 October 2023.
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2023 — 2023 New York Film Festival
The 61st New York Film Festival took place between September 29 to October 15, 2023, presented by Film at Lincoln Center. Todd Haynes' drama May December was the opening film. Sofia Coppola's biographical drama Priscilla was the festival's Centerpiece. Michael Mann's sports drama Ferrari was the closing film. The official "Main Slate" selection was announced on August 8, 2023. Followed by the "Spotlight Gala" section announcements on August 17, 2023.
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2023 — 56th Sitges Film Festival
The 56th Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia took place from 5 October to 15, 2023, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The supernatural horror film Sister Death, directed by Paco Plaza, opened the festival. Argentine horror film When Evil Lurks by Demián Rugna won the Best Feature Film Award.
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2023 — Hubert Hurkacz wins the Shanghai Masters
Hubert Hurkacz saved a championship point before defeating Andrey Rublev 6–3, 3–6, 7–6 in the Shanghai Masters final. It was his second ATP Masters 1000 singles title.
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2024 — Victoria’s Secret brings back its fashion show in Brooklyn
Victoria’s Secret returned to a live runway format at Brooklyn’s Duggal Greenhouse.
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2025 — 61st Chicago International Film Festival
The 61st Chicago International Film Festival took place from October 15 to 26, 2025, in Chicago, United States. The festival opened with American documentary film One Golden Summer by Kevin Shaw. Festival events took place mainly around AMC NEWCITY 14, though other event venues throughout the city include the Music Box Theatre, the Gene Siskel Film Center, the Chicago History Museum, and the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago.
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2025 — 20th Rome Film Festival
The 20th Rome Film Festival was held from 15 October in the Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome till 26 October 2025. The festival opened with 2025 Italian comedy film Life Goes This Way by Riccardo Milani. Paola Cortellesi, an Italian actress, comedian, film director, screenwriter and producer served as the president of the jury of the Progressive Cinema Competition.
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