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October 15, 1946 Hours before he was scheduled to be the first Nazi war criminal to hang following his conviction in the Nuremberg Trials, Gestapo founder Hermann Göring avoided the hangman's noose by poisoning himself.

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October 15, 1946 The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Boston Red Sox 4–3 in the seventh game of the best-of-seven World Series to win the championship of major league baseball.

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October 15, 529 – The Siege of Vienna ends when Austria routs the invading Ottoman forces, ending its European expansion.

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October 15, 1783 – The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier

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October 15, 1793 – Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted of treason.

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October 15, 1815 – Napoleon begins his exile on Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.

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October 15, 1888 – The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.

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October 15, 1940 – President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government.

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October 15, 1954 – Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto.

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October 15, 1965 – Vietnam War: A draft card is burned during an anti-war rally by the Catholic Worker Movement, resulting in the first arrest under a new law.

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October 15, 1966 – The Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.

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October 15, 1970 – During the construction of Australia's West Gate Bridge, a span of the bridge falls and kills 35 workers. The incident is the country's worst industrial accident to this day.

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October 15, 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.

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October 15, 1991 – The "Oh-My-God particle", an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray measured at 40,000,000 times that of the highest energy protons produced in a particle accelerator, is observed at the University of Utah HiRes observatory in Dugway Proving Ground, Utah.

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October 15, 1997 – The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.

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October 15, 2001 – NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles (180 km) of Jupiter's moon Io.

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“Fléctere si néqueo súperos Acheronta movebo - If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell.” Virgil, The Aeneid Publius Vergilius Maro 15 October 70 BC – 21 September 19 BC Roman poet of the Augustan period.

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"My name's John L. Sullivan and I can lick any man in the house." John Lawrence Sullivan October 15, 1858 – February 2, 1918 American professional boxer. Nicknamed the "Boston Strong Boy"

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"He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more." Sir Pelham Grenville "P.G."Wodehouse 15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975 English writer and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century.

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"Honest history is the weapon of freedom." Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr. October 15, 1917 – February 28, 2007 American historian, social critic, and public intellectual.

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Mario Francis Puzo October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999 American author and screenwriter. He wrote crime novels about the Italian-American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia, most notably The Godfather (1969)

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"Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence." Saint Teresa of Ávila 28 March 1515 – 4 or 15 October 1582 Carmelite nun, prominent Spanish mystic and spiritual reformer.

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Et in Arcadia ego (Even in Arcadia, here I am.)

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Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest. –King Lear, Act I, Scene iv

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Just a beautiful day

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Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest. –King Lear, Act I, Scene iv

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Et in Arcadia ego (Even in Arcadia, here I am.)

Mario Francis Puzo October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999 American author and screenwriter. He wrote crime novels about the Italian-American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia, most notably The Godfather (1969)

"Honest history is the weapon of freedom." Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr. October 15, 1917 – February 28, 2007 American historian, social critic, and public intellectual.

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"My name's John L. Sullivan and I can lick any man in the house." John Lawrence Sullivan October 15, 1858 – February 2, 1918 American professional boxer. Nicknamed the "Boston Strong Boy"

October 15, 2001 – NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles (180 km) of Jupiter's moon Io.

October 15, 1997 – The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.

October 15, 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.

October 15, 1970 – During the construction of Australia's West Gate Bridge, a span of the bridge falls and kills 35 workers. The incident is the country's worst industrial accident to this day.

October 15, 1966 – The Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.

October 15, 1965 – Vietnam War: A draft card is burned during an anti-war rally by the Catholic Worker Movement, resulting in the first arrest under a new law.

October 15, 1954 – Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto.