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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 15th October 2018   
   15 Oct 18 02:29:58   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@alt119.net.remove-wgs-this   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   1959 - "Untouchables" premieres   
      
   1971 - The start of the 2,500-year celebration of Iran, celebrating the birth   
   of Persia   
      
   1976 - 1st debate of major-ticket VP nominees Mondale (D) vs Dole (R)   
      
   1986 - MLB National League Championship: New York Mets beat Houston Astros, 4   
   games to 2   
      
   1997 - Britain's Andy Green sets jet-powered car record (763.035 mph)   
      
   2011 - Global protests break out in 951 cities in 82 countries   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1686 - Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758)   
      
   1844 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher and philologist (Beyond Good   
   and Evil), born in Röcken, Saxony, Prussia (d. 1900)   
      
   1879 - Sara Allgood, Irish actress (Blackmail, Storm in a Teacup), born in   
   Dublin, Ireland (d. 1950)   
      
   1919 - Malcolm Ross, American balloonist and atmospheric physicist (d. 1985)   
      
   1932 - Riekus Waskowsky, poet   
      
   1951 - Hani Al-Mulki, Prime Minister of Jordan (2016-present), born in Amman,   
   Jordan   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1539 - Reynier Brunt, procureur-general of Court of Holland, dies   
      
   1674 - Robert Herrick, English poet ('Gather ye rosebuds while ye may'), dies   
   at 83   
      
   1819 - Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1744)   
      
   1917 - Mata Hari [Margaretha Geertruida Zelle], Dutch dancer, courtesan and   
   convicted German WWI spy, executed by firing squad at 41   
      
   1934 - Raymond Poincaré, French president and Prime Minister (1912), dies at   
   74   
      
   1960 - Maude Eburne, actress (Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman), dies at 84   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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