October 15 in History

Harold an oath-breaker had lost claim for a decent burial & is buried on the sea-shore

On return to England the Barons demand a charter of liberties

Returns to England from France

Faced by baronial resistance to the rate of scutage to pay for his campaign

Finds there are insufficient ships to convey troops to France

Visits Portsmouth to plan an invasion of France

Swears friendship with Simon de Montfort

Invested as the Prince of Wales

Created Earl of Chester

Created Earl of Cornwall

Helps force the Turks to withdraw from their siege of Vienna

Helps force the Turks to withdraw from their siege of Vienna

Forced to withdraw from Vienna

Prince Edward is christened in the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court, with his half-sister Mary serving as godmother.

Carries Princess Elizabeth at the christening of his nephew, Prince Edward

Is prepared for execution after refusing to recant.

Is degraded from clerical office before execution.

Adopts the Gregorian calendar in Spain as the day after 4 October becomes 15 October

Put on trial for correspondence with anthony Babington during the Babington plot

On the run for 6 weeks after the Battle of Worcester. Leaves England on a hired boat, The Surprise, from Shoreham

After six weeks in hiding, Charles II leaves England secretly from near Shoreham aboard the vessel later remembered as the Surprise.

Charles escaped into exile after evading Commonwealth forces for six weeks.

Executed for his role in the trial and death of Charles I.

Appointed acting President of Ecuador

Appointed interim President of Ecuador after the fall of Ignacio de Veintemilla

Kekewich commands the garrison as Boer forces cut Kimberley off from the surrounding territory.

Rhodes remains inside Kimberley during the siege and uses De Beers resources to assist the town's defence.

Sails the Russian Baltic Fleet from Liepaja & Tallin to turn the war

Drafts concessions intended to end the general strike.

Drafts the manifesto promising liberties and representation.

Submits draft concessions to end the strike and save the monarchy.

In the Treaty of Ouchy Turkey cedes the Dodecanese to Italy

In the Treaty of Ouchy Turkey cedes Rhodes to Italy

A thtreat of war in the Balkans causes Turkey to conclude a peace

Turkey recognizes Italy's conquests in the Treaty of Ouchy

The Belgian capital is moved from Antwerp to Le Havre, France

The Clayton Act targets anticompetitive practices and exempts legitimate labour activity from antitrust prosecution.

Directs Diary of a Lost Girl starring Louise Brooks.

A tribal assembly proclaims Mohammad Nadir Shah king of Afghanistan.

Directs Frau im Mond, an influential German science fiction film.

A Treaty with Estonia provides for the transfer of Estonians of German origin

Graf Spee meets supply ship Altmark to receive fuel and stores while continuing the Atlantic raiding cruise.

A Treaty with Estonia provides for the transfer of Estonians of German origin

Mussolini and his closest advisers finalise their decision to invade Greece

Coordinates deportations from the Greater German Reich eastward.

Tens of thousands are sent to ghettos and killing sites.

Prepares to evacuate his HQ from Moscow

Leslie Richard Groves appoints Robert Oppenheimer to coordinate the scientific research of the project at the "Site Y" laboratory

Leslie Richard Groves appoints Robert Oppenheimer to coordinate the scientific research of the project at the "Site Y" laboratory

Leslie Richard Groves appoints Robert Oppenheimer to coordinate the scientific research of the project at the "Site Y" laboratory

Leslie Richard Groves appoints Robert Oppenheimer to coordinate the scientific research of the project at the "Site Y" laboratory

Stalin tells Churchill that final demarcation may allow small local changes but not a major alteration transferring Lwow west of the Curzon-based frontier.

Shot by a firing squad for high treason

Shot by a firing squad for high treason

Swallows poison hours before his scheduled execution

Swallows poison hours before his scheduled execution

Directs Die Morder sind unter uns, one of the first post-war German films.

Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 2nd term

The 1st & last meeting between Truman & MacArthur, fails to produce agreement. President Truman & General MacArthur confer at Wake Island on the course of the war. MacArthur underplays the dangers of Russian & Chinese involvement in the war

Truman tells MacArthur the Chinese & Russians must not be involved in the war. The 1st & last meeting between Truman & MacArthur, fails to produce agreement. President Truman & General MacArthur confer at Wake Island on the course of the war

Ends his September to October prime ministerial term

Lee traveled by train from Helsinki and crossed the Finnish-Soviet border at Vainikkala on October 15.

Bundy learned that photographic evidence confirmed Soviet offensive missile installations in Cuba.

Photographic analysts identified missile transporters, erectors, and launch-site construction in the U-2 imagery.

Lee moved into the Dallas YMCA on October 15 and stayed there for several nights while beginning work at Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall.

Opening day of the Nelson Mandela trial, legal adviser to Mandela

Roy Truly interviewed Oswald at the Texas School Book Depository on October 15, 1963, and hired him as a temporary order filler.

The final French forces withdrew from Bizerte, ending France's military presence in Tunisia.

Truly hired Oswald as an order filler after interviewing him at the Texas School Book Depository.

Truly interviewed Lee Harvey Oswald at the Texas School Book Depository on October 15 after Ruth Paine had telephoned about possible work.

Oswald is hired by Roy Truly at Texas School Book Depository

Cuban authorities reply that Oswald may receive a Cuban visa only after he first obtains Soviet permission for onward travel.

The Liberals win 2 seats from the Conservatives in Scotland. The Liberals win 11% of the vote & return 9 Members of Parliament

Contests Finchley against Margaret Thatcher but loses by 9,000 votes

Stands unsuccesfully for the leadership of the Conservative Party, wins 15 votes

The Labour Party wins the general election by 4 seats. The Labour Party wins 44.1 percent of votes cast & 317 MPs

Is re-elected as Member of Parliament for Huyton while leading Labour to national victory.

Defeats Alec Douglas-Home's Conservatives and ends thirteen years of Conservative government.

Leads Labour to 317 Commons seats against 304 for the Conservatives and 9 for the Liberals.

Leads Labour to a narrow general election victory.

Retains Coventry East as Labour returns to government.

Retains Birmingham Stechford as Labour returns to government under Harold Wilson.

Elected Member of Parliament

Returns to opposition after Labour wins the 1964 general election.

Leaves the chairmanship of the Council of Ministers after his removal from party leadership.

Signs the Department of Transportation Act, creating the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Signs the National Historic Preservation Act, creating a national framework for protecting historic places.

The Vietnam Moratorium Committee lead a march of 250,000 in Washington DC

Faces massive anti war demonstrations in Washington

George Harrison & Phil Spector begin work on the final mixing of the album, "All Things Must Pass"

Begins final mixing work with George Harrison on All Things Must Pass

Sponsors organized-crime legislation that includes RICO provisions

Signs the Organized Crime Control Act, including RICO provisions

Becomes President of Egypt after Nasser's death and confirmation by referendum.

Clough and Taylor both resign from Derby County

Releases Time Fades Away, a live album documenting a difficult post-Harvest tour.

Iceland moves its boundary for fishing rights from 50 to 200 miles

Iceland moves its boundary for fishing rights from 50 to 200 miles

Nuon Chea remains acting head of government for Democratic Kampuchea

Calculates Hawking emission of electrons and muons from a nonrotating black hole and analyzes fluctuations in the hole's electric charge.

The regime holds legislative elections within the single-party political system.

Begins the Benedikt Grondal Government and serves as Prime Minister of Iceland.

Ungo joins the first Revolutionary Government Junta as a civilian member

Romero is overthrown by reformist military officers

The Second Olafur Johannesson Government ends, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Iceland.

Appointed Prime Minister of Iceland

Gutierrez joins the Revolutionary Government Junta after the October coup

Majano becomes a leading military member of the Revolutionary Government Junta

The Act expands powers of savings institutions and accelerates financial deregulation.

Reorganizes rebel forces after Rwigyema's death.

Oversees the Led Zeppelin boxed set remastering project.

Returns from military studies abroad to lead the RPF.

The Bosnian Parliament votes for national sovereignty

With Larus Thorlacius and John Uglum, develops black hole complementarity using a stretched-horizon description.

With Leonard Susskind and John Uglum, develops the stretched-horizon formulation of black hole complementarity.

Remaining forces fragment into rival factions

Is appointed Liverpool captain by manager Gerard Houllier.

Signs the agreement giving the Scottish Parliament power to hold an independence referendum.

BepiColombo completes its first Venus gravity assist while travelling toward Mercury.

Holds large campaign rallies ahead of the 2020 election.

Is born at Umarkot in Sindh while his father Humayun is displaced from the Mughal throne.

Birth of Michael Barne

Michel Foucault is born in Poitiers into a family of physicians.

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is born at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu.

Death of James Stanley, executed after being captured at the Battle of Worcester

James Stanley is executed at Bolton after his capture and court-martial following the Worcester campaign.

Death of Pierre Laval, executed

Castro acknowledges that Guevara is dead and proclaims three days of public mourning throughout Cuba

Identifies the remains of Harold II, she was his mistress

His division attacks through the Chinese Farm area to open the way to the canal crossing.

Ferdinand is crowned king of Greater Romania at Alba Iulia.