October 15th, 1979

Born on October 15th, 1979

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 16,000 days old!

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What happened on October 15th, 1979?

October 15th, 1979

President Carlos Humberto Romero of El Salvador was overthrown and exiled in a military coup d'état.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Humberto_Romero

What else happened on October 15th?

October 15th, 2013

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Bohol in the Philippines, resulting in 222 deaths.

October 15th, 2011

Global demonstrations against economic inequality, corporate influence on government, and other issues, were held in more than 950 cities in 82 countries.

October 15th, 2007

New Zealand Police conducted several anti-terrorism raids in relation to the discovery of an alleged paramilitary training camp in the Urewera mountain ranges, arresting 17 people and seizing four guns and 230 rounds of ammunition.

October 15th, 2005

A march by members of the National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi group, in Toledo, Ohio, U.S., sparked a riot among protestors.

October 15th, 1965

Vietnam War protests: At an anti-war rally in New York City, David J. Miller burned his draft card (example pictured), the first such act to result in arrest under a new amendment to the Selective Service Act.

October 15th, 1954

Hurricane Hazel (flooding pictured) made landfall in the Carolinas in the United States before moving north to Toronto in Canada later the same day, killing 176 people in the two countries.

October 15th, 1888

George Lusk, the chairman of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee in London, received the "From Hell" letter, allegedly from Jack the Ripper.

October 15th, 1864

American Civil War: Confederate forces captured Glasgow, Missouri, although it had little long-term benefit as Price's Missouri Expedition was defeated a week later.

October 15th, 1529

Ottoman–Habsburg wars: The siege of Vienna ended with Austrian forces repelling the invading Turks, turning the tide against almost a century of conquest in Europe by the Ottoman Empire.

October 15th, 2016

One hundred and ninety-seven nations amend the Montreal Protocol to include a phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons.

October 15th, 2008

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst percentage drop in the Dow's history.

October 15th, 2007

Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11 anti-terrorism raids.

October 15th, 2003

China launches Shenzhou 5, its first crewed space mission.

October 15th, 2001

NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles (180 km) of Jupiter's moon Io.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 15th

Born on October 15th, 1979

44

Raphaël Glucksmann

French film director and journalist

*October 15th, 1979, Boulogne-Billancourt

44

Māris Verpakovskis

Latvian footballer

*October 15th, 1979, Liepāja

44

Wajid Khan

British politician (born 1979)

*October 15th, 1979, Burnley

44

Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari

Indian filmmaker and writer.

*October 15th, 1979, Mumbai

44

Nicole Fiscella

American actress

*October 15th, 1979, Rochester

44

Paul Robinson

English association football player (born 1979)

*October 15th, 1979, Beverley

44

Jaci Velásquez

American singer-songwriter and actor

*October 15th, 1979, Houston

44

Bohemia

Pakistani American rapper and producer

*October 15th, 1979, Karachi

44

Hani Al-Dhabit

Omani footballer

*October 15th, 1979, Salalah

44

Absztrakkt

German singer

*October 15th, 1979, Villach

44

Jekaterina Golovatenko

Estonian figure skater

*October 15th, 1979, Keila

44

Blue Adams

American football player

*October 15th, 1979, Miami

44

Mark Adam

Filipino singer and actor

*October 15th, 1979, Cebu

44

Denise Campbell

English footballer (born 1979)

*October 15th, 1979, Liverpool

44

Robert Baker

American actor

*October 15th, 1979, Memphis

44

Mitch Morris

American actor and model

*October 15th, 1979, Corpus Christi

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29

Sebastián Yatra

Colombian singer, actor and songwriter

*October 15th, 1994, Medellín

32

Josefin Asplund

Swedish actress

*October 15th, 1991, Stockholm

43

Tom Boonen

Belgian road bicycle racer

*October 15th, 1980, Mol

45

Wes Moore

American politician, investment banker, author and television producer

*October 15th, 1978, Takoma Park

35

رونالدو عمك

German-Turkish association footballer

*October 15th, 1988, Gelsenkirchen

46

David Trezeguet

French association football player

*October 15th, 1977, Rouen

34

Anthony Joshua

British boxer (born 1989)

*October 15th, 1989, Watford

37

Carlo Janka

Alpine skier

*October 15th, 1986, Obersaxen

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

42

Elena Dementieva

Russian tennis player

*October 15th, 1981, Moscow

57

Michel Foucault

French philosopher

*October 15th, 1926, Poitiers †June 25th, 1984, 13th arrondissement of Paris

83

Hans Wußing

German historian of mathematics

*October 15th, 1927, Waldheim †April 26th, 2011, Leipzig

31

Ncuti Gatwa

Rwandan-Scottish Actor

*October 15th, 1992, Kigali

55

Friedrich Nietzsche

German philosopher (1844–1900)

*October 15th, 1844, Röcken †August 25th, 1900, Weimar

53

Zak Orth

American comedic actor

*October 15th, 1970, Libertyville

47

Nikolay Baskov

Russian singer

*October 15th, 1976, Moscow

52

Niko Kovač

Croatian association football player and manager

*October 15th, 1971, West Berlin

43

Cosculluela

Puerto Rican rapper and singer

*October 15th, 1980, Humacao

73

Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl

Norwegian musician

*October 15th, 1885, Christiania †June 21st, 1959, Oslo

55

Didier Deschamps

French association football player and manager

*October 15th, 1968, Bayonne

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45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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