October 15th, 1981

Born on October 15th, 1981

Age in days, weeks and months
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What 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, 1979

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

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, 1981

42

Elena Dementieva

Russian tennis player

*October 15th, 1981, Moscow

42

Keyshia Cole

American singer (born 1981)

*October 15th, 1981, Oakland

42

Christina Santiago

American actor, model and playboy playmate

*October 15th, 1981, Chicago

42

Pamela Tola

Finnish actress

*October 15th, 1981, Ruotsinpyhtää

42

Francesco Benussi

Italian footballer

*October 15th, 1981, Mestre

42

Radoslav Židek

Slovak snowboarder

*October 15th, 1981, Žilina

42

David Roumieu

French rugby union player

*October 15th, 1981, Albi

42

Charles Gaines

American basketball player

*October 15th, 1981, Houston

42

Andreas Christ

German actor

*October 15th, 1981, Munich

42

Ñengo Flow

Puerto Rican rapper and singer

*October 15th, 1981, Río Piedras

42

Swati Verma

Indian film actress

*October 15th, 1981, Mumbai

42

Marcel Barrena

Spanish actor and director

*October 15th, 1981, Barcelona

42

Akın Gazi

Turkish Cypriot actor

*October 15th, 1981, London

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Who's birthday is on October 15th?

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

35

رونالدو عمك

German-Turkish association footballer

*October 15th, 1988, Gelsenkirchen

45

Wes Moore

American politician, investment banker, author and television producer

*October 15th, 1978, Takoma Park

34

Anthony Joshua

British boxer (born 1989)

*October 15th, 1989, Watford

37

Carlo Janka

Alpine skier

*October 15th, 1986, Obersaxen

46

David Trezeguet

French association football player

*October 15th, 1977, Rouen

54

Dominic West

British actor

*October 15th, 1969, Sheffield

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

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

31

Ncuti Gatwa

Rwandan-Scottish Actor

*October 15th, 1992, Kigali

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

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

43

Cosculluela

Puerto Rican rapper and singer

*October 15th, 1980, Humacao

44

Raphaël Glucksmann

French film director and journalist

*October 15th, 1979, Boulogne-Billancourt

73

Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl

Norwegian musician

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

52

Niko Kovač

Croatian association football player and manager

*October 15th, 1971, West Berlin

44

Māris Verpakovskis

Latvian footballer

*October 15th, 1979, Liepāja

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Born in 1981

42

MS Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

42

Taufik Hidayat

Indonesian badminton player

*August 10th, 1981, Bandung City

43

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

43

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

42

Martin de Jonge

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1981, Rotterdam

42

Roger Federer

Swiss tennis player

*August 8th, 1981, Basel

43

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

42

Beau Bokan

American singer

*November 30th, 1981, Huntington Beach

42

Beyoncé

American singer (born 1981)

*September 4th, 1981, Houston

43

Zhang Jiewen

Badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Guangzhou

42

Gavin Shuker

British politician (born 1981)

*October 10th, 1981, Luton

43

Gong Ruina

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

42

Dorian James

Badminton player

*June 19th, 1981, Cape Town

42

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

42

Anna Carina

Peruvian musician

*August 14th, 1981, Lima

43

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

43

Björn Joppien

Badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Langenfeld

43

Jürgen Wouters

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1981, Gilze en Rijen

42

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

42

Marco Vorbeck

German association football player and manager

*June 24th, 1981, Kühlungsborn

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No: With 365 days 1981 is a normal year and no leap year.

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