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| October 15th, 2007 (October 15 2007) | Event | 17 Activists in Aotearoa New Zealand arrested in the country s first post 9/11 anti-terrorism raids across the country. | |
| October 15th, 1997 (October 15 1997) | Event | The first supersonic land speed record is set by Andy Green in ThrustSSC (United Kingdom). | |
| October 15th, 1997 (October 15 1997) | Event | The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn. | |
| October 15th, 1987 (October 15 1987) | Event | The Great Storm of 1987 hits France and England. | |
| October 15th, 1987 (October 15 1987) | Birth | Jesse Levine, American tennis player | |
| October 15th, 1987 (October 15 1987) | Death | Thomas Sankara, African revolutionary and leader of Burkina Faso (assassinated) (born in 1949) | |
| October 15th, 1977 (October 15 1977) | Birth | Masato Kawabata, Japanese racing driver | |
| October 15th, 1977 (October 15 1977) | Birth | Erin McKeown, American musician | |
| October 15th, 1977 (October 15 1977) | Birth | David Trezeguet, French football player | |
| October 15th, 1977 (October 15 1977) | Birth | Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer | |
| October 15th, 1957 (October 15 1957) | Birth | Mira Nair, Indian director | |
| October 15th, 1957 (October 15 1957) | Birth | Stacy Peralta, American director | |
| October 15th, 1917 (October 15 1917) | Event | World War I: At Vincennes outside of Paris, Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for Germany. | |
| October 15th, 1917 (October 15 1917) | Birth | Jan Miner, American actress (died in 2004) | |
| October 15th, 1917 (October 15 1917) | Birth | Arthur Schlesinger Jr., American historian and political commentator (died in 2007) | |
| October 15th, 1917 (October 15 1917) | Death | Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (born in 1876) | |
| October 15th, 1907 (October 15 1907) | Birth | Varian Fry, American journalist (died in 1967) | |
| October 15th, 1837 (October 15 1837) | Death | Ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman and poet (born in 1760) | |
| October 15th, 1817 (October 15 1817) | Death | Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Polish and Lithuanian national hero (born in 1746) | |
