What Happened on October 15 - Tiny Fox Lab

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Today is Tuesday, October 15, 2024. It's the 289 day of the year, and we're on week 42. What Happened on October 15 in History? Keep reading to find out!

2011

The world's largest Legoland theme park opened in Winter Haven, Florida.

2001

NASA's Galileo spacecraft skimmed by Jupiter's moon, Lo, at just 112 miles (180 km).

1995

Saddam Hussein was reelected president of Iraq through a referendum.

1972

The tennis player Chris Evert won the first WTA Tour Championship in Florida.

1966

Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black-rights political organization, Black Panther Party.

1952

The children's novel 'Charlotte's Web' was published by E. B. White.

1941

Hitler declared that all of Germany's Jews must be relocated, and Polish Jews found outside of their ghettos would be shot on sight.

1940

Charlie Chaplin's satirical movie 'The Great Dictator' was released in the US.

1937

Ernest Hemingway's 'To Have and Have Not' was published in the US.

1924

The Statue of Liberty's fingers, which clasp the handle of her torch, was fully installed.

1888

The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche celebrated his 44th birthday by beginning his autobiography 'Ecce Homo,' which was published in 1908.

1860

At 11 years old, Grace Bedell wrote to Abraham Lincoln, saying he should grow a beard.

1783

Aviation pioneers, the Montgolfier brothers, made the first human ascent in a hot air balloon.

1582

The first day of the Gregorian calendar began in France, Italy, Portugal, and various other Catholic states.

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