October 15
People born on this day are Libra.
- 1989
Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL.
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Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation.
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The leaders of the Baltic States, Arnold Rüütel of Estonia, Anatolijs Gorbunovs of Latvia and Vytautas Landsbergis of Lithuania, signed the OSCE Final Act in Helsinki, Finland.
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The United States, under the Clinton administration, returns Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to the island.
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The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.
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NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles (180 km) of Jupiter's moon Io.
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A Soyuz-U rocket carrying Foton-M No.1 fails after liftoff from Plesetsk Cosmodrome and crashes, killing one person and injuring eight others.
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China launches Shenzhou 5, its first crewed space mission.
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Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11 anti-terrorism raids.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst percentage drop in the Dow's history.
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One hundred and ninety-seven nations amend the Montreal Protocol to include a phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons.
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13-year-old American girl, Jayme Closs, is kidnapped from her Barron, Wisconsin home after her parents were both murdered.
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2005Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark
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1999Bailee Madison, American-Canadian actress and singer
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1999Ben Woodburn, Welsh footballer
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1996Charly Musonda, Belgian footballer
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1996Grace Van Dien, American actress
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1996Zelo, South Korean rapper and dancer
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1995Jack Flaherty, American baseball player
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1995Jakob Pöltl, Austrian basketball player
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1994Lil' Kleine, Dutch rapper
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1994Babar Azam, Pakistani cricket player
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1993Richaun Holmes, American basketball player
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1993Roh Tae-hyun, South Korean singer and dancer
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