On Oct. 15, 1964, it was announced that Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev had been removed from office. He was succeeded as premier by Alexei N. Kosygin and as Communist Party secretary by Leonid I. Brezhnev.
On Oct. 15, 1844, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, the influential German philosopher, was born. Following his death on Aug. 25, 1900, his obituary appeared in The Times.
On This Date
| 1860 | Eleven-year-old Grace Bedell of Westfield, N.Y., wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln, suggesting he could improve his appearance by growing a beard. |
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| 1946 | Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering fatally poisoned himself hours before he was to have been executed. |
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| 1951 | The situation comedy "I Love Lucy" premiered on CBS. |
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| 1964 | It was announced that Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev had been removed from office. |
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| 1976 | Democrat Walter F. Mondale and Republican Bob Dole faced off in the first debate between vice-presidential nominees. |
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| 1990 | Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev was named the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. |
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| 1990 | South Africa's Separate Amenities Act, which had barred blacks from public facilities for decades, was scrapped. |
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| 1991 | The Senate narrowly confirmed the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court, 52-48. |
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| 1993 | Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to end apartheid in South Africa. |
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| 2002 | ImClone Systems founder Sam Waksal pleaded guilty in New York in the biotech company's insider trading scandal. |
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| 2005 | Iraqis voted to approve a constitution. |
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| 2007 | The New York Yankees and third baseman Alex Rodriguez agreed on a record 10-year, $275 million contract, the richest in sports history. |
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| 2009 | A false report that a 6-year-old boy was aboard a runaway balloon in Colorado captivated a global TV audience. (The boy's parents later pleaded guilty to charges they made up the story.) |
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Current Birthdays
Actress Linda Lavin ("Alice") turns 74 years old today.
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Singer Tito Jackson (The Jackson Five) turns 58 years old today.
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| 1924 | Lee Iacocca, Former Chrysler chairman, turns 87 |
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| 1935 | Barry McGuire, Rock singer, turns 76 |
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| 1943 | Penny Marshall, Actress, director, turns 68 |
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| 1945 | Jim Palmer, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 66 |
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| 1946 | Richard Carpenter, Singer, musician (The Carpenters), turns 65 |
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| 1953 | Larry Miller, Actor, turns 58 |
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| 1954 | Jere Burns, Actor, turns 57 |
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| 1955 | Tanya Roberts, Actress, turns 56 |
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| 1959 | Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, turns 52 |
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| 1959 | Emeril Lagasse, TV chef, turns 52 |
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| 1966 | Eric Benet, R&B singer, turns 45 |
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| 1969 | Paige Davis, TV host ("Trading Spaces"), turns 42 |
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| 1969 | Dominic West, Actor ("The Wire"), turns 42 |
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| 1970 | Ginuwine, R&B singer, turns 41 |
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Historic Birthdays
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche10/15/1844 - 8/25/1900German philosopher.Go to obituary »
| 48 | Virgil 10/15/70 BC - 9/21/19 BC
Roman poet |
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| 39 | Evangelista Torricelli 10/15/1608 - 10/25/1647
Italian physicist and mathematician |
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| 71 | Allan Ramsay 10/15/1686 - 1/7/1758
Scottish poet |
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| 65 | James Tissot 10/15/1836 - 8/8/1902
French artist |
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| 59 | John Lawrence Sullivan 10/15/1858 - 2/2/1918
American professional boxer |
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| 89 | Edith Bolling Galt Wilson 10/15/1872 - 12/28/1961
American first lady (1915-1921) |
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| 77 | Marie C. C. Stopes 10/15/1880 - 10/2/1958
Scottish scientist and advocate of birth control |
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| 93 | Sir P. G. Wodehouse 10/15/1881 - 2/14/1975
English comic novelist, short story writer, lyricist and playwright |
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| 50 | S.S. VanDine 10/15/1888 - 4/11/1939
American critic, editor and author of popular detective novels |
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| 86 | Mervyn LeRoy 10/15/1900 - 9/13/1987
American film director |
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