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This is a list of selected October 15 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
Global Handwashing Day inappropriate tone
Feast day of Saint Teresa of Ávila (Catholicism, Anglicanism, Lutheranism) lots of CN tags
White Cane Safety Day in the United States stub
Teachers' Day in Brazil; refimprove
; Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day in Canada and the United States poor layout
National Tree Planting Day in Sri Lanka need to verify date
1582 – Spain, Portugal, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and most of the Italian states became the first countries to replace the Julian calendar with the Gregorian calendar. unreferenced section
1894Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish artillery officer in the French military, was wrongly arrested for treason. refimprove section
1917 – Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari (pictured) was executed by firing squad for spying for Germany. Lots uncited
1945Pierre Laval, twice head of government of Vichy France, was executed for high treason. refimprove
1951 – Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes completed the first synthesis of norethisterone, the progestin that would later be used in one of the first two oral contraceptives. refimprove section
1966 – The Black Panther Party, a Marxist/Maoist African-American organization that promoted Black Power and self-defense in the United States, was founded in Oakland, California. external links
1970 – Thirty-five construction workers were killed when a section of the West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapsed due to structural failure. refimprove
1982Ata'ollah Ashrafi Esfahani was assassinated by the People's Mujahedin of Iran during Friday prayers in Kermanshah. Referencing issues
1987 – The great storm of 1987 hit France and England, killing at least 23 people. refimprove section
1997 – The Cassini–Huygens spacecraft mission launched from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. refimprove section
1997 – In Nevada's Black Rock Desert, Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green set the first supersonic land speed record in the jet-propelled car ThrustSSC. Referencing issues
2003Shenzhou 5, China's first crewed space mission, was launched, carrying astronaut Yang Liwei. unreferenced section
2005 – Iraqis overwhelmingly ratified the country's proposed constitution. no footnotes
Prannoy Roy |b|1949 DOB not in reference.
Sai Baba of Shirdi |d|1918| Lots uncited

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October 15

Draft-card burning in 1967
Draft-card burning in 1967
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