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Historical events & facts — October 15
What happened on October 15?
On October 15, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte arrived at the island of Saint Helena, in the South Atlantic, to serve his final exile after the defeat at Waterloo. The former master of Europe would spend the last six years of his life there, dictating his memoirs and constructing his own myth. He died on May 5, 1821, aged 51, possibly poisoned with arsenic.
On October 15, 1917, dancer and spy Mata Hari was executed by firing squad in Vincennes, France, accused of spying for Germany during World War I. Although her guilt was never conclusively proven, she became one of the most enduring myths in the history of espionage and a symbol of the femme fatale and the double life.
On October 15, 2003, China launched Shenzhou 5 with taikonaut Yang Liwei aboard, becoming the third country in the world to independently send humans into space, after the US and the USSR. Yang Liwei orbited the Earth fourteen times in twenty-one hours, returning to a hero's welcome.
Notable birthdays — October 15
Famous people born on October 15
70 BC
Year 70 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pompeius and Crassus. The denomination 70 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr. was an American historian, social critic, and public intellectual. The son of the influential historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr. and a specialist in American history, much of Schlesinger's work explored the history of 20th-century American liberalism. In particular, his work focused on leaders such as Harry S. Truman, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F.
Tommy Edwards
Thomas Jefferson Edwards was an American singer and songwriter. His most successful record was the multi-million-selling song "It's All in the Game", becoming the first African-American to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Aurora Bautista
Aurora Bautista Zúmel was a Spanish film actress.
Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark
Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark is an educator, educationist, academic, and activist. She is a Conservative politician and was for 25 years a working member of the British House of Lords. In 1981 she became Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England.
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