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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_15" title="October 15">October 15</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1529" title="1529">1529</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Habsburg_wars" title="Ottoman–Habsburg wars">Ottoman–Habsburg wars</a>: The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Vienna_(1529)" title="Siege of Vienna (1529)">siege of Vienna</a></b> ended with Austrian forces repelling the invading Turks, turning the tide against almost <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_wars_in_Europe" title="Ottoman wars in Europe">a century of conquest</a> in Europe by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1888" title="1888">1888</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lusk" title="George Lusk">George Lusk</a>, the chairman of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitechapel_Vigilance_Committee" title="Whitechapel Vigilance Committee">Whitechapel Vigilance Committee</a> in London, received the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Hell_letter" title="From Hell letter">"From Hell" letter</a></b>, allegedly from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper" title="Jack the Ripper">Jack the Ripper</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965" title="1965">1965</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_United_States_involvement_in_the_Vietnam_War" title="Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War">Vietnam War protests</a>: At an anti-war rally in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, David J. Miller <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft-card_burning" title="Draft-card burning">burned his draft card</a></b>, the first such act to result in arrest under a new amendment to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Selective_Service_Act" title="Military Selective Service Act">Selective Service Act</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979" title="1979">1979</a> – President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Humberto_Romero" title="Carlos Humberto Romero">Carlos Humberto Romero</a> of El Salvador was overthrown and exiled in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Salvadoran_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1979 Salvadoran coup d'état">a military coup d'état</a></b>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razia_Sultana" title="Razia Sultana">Razia Sultana</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1240); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Marguerite_d%27Youville" title="Marie-Marguerite d'Youville">Marie-Marguerite d'Youville</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1701); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Peale" title="Franklin Peale">Franklin Peale</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1795); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaikhosru_Shapurji_Sorabji" title="Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji">Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1988)</p>
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