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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/1917" title="1917">1917</a> – Dutch exotic dancer <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_Hari" title="Mata Hari">Mata Hari</a></b> was executed by firing squad for spying for Germany.</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> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Salvadoran_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1979 Salvadoran coup d'état">A coup d'état in El Salvador</a></b> overthrew and exiled President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Humberto_Romero" title="Carlos Humberto Romero">Carlos Humberto Romero</a> before implementing a military junta.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018" title="2018">2018</a> – 13-year-old <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Jayme_Closs" title="Kidnapping of Jayme Closs">Jayme Closs</a></b> was kidnapped from her home in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barron,_Wisconsin" title="Barron, Wisconsin">Barron, Wisconsin</a>, and held captive for 88 days.</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/Franklin_Peale" title="Franklin Peale">Franklin Peale</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1795); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sai_Baba_of_Shirdi" title="Sai Baba of Shirdi">Sai Baba of Shirdi</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1918); <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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