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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; relies on primary sources
White Cane Safety Day in the United States stub
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. refimprove
1894 – The Dreyfus affair: Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish artillery officer in the French military, was wrongly arrested for treason. Tagged with {{refimprove}}
1987 – The Great Storm of 1987 hit France and England, killing at least 23 people. unreferenced section
1997 – The Cassini–Huygens spacecraft mission launched from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. outdated
2005 – Iraqis overwhelmingly ratified the country's proposed constitution. no footnotes
2006An offshore earthquake measuring 6.7 Mw occurred 10 km (6 miles) southwest of the Island of Hawaii. Tagged with {{update}}

Eligible

  • 2007New Zealand Police conducted several anti-terrorism raids in relation to the discovery of an alleged paramilitary training camp in the Urewera mountain ranges, arresting 17 people and seizing four guns and 230 rounds of ammunition.

October 15: Teachers' Day in Brazil; Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day in Canada and the United States; National Tree Planting Day in Sri Lanka

Mata Hari

  • 1529 – The Siege of Vienna ended as the Austrians repelled the invading Turks, turning the tide against almost a century of unchecked conquest throughout eastern and central Europe by the Ottoman Empire.
  • 1917 – Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari (pictured) was executed by a firing squad for spying for Germany.
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