History for October 15 - On-This-Day.com
Virgil 70 B.C., Friedrich Nietzsche 1844 - German philosopher, John Kenneth Galbraith 1908
Mario Puzo 1920, Lee Iacocca 1924 - Chrysler Chairman, Penny Marshall 1943 - Actress ("Laverne & Shirley")
1847 - "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte was first published in London.
1860 - Grace Bedell, 11 years old, wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln. The letter stated that Lincoln would look better if he would grow a beard.
1914 - The Clayton Antitrust Act was passed by the U.S. Congress.
1939 - New York Municipal Airport was dedicated. The name was later changed to La Guardia Airport.
1945 - Pierre Laval, the former premier of Vichy France, was executed for treason.
1951 - "I Love Lucy" premiered on CBS-TV.
1964 - It was announced that Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev had been removed from power. He was replaced with Alexei N. Kosygin.
1984 - The Freedom of Information Act was passed.
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