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15 October 2020
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2018 - Thirteen-year-old Jayme Closs was kidnapped from her home in Barron, Wisconsin, and held captive for 88 days.2018 double homicide and child abduction in Barron, Wisconsin
Anniversary
2013 - A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Bohol in the Philippines, resulting in 222 deaths.Magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Bohol
Anniversary
2011 - Global demonstrations against economic inequality, corporate influence on government, and other issues, were held in more than 950 cities in 82 countries.Series of protests
Anniversary
2007 - New 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.National police service of New Zealand
Anniversary
2006 - An earthquake registering 6.7 Mw occurred off the northwestern coast of the island of Hawaii.6.7 magnitude earthquake in Hawaii
Historical events
History
2018 - 13-year-old American girl, Jayme Closs, is kidnapped from her Barron, Wisconsin home after her parents were both murdered.2018 double homicide and child abduction in Barron, Wisconsin
History
2016 - One hundred and ninety-seven nations amend the Montreal Protocol to include a phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons.1987 treaty to protect the ozone layer
History
2013 - The 7.2 Mw Bohol earthquake strikes the Philippines. At least 215 were killed.Scales to describe earthquake strength
History
2008 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst percentage drop in the Dow's history.American stock market index composed of 30 industry leaders
History
2007 - Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11 anti-terrorism raids.Series of armed NZ police raids
History
2006 - The 6.7 Mw Kiholo Bay earthquake rocks Hawaii, causing property damage, injuries, landslides, power outages, and the closure of Honolulu International Airport.Scales to describe earthquake strength
History
2003 - China launches Shenzhou 5, its first crewed space mission.2003 first human spaceflight mission of China
History
2001 - NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles (180 km) of Jupiter's moon Io.First NASA mission to orbit Jupiter (1989–2003)
History
1997 - The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.Mission to Saturn (1997–2017)
History
1994 - The United States, under the Clinton administration, returns Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to the island.1993–2001 U.S. presidential administration
Notable births
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Notable deaths
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Sky
Moon phase
New Moon
2.9% illuminated
Lunar age: 27.9 days
Sun zodiac
Libra
22.59 degrees
Constellation: Virgo
Moon zodiac
Libra
3.85 degrees
Constellation: Virgo
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.