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15 October 2021
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Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
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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
Born
2005 - Christian, Crown Prince of DenmarkHeir apparent to the Danish throne (born 2005)
Born
2000 - Melki Sedek Huang, Indonesian activist and sex offenderIndonesian activist and politician (born 2000)
Born
1999 - Bailee Madison, American-Canadian actress and singerAmerican actress (born 1999)
Born
1999 - Ben Woodburn, Welsh footballerWales international footballer (born 1999)
Born
1998 - Teuku Wariza Aris Munandar, Indonesian activist and politician2023 protest by students in Indonesia
Notable deaths
No items available.
Sky
Moon phase
First Quarter
67.0% illuminated
Lunar age: 9.0 days
Sun zodiac
Libra
22.35 degrees
Constellation: Virgo
Moon zodiac
Aquarius
22.07 degrees
Constellation: Capricornus
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.