Important Events From This day in History October 15th

 

1973 Iceland Cod Wars

1973 : The Iceland Foreign Secretary has announced that Iceland is taking it's case against Great Britain in the current Cod War to the UN General Assembly in October in an attempt to settle the ongoing dispute.

1917 France Mata Hari

1917 : The exotic dancer Mata Hari is executed by a French firing squad at Vincennes, outside of Paris, for espionage.

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1924 U.S.A. Chinese Tong Wars

1924 : The Chinese Tong Wars in New York and other major cities in the US continue to worsen with Tong leaders attempting to obtain machine guns and many more unsolved murders in the Chinese community.

1928 U.S.A. Graf Zeppelin

1928 : The Graf Zeppelin rigid airship completes its first transatlantic crossing when it arrives in the United States at NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey four days after leaving Friedrichshafen, Germany.

1935 Ethiopia Holy War

1935 : Emperor Haile Selassie has called for the greatest army ever assembled in Ethiopia to wage a holy war and recapture the sacred city of Aksum back from the Italians. He has now based his headquarters in Addis Ababa. The Italians are armed with machine guns, field guns and artillery while the tribesman of Ethiopia are fighting with guns and the advantage of numbers. Casualties have been high and have already reached 20,000 with many Ethiopian fighters killed by bombardments from Italian aircraft. But hundreds of thousands are coming from all over Ethiopia after the call from their Emperor.

1937 U.S.A. The Flying Fortress

1937 : The worlds largest Military aircraft "The Flying Fortress " built by Boeing had it's first test flight today. It has a wingspan of over 140 ft and is estimated will fly at 250 MPH using its 1,000 HP engines.

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1940 U.S.A. Charlie Chaplin

1940 : Charlie Chaplin's satirical comedy The Great Dictator opens.

1945 France Vichy Puppet

1945 : Following the end of World War and freedom for the French people they execute Pierre Laval the Vichy puppet leader put in place by Germany during occupation for treason.

1946 Germany Herman Goering

1946 : Herman Goering the former head of the Gestapo commits suicide rather than facing the death sentence he had been given of being hung the next day.

1947 Great Britain Nationalisation

1947 : The government has stated that the nationalization of the Gas industry will occur before the Iron and Steel industries are nationalized as it is more important to the British economy and it provides the fuel needed to run the Iron and Steel industries.

1954 Canada Hurricane

1954 : Hurricane Hazel strikes southern Ontario, Canada causing the Humber River to flood with entire neighborhoods were washed away and 81 people were killed.

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