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What happened on October 15?
October 15 connects the calendar used across much of the world with wartime espionage, an American political movement and China’s first crewed space mission.
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The Gregorian calendar took effect in several countries
Friday October 15 followed Thursday October 4 in countries that first adopted Pope Gregory XIII’s calendar reform.
Mata Hari was executed
A French firing squad executed Dutch dancer Margaretha Zelle, known as Mata Hari, after her conviction for espionage during the First World War.
The Black Panther Party was founded
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in Oakland, California.
China launched its first crewed spaceflight
Yang Liwei launched aboard Shenzhou 5 and orbited Earth, becoming China’s first person in space.
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