Updated October 14, 2012, 2:28 pm
On Oct. 15, 1964, it was announced that Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev had been removed from office. He was succeeded as premier by Alexei N. Kosygin and as Communist Party secretary by Leonid I. Brezhnev.
On Oct. 15, 1844, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, the influential German philosopher, was born. Following his death on Aug. 25, 1900, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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1860 Eleven-year-old Grace Bedell of Westfield, N.Y., wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln, suggesting he could improve his appearance by growing a beard. 1946 Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering fatally poisoned himself hours before he was to have been executed. 1951 The situation comedy “I Love Lucy” premiered on CBS. 1964 It was announced that Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev had been removed from office. 1976 Democrat Walter F. Mondale and Republican Bob Dole faced off in the first debate between vice-presidential nominees. 1990 Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev was named the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. 1990 South Africa’s Separate Amenities Act, which had barred blacks from public facilities for decades, was scrapped. 1991 The Senate narrowly confirmed the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court, 52-48. 1993 Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to end apartheid in South Africa. 2002 ImClone Systems founder Sam Waksal pleaded guilty in New York in the biotech company’s insider trading scandal. 2005 Iraqis voted to approve a constitution. 2007 The New York Yankees and third baseman Alex Rodriguez agreed on a record 10-year, $275 million contract, the richest in sports history. 2009 A false report that a 6-year-old boy was aboard a runaway balloon in Colorado captivated a global TV audience. (The boy’s parents later pleaded guilty to charges they made up the story.) Current Birthdays
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Actress Linda Lavin (“Alice”) turns 75 years old today.
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Singer Tito Jackson (The Jackson Five) turns 59 years old today.
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1924 Lee Iacocca, Former Chrysler chairman, turns 88 1935 Barry McGuire, Rock singer, turns 77 1943 Penny Marshall, Actress, director, turns 69 1945 Jim Palmer, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 67 1946 Richard Carpenter, Singer, musician (The Carpenters), turns 66 1953 Larry Miller, Actor, turns 59 1954 Jere Burns, Actor, turns 58 1955 Tanya Roberts, Actress, turns 57 1959 Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, turns 53 1959 Emeril Lagasse, TV chef, turns 53 1966 Eric Benet, R&B singer, turns 46 1969 Paige Davis, TV host (“Trading Spaces”), turns 43 1969 Dominic West, Actor (“The Wire”), turns 43 1970 Ginuwine, R&B singer, turns 42
Historic Birthdays
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 10/15/1844 – 8/25/1900 German philosopher.Go to obituary »
48 Virgil 10/15/70 BC – 9/21/19 BC
Roman poet39 Evangelista Torricelli 10/15/1608 – 10/25/1647
Italian physicist and mathematician71 Allan Ramsay 10/15/1686 – 1/7/1758
Scottish poet65 James Tissot 10/15/1836 – 8/8/1902
French artist59 John Lawrence Sullivan 10/15/1858 – 2/2/1918
American professional boxer89 Edith Bolling Galt Wilson 10/15/1872 – 12/28/1961
American first lady (1915-1921)77 Marie C. C. Stopes 10/15/1880 – 10/2/1958
Scottish scientist and advocate of birth control93 Sir P. G. Wodehouse 10/15/1881 – 2/14/1975
English comic novelist, short story writer, lyricist and playwright50 S.S. VanDine 10/15/1888 – 4/11/1939
American critic, editor and author of popular detective novels86 Mervyn LeRoy 10/15/1900 – 9/13/1987
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