* Astronomy

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October 15th

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ThrustSSC set a World Land Speed Record, on 15 October 1997
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThrustSSC

The Galileo spacecraft made its closest approach (180 km) to Europa on October 15, 2001
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_(spacecraft)

Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley sank on October 15, 1863
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t21600031/confederate-submarine/

The Cassini spacecraft was launched in 1997
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3280081/the-cassini-spacecraft/

On 15 October 2002, a Soyuz-U carrying the ESA Foton-M1 project failed to launch
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45572898/foton-m1/

The Chinese FSW-3-3 Satellite crashed into a four-story building in Penglai on October 15, 2004
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-10/17/content_383086.htm

Shenzhou 5 spacecraft was launched on October 15, 2003
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t36362268/shenzhou-v/

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People

The Montgolfier brothers flew their hot air balloon in 1783
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43194362/montgolfier-brothers-flight/

Roberto Vittori (Viterbo, October 15, 1964) is an Italian air force officer and an ESA astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Vittori

Archibald Hoxsey (October 15, 1884 - December 31, 1910) was an aviator for the Wright brothers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_Hoxsey

Malcolm D. Ross (October 15, 1919 - October 8, 1985) was an atmospheric scientist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Ross_(balloonist)

Gian Carlo Wick (October 15, 1909, Turin - April 20, 1992, Turin) was an Italian theoretical physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gian-Carlo_Wick

Evangelista Torricelli (15 October 1608 - 25 October 1647) was an Italian physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelista_Torricelli

Bernhard Hermann Neumann AC FRS (15 October 1909 -20 October 2002) was a German-born British mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Neumann

Asaph Hall III (October 15, 1829 - November 22, 1907) was an American astronomer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45572917/asaph-hall-iii-1829-1907/

Jesse Leonard Greenstein (October 15, 1909 - October 21, 2002) was an American astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_L._Greenstein

Grigor Gurzadyan (October 15, 1922 - February 22, 2014) was an Armenian astronomer, and pioneer of space astronomy.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58769324/grigor-gurzadyan-1922-2014/

Arto Oksanen is a Finnish amateur astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arto_Oksanen

Reta F. Beebe (born October 15, 1936) is an American astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reta_Beebe

Thomas J. Bopp D.Sc (born 1949) is an amateur astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bopp

Edwin Charles Tubb (15 October 1919 - 10 September 2010) was a British writer of science fiction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Charles_Tubb

Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BC - September 21, 19 BC) was a classical Roman poet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil

Adora Lily Svitak (born October 15, 1997) is an American child prodigy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adora_Svitak

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Woman in the Moon (German Frau im Mond) is a science fiction silent film that premiered 15 October 1929.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman_in_the_Moon

Flash Gordon is a science fiction television series based on the characters of the Alex Raymond-created comic strip of the same name. Diverging from the storyline of the comics, the series set Flash, Dale Arden and Dr. Zarkov in the year 3203.
Original run October 15, 1954 - July 15, 1955
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Gordon_(1954_TV_series)

Star Trek: "The Cage" was broadcast on television in its complete form on October 15, 1988.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cage_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)

Spoiler

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NGC discovered

NGC 18 is a magnitude +13.4 and +13.6 double star discovered by Herman Schultz on the 15th October 1866.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58772221/ngc-18/

NGC 540 is a magnitude +14.5 barred spiral galaxy discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth on the 15th October 1885.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58772209/ngc-540/

NGC 794 is a magnitude +12.7 elliptical galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 15th October 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58813498/ngc-794/

NGC 2169 is a magnitude +5.9 open cluster rediscovered by William Herschel on the 15th October 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47526268/ngc-2169/

NGC 7076 is a magnitude +13.5 planetary nebula discovered by William Herschel on the 15th October 1794.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58772174/ngc-7076/

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Meteorites

The Otery (L6) meteorite fell in Telemark, Norway, on the 15th October 1928.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45577093/otery-meteorite/

The Beardsley (H5) meteorite fell in Kansas, USA, on the 15th October 1929.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45577069/beardsley-meteorite/

The Glorieta Mountain meteorite fell in Trujillo, Venezuela on October 15 1972
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t13997464/glorieta-mountain-meteorite/