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What happened in history on this day: October 15?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On October 15 in ...
- 1985 - IBM announces its Token Ring network, and PC Network software. The Token Ring system was co-developed with Texas Instruments. Network transmission speed is 4 Mbps. The system can use ordinary telephone wiring. Cost per computer is about US$800.
- 1990 - Apple Computer unveils and ships the Macintosh Classic. It uses an 8 MHz Motorola 68000 microprocessor, an integrated 9-inch B/W monitor, and a 1.4 MB floppy drive. Base price for a 1 MB system is US$1000. The Macintosh Classic replaces the Macintosh Plus and the Macintosh SE. Apple paid $1 million to Modular Computer Systems for use of the word "Classic" in the personal computer market for 5 years.
- 1990 - Apple Computer unveils the Macintosh LC. It uses a 16 MHz Motorola 68020 microprocessor, and comes with 2 MB RAM, 40 MB hard drive, and 1.4 MB SuperDrive. Weight is 8.5 pounds. Base price with 2 MB RAM and a floppy drive is US$2400.
- 1990 - Apple Computer unveils the Macintosh IIsi. It uses a 20 MHz Motorola 68030 microprocessor, and comes with 2 MB RAM, 40 MB hard drive, video port, and 1.4 MB SuperDrive, for US$3769. Or with 5 MB RAM and 80 MB hard drive for US$4569.
- 1993 - John Sculley announces his resignation as chairman of Apple Computer. He is replaced by Mike Markkula.
- 1997 - Iran issues a 200 rial postage stamp for World Post Day, depicting a personal computer.
- 1999 - Handspring begins shipping the Handspring Visor Deluxe handheld computer.
- 2001 - Handspring announces the Handspring Treo 180 handheld computer. It features tiny keyboard, monochrome screen, 33 MHz Dragonball VZ processor, 16 MB of RAM and rechargeable batteries. The system is to be released in early 2002 for about US$400.
- 2001 - Handspring announces the Handspring Treo 180g handheld computer. It features Graffiti handwriting recognition, monochrome screen, 33 MHz Dragonball VZ processor, 16 MB of RAM and rechargeable batteries The system is to be released in early 2002 for about US$400.
- 2001 - Handspring announces the Handspring Treo 270 handheld computer. It features color screen, 33 MHz Dragonball VZ processor, 16 MB of RAM and rechargeable batteries. The system is to be released in mid-2002 for about US$600.
- 2002 - Toshiba launches the Pocket PC e335 handheld computer. It features 3.5-inch color screen, 300 MHz Intel PXA250 XScale processor, 64 MB RAM. Price is US$399.
- 2003 - Dell Computer introduces the Axim X3 handheld computer. It features and Microsoft Pocket PC 2003 Premium operating system, 3.5-inch 320x240 pixel color display, Intel 400 MHz XScale processor, 64 MB RAM, Secure Digital slot, stereo headphone jack, and optional 802.11 wireless connectivity. Size 3 x 3.21 x 0.58 inches.
- 2007 - Belgium issues a postage stamp depicting a boy at a computer.
- 1923 - Walt Disney receives a telegram from Margaret Winkler, offering to pay US$1500 each for the first six of Disney's Alice films.
- 1925 - M.J. Winkler Productions releases the Alice Comedy film Alice Plays Cupid to theaters.
- 1925 - Animation work begins on the Alice Comedy film Alice on the Farm.
- 1929 - Disney completes the Mickey Mouse film The Jazz Fool.
- 1932 - United Artists releases the Mickey Mouse film Touchdown Mickey to theaters.
- 1937 - The Mickey Mouse film Clock Cleaners is released to theaters. Donald Duck and Goofy also appear.
- 1943 - The first Figaro film Figaro and Cleo is released to theaters.
- 1948 - The Donald Duck film Soup's On is released. Huey, Dewey, and Louie also appear.
- 1954 - Disney releases the animated short film Social Lion to theaters.
- 1961 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Chico, the Misunderstood Coyote.
- 1971 - The cover of Life magazine shows 1500 Disney employees and characters in front of Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World.
- 1990 - Antigua & Barbuda issues ten postage stamps depicting Disney characters in scenes from Charles Dickens books.
- 1990 - Disney announces plans to establish an adult book publishing division.
- 1992 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A banner at an amusement park reads "The Happiest Place on Earth". A lawyer character says that phrase is a registered Disneyland copyright.
- 1996 - Mali issues 29 postage stamps depicting Disney characters and letters of the alphabet.
- 1996 - Walt Disney Home Video releases James and the Giant Peach to the home video market.
- 1998 - Guyana issues eleven postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of Scrooge McDuck, depicting comic strip panels of Donald Duck's Christmas on Bear Mountain, by Carl Banks.
- 1998 - Grenada issues 18 postage stamps depicting Disney Christmas Trains. Characters include Mickey Mouse, Jiminy Cricket, Pluto, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy, Winnie-the-Pooh and friends.
- 1998 - The Fantasmic! show premieres at the Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World.
- 1999 - Disney releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film The Straight Story to theaters in the USA.
- 1953 - Corvette show car #852 is ordered stripped, with the body to be burned as a test.
- 1954 - Zora Arkus-Duntov writes a memo to Edward Cole and Maurice Olley, noting that the Corvette appeared to be a failure. He suggests that to drop the Corvette would be an admission of failure, and a public embarrassment to all of Chevrolet. He suggests some modifications to the car, and improvements to the sales effort. He urges General Motors not to cancel the car, but to create a separate department within Chevrolet to oversee Corvette development.
- 2000 - At the Laguna Seca Raceway in Salinas, California, the Globalcenter Sports Car Championships race is held, round 10 of the American Le Mans Series.
- Finishing 2nd in GTS class and 9th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C5-R driven by Andy Pilgrim and Ron Fellows.
- Finishing 4th in GTS class and 13th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C5-R driven by Justin Bell and Kelly Collins.
- 2005 - At the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California, the Monterey Sports Car Championships race is held, round ten (final) of the American Le Mans Series is held.
- Finishing 1st in GT1 class and 7th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C6-R driven by Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta.
- Finishing 2nd in GT1 class and 8th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C6-R driven by Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell.
- 2005 - At the end of the American Le Mans Series race season, driver positions in GT1 class are: 1st (tied) Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta, 2nd (tied) Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell. Corvette Racing is first in several championships: manufacturers, drivers, team, and pit crew.
- 1941 - Submarine U-558 torpedoes and sinks Canadian merchant ship Vancouver Island in the North Atlantic. 65 crew members, eight gunners, and 32 passengers die.
- 1942 - Japanese execute US Lieutenants Dean E. Farrow and William G. Hallmark, and Sargeant Harold A. Spatz, all part of the Doolittle raid on Japan in April.
- 1943 - In Italy, the 1st Canadian Corps takes Vinchiaturo.
- 1944 - 128 British bombers attack Bonn, Germany, destroying much of the town centre.
- 1944 - Regent of Hungary Admiral Horty announces he is seeking peace with the Allies.
- 1944 - German battleship Tirpitz leaves Kaafjord, Norway, heading for a final resting place near Tromsö.
- 1945 - Pierre Laval is executed (shot) in the courtyard of Fresnes prison, in France.
- 1946 - In his prison cell in Germany, Hermann Göring bites a cyanide capsule and dies.
- 1991 - Tuvalu issues four postage stamps depicting World War II ships.
- 1992 - Special envoy from Russia gives Poland's president copies of documents authorizing the 1940 execution of 26,000 Polish servicemen, which had been denied by the Soviet Union for 50 years.
- 1979 - Namco releases the Galaxian arcade game in Japan.
- 1993 - Nintendo releases a redesigned Nintendo Entertainment System in the US with an improved top-loading cartridge slot.
- 1997 - Midway Amusement Games releases the Mortal Kombat 4 video game Version 2.0 to arcades in the US.
- 2000 - Nintendo releases the Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver video games for the Game Boy Color in the US.
- 2001 - Capcom releases the Super Street Fighter II: Turbo Revival video game for the Game Boy Advance in the US.
- 2002 - In the US, Microsoft begins bundling two video games with the Xbox, until the end of the year. The games are Sega GT 2002 and Jet Set Radio Future. The Xbox also now comes standard with a smaller controller, the same one used in the Japanese market.
- 2003 - Acclaim releases the Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2003 - Capcom releases the Mega Man Zero 2 video game for the Game Boy Advance in the US.
- 2004 - Microsoft announces an Xbox bundle to be available October 31 in the US. The standard US$150 Xbox package will now include NCAA Football 2005 and Top Spin video games, and a two-month subscription to Xbox Live.
- 1542 - King Gustav writes King Christian III of Denmark asking for about 5000 men-at-arms as an aid against rebels.
- 1953 - The Swedish Academy decides to award the Nobel Prize in Literature to Winston Churchill.
- 1980 - In Toronto, Charles D. Moore Auctions hosts a coin auction. A 1921 5c VF-25 sells for $4000.
- 1794 - In anticipation of a legal change in silver coin specifications, Mint Director David Rittenhouse orders production of silver dollars at 0.900 fine, 416 grains (374.75 grains silver).
- 1794 - The US Mint strikes 1,758 silver dollars, the only day of production for dollar coins for the year. The coins are the first silver dollars delivered to the Secretary of State. The coinage press is of insufficient power to properly produce the large coins. The coins are struck in 0.900 fine silver, 374.4 grains instead of the legal 0.8924 fine, 371.25 grains, giving the coins a value of 100.85 cents in pure silver.
- 1794 - Chief coiner Henry Voight delivers 5300 half dollars to the Mint treasurer, the entire mintage for 1794, coined to illegal 0.900 fineness instead of 0.8924, containing 1/2-cent extra silver per coin.
- 1797 - Foreign silver coins except Spanish milled dollars cease to be legal tender.
- 1875 - Edward Cogan sells the Mendes I. Cohen 1804 Draped Bust dollar.
- 1978 - The US Congress passes the financial instutions reform legislation, including legislation for gold 1/2- and 1-ounce medallions.
- 1520 - King Henry VIII of England orders bowling lanes at Whitehall.
- 1885 - Hoss Radbourne pitches his 60th win of the season.
- 1917 - Chicago White Sox beat New York Giants, four games to two in 14th World Series.
- 1923 - New York Yankees' first World Series win beating New York Giants, 4 games to two (World Series #20).
- 1925 - Pittsburgh Pirates beat Washington Senators, 4 games to 3 in 22nd World Series.
- 1933 - Philadelphia Eagles play first NFL game, lose to New York Giants 56-0.
- 1935 - NHL's Saint Louis Eagles team folds.
- 1946 - Enos Slaughter scores a run from first base on a single in the 43rd World Series.
- 1946 - Saint Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 43rd World Series.
- 1964 - Saint Louis Cardinals beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 61st World Series.
- 1965 - Los Angeles Dodgers and Sandy Koufax win 7th game of 62nd World Series versus Minnesota Twins.
- 1969 - Madison Square Garden TV Network begins (New York Rangers vs Minnesota North Stars).
- 1969 - Baltimore Orioles' Earl Weaver becomes first manager ejected in a World Series (World Series #66).
- 1970 - Baltimore Orioles beat Cincinnati Reds, four games to one in 67th World Series.
- 1977 - Arkansas Razorbacks' Steve Little kicks a record-tying 67-yard field goal.
- 1979 - First Monday night game from New York City, New York Jets beat Minnesota Vikings 14-7 (Shea Stadium).
- 1979 - New York Knicks retire second number, 10, Walt Frazier.
- 1981 - The New York Yankees shutout the Oakland Athletics 4-0 to capture their thirty-third American League pennant.
- 1983 - Chicago Black Hawks and Toronto Maple Leafs combine for fastest five goals in NHL hockey (84 seconds).
- 1986 - Longest post-season game, New York Mets beat Houston Astros 7-6 in 16 innings and win National League pennant.
- 1986 - After being down three games to one in the American League Championship Series, the Boston Red Sox defeat the California Angels 8-1 to win the American League pennant.
- 1987 - NFL Players Association orders an end to the 24-day strike.
- 1988 - NCAA record rushing yardage (768 yards-Oklahoma).
- 1988 - With two outs in bottom of 9th, an injured Kirk Gibson hits dramatic two run home run to gives Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-4 win in first game of 85th World Series.
- 1989 - Wayne Gretsky passes Gordie Howe as NHL's all time top scorer.
- 1995 - The Carolina Panthers win their first-ever regular season game by defeating the New York Jets at Clemson Memorial Stadium in South Carolina.
- 1997 - The Cleveland Indians win their second pennant in three years defeating the Baltimore Orioles 1-0 to win the American League Championship Series in six games.
- 2001 - The Arizona Diamondbacks win the National League Division Series beating the Saint Louis Cardinals.
- 2001 - The New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics to win the American League Division Series.
- 2008 - The Philadelphia Phillies advance to their first World Series in 15 years after winning the National League Championship Series with a 5-1 Game Five win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- 2021 - At Honda Center in Anaheim, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Minnesota Wild beats Anaheim Ducks by score 2-1.
- 2021 - At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL regular season game: Vancouver Canucks beats Philadelphia Flyers by score 5-4.
- 2021 - At Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, USA, NHL regular season game: New Jersey Devils beats Chicago Blackhawks by score 4-3.
- 1985 - US space shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit.
- 1997 - NASA launches the Cassini-Huygens probe to Saturn.
- 2001 - NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io.
- 2003 - China launches Shenzhou 5, their first manned space mission.
- 1794 - Chief Coiner Henry Voigt delivers the first minted dollars and half dollars.
- 1797 - Foreign silver coins except Spanish milled dollars cease to be legal tender in the USA.
- 1877 - 45th US Congress (1877-79) convenes.
- 1878 - Edison Electric Light Company incorporates.
- 1881 - First American fishing magazine, American Angler, is published.
- 1883 - US Supreme Court declares Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional.
- 1914 - ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) is founded.
- 1914 - Clayton Antitrust Act is passed.
- 1924 - The Statue of Liberty is designated a US national monument.
- 1939 - LaGuardia Airport opens in New York City.
- 1948 - Allies create the Combined Airlift Task Force, under US Major General William H. Turner, to increase the Berlin airlift opertion.
- 1962 - Byron R White appointed to the US Supreme Court.
- 1962 - U.S. intelligence personnel analyzing U-2 spy plane data discover that the Soviets are building medium-range missile sites in Cuba.
- 1966 - US President Lyndon Johnson signs a bill creating Department of Transportation.
- 1969 - Vietnam Moratorium Day; millions in US nationwide protest the war.
- 1974 - National Guard mobilizes to restore order in Boston school bussing.
- 1979 - In Imperial Valley, California, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurs.
- 1982 - The Garn - St Germain Depository Institutions Act deregulates the U.S. savings and loan industry.
- 1983 - US Marine sharpshooters kill five snipers at Beirut International Airport, Lebanon.
- 1985 - Shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island: 6:12:29.
- 1985 - US space shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit.
- 1987 - US Treasury Secretary James Baker says the US may allow the dollar to drift lower versus other major currencies.
- 1989 - Billy Graham is given the 1,900th star on Hollywood Boulevard.
- 1990 - Apple Computer unveils and ships the Macintosh Classic. It features an 8 MHz 68000 processor, integrated 9-inch monochrome monitor, and 3.5-inch floppy drive, for $1000. It replaces the Macintosh Plus and the Macintosh SE. Apple also releases the Macintosh LC (68020 processor), and the Macintosh IIsi (68030 processor).
- 1991 - United States Senate votes 52-48 to confirm Judge Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court of the United States.
- 1997 - Andy Green sets the first supersonic land speed record for the ThrustSSC team, led by Richard Noble of the United Kingdom. ThrustSSC goes through the flying mile course at Black Rock Desert, Nevada at an average speed of 1,227.985 km/h (763.035 mph).
- 1997 - NASA launches the Cassini-Huygens probe to Saturn.
- 1998 - American Airlines becomes the first airline to offer electronic ticketing in all 44 countries it serves.
- 2000 - Nintendo releases the Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver video games for the Game Boy Color in the USA. 1.4 million copies sell in the first week.
- 2003 - The 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash kills 11 after one of its ferries slams into a pier.
- 2005 - A riot occurs in Toledo, Ohio during a Neo-Nazi rally on racial issues; 114 are arrested.
- 2006 - In Hawaii, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurs. Power outages occur throughout the Hawaiian Islands. Damage estimated at US$73 million.
- 2008 - The US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, and the Swiss National Bank announce they will allow unlimited loans in US dollars.
- 2008 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average index falls 733 points (7.87 percent) to 8,577 points, its biggest percentage fall since October 1987. The United Kingdon's FTSE 100 falls 7.16 percent, Germany's Dax drops 6.49 percent, and France's Cac 40 loses 6.82 percent.
Other history:
- 1582 - Many Catholic countries switch to Gregorian calendar, skip 10 days.
- 1951 - "I Love Lucy" debuts on CBS TV in the USA.
- 1989 - Wayne Gretsky passes Gordie Howes as NHL's all time top scorer.
- 2008 - In the Barbados, 13 Caribbean countries sign approval of a new Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union.
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